Jason Miller (ice hockey)

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

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.

Playing career

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

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.

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.

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 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. after Regensburg withdrew from the league due to financial difficulties. 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.

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

External links

• Biographical information and career statistics from NHL.com, or Eliteprospects.com, or Eurohockey.com, or Hockey-Reference.com, or The Internet Hockey Database