Hannah Miller (ice hockey)

Hannah Miller (born February 16, 1996), also known by the Chinese name Mi Le (Chinese: 米勒; pinyin: Mǐ Lè),[1] is a Canadian ice hockey player and member of the Chinese national ice hockey team, currently playing in the Zhenskaya Hockey League (ZhHL) with the Shenzhen KRS.

In this Chinese name, the family name is Mi (米).
Hannah Miller
Born (1996-02-16) February 16, 1996
North Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada
Height 175 cm (5 ft 9 in)
Weight 75 kg (165 lb; 11 st 11 lb)
Position Forward
Shoots Left
ZhHL team
Former teams		 Shenzhen KRS
Djurgårdens IF
St. Lawrence Saints
National team  China
Playing career 2014–present
Mi Le
Traditional Chinese米勒
Simplified Chinese米勒

Miller represented China in the women's ice hockey tournament at the 2022 Winter Olympics in Beijing.[2]

Playing career

Miller played ice hockey in the Junior Women's Hockey League (JWHL) with the under-18 prep team of the Okanagan Hockey Academy, based in Penticton, British Columbia, Canada, from 2012 to 2014.

NCAA

Miller played college ice hockey with the St. Lawrence Saints women's ice hockey program in the ECAC Hockey conference of the NCAA Division I from the 2014–15 season to the 2017–18 season.[3] As a junior in the 2016–17 season, she ranked sixth in the country with 0.92 assists per game and eleventh nationally with 1.33 points per game, tallying 15 goals and 33 assists for 48 points in 36 games, and was recognized as the ECAC Player of the Month on 2 February.[4] She was selected as team captain for the 2017–18 season via player vote and, in her senior season, was the ECAC Player of the Week for October 11.[5] Miller was named to the Second-Team All-ECAC Hockey in 2016–17 and 2017–18 and earned ECAC Hockey All-Academic honors in 2017–18.

Professional

After reaching out and expressing interest in playing with the China-based Canadian Women's Hockey League (CWHL) team, Miller was drafted in the third round, fifteenth overall in the 2018 CWHL Draft by the Shenzhen KRS Vanke Rays.[6][7] She signed with the team for the 2018–19 CWHL season and finished her first professional ice hockey season tied with Emma Woods for second on the team with 10 goals and ranked fifth with 15 points in 20 games.

Following the collapse of the Canadian Women's Hockey League in 2019, Miller remained with the KRS Vanke Rays as they became the first non-Russian team to join the Zhenskaya Hockey League (ZhHL). In the 2019–20 ZhHL season, she scored 12 goals and 13 assists for 25 points in 24 games, ranking second on the team for goals and fourth for assists, and won the 2020 Russian Championship.[8]

International play
Medal record
Representing Canada Canada
Women's U18 ice hockey
World U18 Championship
Gold medal – first place2014 Hungary
Gold medal – first place2013 Finland

As a junior player with the Canadian national under-18 team, Miller participated in the IIHF Women's U18 World Championships in 2013 and 2014, winning a gold medal at both. At the 2013 tournament, she represented Canada alongside future Chinese national team teammate Kimberly Newell on a roster that also included future Canadian senior national team players Emily Clark, Sarah Nurse, and Sarah Potomak, among others.

Miller was officially named to the Chinese women's national team roster for the women's ice hockey tournament at the 2022 Winter Olympics on 28 January 2022. She scored China's first goal of the tournament, in the opening game of the preliminary round against the Czech Republic.[9]

Career statistics

Regular season and playoffs
    Regular season   Playoffs
Season Team League GP G A Pts PIM GP G A Pts PIM
2012–13 Okanagan HA JWHL 28 21 9 30 26 – – – – –
2013–14 Okanagan HA JWHL 28 13 10 23 46 – – – – –
2014–15 St. Lawrence Saints NCAA 20 4 7 11 8 – – – – –
2015–16 St. Lawrence Saints NCAA 36 11 14 25 23 – – – – –
2016–17 St. Lawrence Saints NCAA 36 15 33 48 30 – – – – –
2017–18 St. Lawrence Saints NCAA 32 13 26 39 36 – – – – –
2018–19 KRS Vanke Rays CWHL 21 10 5 15 16 – – – – –
2019–20 KRS Vanke Rays ZhHL 24 12 13 25 8 5 2 1 3 4
2020–21 KRS Vanke Rays ZhHL 28 17 19 36 28 2 2 2 4 0
2021–22 Djurgårdens IF SDHL 25 12 7 19 20 – – – – –
NCAA totals 124 43 80 123 97 – – – – –
ZhHL totals 52 29 32 61 36 7 4 3 7 4

International
Year Team Event Result   GP G A Pts PIM
2013 Canada U18 WW18 1st place, gold medalist(s) 5 1 2 3 6
2014 Canada U18 WW18 1st place, gold medalist(s) 5 1 2 3 4
2022 China OG 9th 4 1 0 1 2
2022 China WW D1B 1st 5 6 6 12 2
Junior totals 10 2 4 6 10
Senior totals 9 7 6 13 4

References
  1. "Rays ready for Beijing bow". HC Red Star. January 29, 2022. Archived from the original on February 6, 2022. Retrieved February 6, 2022.
  2. "Beijing 2022 – Athletes: Le MI". Olympics.com. Archived from the original on March 8, 2022. Retrieved February 3, 2022.
  3. "Women's Ice Hockey 2017-18 Roster: 10 Hannah Miller". St. Lawrence University Athletics. Archived from the original on February 3, 2022. Retrieved February 3, 2022.
  4. Krajewski, Ed (February 2, 2017). "League's Monthly Awards Presented to Miller & Neatby" (PDF). ECAC Hockey (Press release). Archived (PDF) from the original on February 7, 2023. Retrieved February 4, 2022.
  5. "Miller Named Saints Captain, Edney is Assistant Captain". ECAC Hockey (Press release). June 15, 2017. Retrieved February 4, 2022.
  6. Whelan, Kirsten (August 30, 2018). "CWHL Draft in Review: Worcester, Toronto, and Markham". The Victory Press. Archived from the original on February 3, 2022. Retrieved February 3, 2022.
  7. Whelan, Kirsten (September 3, 2018). "CWHL Draft in Review: Calgary, Shenzhen, and Montreal". The Victory Press. Archived from the original on September 27, 2020. Retrieved February 3, 2022.
  8. Potts, Andy (January 28, 2022). "Chinese women target QF". International Ice Hockey Federation. Archived from the original on February 3, 2022. Retrieved February 4, 2022.
  9. Murphy, Mike (February 3, 2022). "Hannah Miller scores first Olympic goal for China in 12 years". The Ice Garden. Archived from the original on September 27, 2022. Retrieved February 3, 2022.
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