Jason Miller (ice hockey)

Jason Miller (born March 1, 1971) is a Canadian former professional ice hockey left winger who played six games in the National Hockey League for the New Jersey Devils.

Jason Miller
Born (1971-03-01) March 1, 1971
Edmonton, Alberta, Canada
Height 6 ft 1 in (185 cm)
Weight 190 lb (86 kg; 13 st 8 lb)
Position Left wing
Shot Left
Played for New Jersey Devils
Kaufbeurer Adler
Düsseldorfer EG
Nürnberg Ice Tigers
Hamburg Freezers
HPK Hameenlinna
NHL Draft 18th overall, 1989
New Jersey Devils
Playing career 1990–2010

Playing career

Born in Edmonton, Alberta, Miller was drafted 18th overall by the New Jersey Devils in the 1989 NHL Entry Draft.[1]

Miller was also an indirect participant in one of the most important trades in NHL history. Almost a year prior to the 1989 NHL Entry Draft, the Edmonton Oilers traded "The Great One" Wayne Gretzky, along with Marty McSorley and Mike Krushelnyski, to the Los Angeles Kings for Jimmy Carson, Martin Gelinas, $15 million in cash, and the Kings' first-round draft picks in 1989, 1991, and 1993. The Oilers later traded their 1989 first-round draft pick to the New Jersey Devils who drafted Miller 18th-overall in the 1989 NHL Entry Draft.[1]

He was assigned to the American Hockey League for the Utica Devils and then the Albany River Rats. In three seasons, Miller played just six NHL games for New Jersey and failed to register a point. After a season with the Adirondack Red Wings, Miller moved to Europe with a spell in Finland's SM-liiga with HPK and in Germany's Deutsche Eishockey Liga with Kaufbeurer Adler before returning to the United States in the International Hockey League with the Peoria Rivermen and the San Antonio Dragons.[1]

In 1996, Miller returned to Germany, spending one season with Düsseldorfer EG before moving to the Nürnberg Ice Tigers where he spent four seasons. He spent one more season in the DEL with the Hamburg Freezers[2] before dropping down to the 2nd Bundesliga and signing with the SERC Wild Wings. He then spent four seasons with Eisbären Regensburg before joining Dresdner Eislöwen in 2008.[3] after Regensburg withdrew from the league due to financial difficulties.[4] During his second season with Dresdner, with the team slumping and in need for injury replacements, Miller was released from his contract on January 25, 2010.[5]

Career statistics
    Regular season   Playoffs
Season Team League GP G A Pts PIM GP G A Pts PIM
1987–88 Medicine Hat Tigers WHL 71 11 18 29 28 15 0 1 1 2
1988–89 Medicine Hat Tigers WHL 72 51 55 106 44 3 1 2 3 2
1989–90 Medicine Hat Tigers WHL 66 43 56 99 40 3 3 2 5 0
1990–91 Medicine Hat Tigers WHL 66 60 76 136 31 12 9 10 19 8
1990–91 New Jersey Devils NHL 1 0 0 0 0 — — — — —
1991–92 Utica Devils AHL 71 23 32 55 31 4 1 3 4 0
1991–92 New Jersey Devils NHL 3 0 0 0 0 — — — — —
1992–93 Utica Devils AHL 72 28 42 70 43 5 4 4 8 2
1992–93 New Jersey Devils NHL 2 0 0 0 0 — — — — —
1993–94 Albany River Rats AHL 77 22 53 75 65 5 1 1 2 4
1994–95 Adirondack Red Wings AHL 77 32 33 65 39 4 1 0 1 0
1995–96 HPK SM-l 22 4 6 10 10 — — — — —
1995–96 Kaufbeurer Adler DEL 3 1 1 2 0 — — — — —
1995–96 Peoria Rivermen IHL 39 16 22 38 6 11 1 2 3 4
1996–97 San Antonio Dragons IHL 76 26 43 69 43 9 1 4 5 6
1997–98 Düsseldorfer EG DEL 49 16 21 37 26 3 1 2 3 0
1998–99 Nürnberg Ice Tigers DEL 51 30 31 61 56 13 5 6 11 8
1999–2000 Nürnberg Ice Tigers DEL 54 22 20 42 34 — — — — —
2000–01 Nürnberg Ice Tigers DEL 56 21 36 57 44 2 0 2 2 2
2001–02 Nürnberg Ice Tigers DEL 50 10 23 33 75 4 0 1 1 6
2002–03 Hamburg Freezers DEL 47 5 5 10 14 2 0 0 0 0
2003–04 SERC Wild Wings DEU.2 47 11 38 49 61 3 1 1 2 0
2004–05 Eisbären Regensburg DEU.2 51 37 37 74 77 10 5 9 14 12
2005–06 Eisbären Regensburg DEU.2 50 25 40 65 95 5 1 2 3 8
2006–07 Eisbären Regensburg DEU.2 44 24 26 50 88 4 0 2 2 0
2007–08 Eisbären Regensburg DEU.2 47 18 21 39 64 — — — — —
2008–09 Dresdner Eislöwen DEU.2 29 17 12 29 10 — — — — —
2009–10 Dresdner Eislöwen DEU.2 38 7 22 29 32 — — — — —
NHL totals 6 0 0 0 0 — — — — —
AHL totals 297 105 160 265 178 18 7 8 15 6
DEL totals 310 105 137 242 249 24 6 11 17 16

Awards
  • WHL East Second All-Star Team – 1991

References
  1. "Jason Miller's Player Profile". Legends of Hockey.net. Retrieved 2010-04-22.
  2. "Jason Miller". Hockey Reference.com. Retrieved 2010-04-22.
  3. "Jason Miller rushes for Dresden". .EIS Hockey.info.
  4. "Nach Regensburg muss auch Essen Insolvenz anmelden (in German)". ESBG. 2008-04-15. Retrieved 2008-04-16.
  5. "Jason Miller and Stefan Mann released as free agents". eislowen.de (in German). 2010-01-25. Archived from the original on 2011-07-19. Retrieved 2010-07-28.
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