| Colin Miller | |
| Birth Date: | 21 August 1971 |
| Birth Place: | Grimsby, Ontario, Canada |
| Height Ft: | 6 |
| Height In: | 0 |
| Weight Lb: | 200 |
| Position: | Centre |
| Shoots: | Right |
| Played For: | Atlanta Knights Dayton Bombers |
| Career Start: | 1992 |
| Career End: | 1999 |
Colin Miller (born August 21, 1971) is a Canadian retired professional ice hockey player. He played 276 games in the International Hockey League, primarily with the Atlanta Knights, and 213 games in the ECHL, mostly with the Dayton Bombers.
Miller was born August 21, 1971, in Grimsby, Ontario.[1]
Miller began playing junior ice hockey with the Grimsby Peach Kings in the 1986–87 season, followed by 36 goals for the Kanata Valley Lasers in the 1987–88 season. In 1988, he was drafted into the Ontario Hockey League, 30th overall, by the Toronto Marlboros.[2] He scored 32 goals for the Niagara Falls Thunder in the 1988–89 OHL season and was traded to the Sault Ste. Marie Greyhounds during the 1989–90 OHL season. Miller played in the 1991 Memorial Cup and 1992 Memorial Cup with the Greyhounds. In the 1992 tournament, he was awarded the George Parsons Trophy as the most sportsmanlike player and named to the Memorial Cup All-Star Team.[3] [4] In four OHL seasons, he scored 123 goals, 222 assists, and 345 points.
Miller began playing professionally with Atlanta in the 1992–93 IHL season and won the Turner Cup in the 1993–94 IHL season with the Knights. In the following season, he played with four teams, including Atlanta, the Knoxville Cherokees, the Las Vegas Thunder, and the Indianapolis Ice. Miller joined the Dayton Bombers in the 1995–96 ECHL season and remained there for four seasons until the 1998–99 ECHL season, except for a one-game call-up in the 1996–97 season with Michigan K-Wings. Miller was the centerman on the Bombers top line each season, playing 271 games, and scoring 83 goals, 192 assists, and 275 points with Dayton.[5]
After playing, Miller spent time as the head coach of University of Dayton club hockey team.[6] [7] He was inducted into the Dayton Hockey Hall of Fame in 2004. The Bombers hired Miller as an assistant coach for the 2005–06 ECHL season. Miller has also worked as a golf professional at the Miami Valley Golf Club.[8]
Career regular season and playoffs statistics.
| Team | League | GP | GP | G | A | Pts | PIM | |||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1986–87 | Grimsby Peach Kings | GHL | 31 | 14 | 19 | 33 | 8 | — | — | — | — | — | ||
| 1987–88 | Kanata Valley Lasers | CJHL | 53 | 36 | 48 | 84 | 70 | — | — | — | — | — | ||
| 1988–89 | Niagara Falls Thunder | OHL | 62 | 32 | 48 | 80 | 46 | 17 | 2 | 5 | 7 | 2 | ||
| 1989–90 | Niagara Falls Thunder | OHL | 14 | 3 | 5 | 8 | 6 | — | — | — | — | — | ||
| 1989–90 | Sault Ste. Marie Greyhounds | OHL | 44 | 25 | 46 | 71 | 33 | — | — | — | — | — | ||
| 1990–91 | Sault Ste. Marie Greyhounds | OHL | 62 | 26 | 60 | 86 | 35 | 14 | 4 | 18 | 22 | 17 | ||
| 1991–92 | Sault Ste. Marie Greyhounds | OHL | 66 | 37 | 73 | 110 | 52 | 19 | 10 | 23 | 33 | 18 | ||
| 1992–93 | Atlanta Knights | IHL | 76 | 20 | 39 | 59 | 52 | 9 | 2 | 4 | 6 | 22 | ||
| 1993–94 | Atlanta Knights | IHL | 80 | 13 | 32 | 45 | 48 | 3 | 2 | 3 | 5 | 0 | ||
| 1994–95 | Las Vegas Thunder | IHL | 7 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2 | — | — | — | — | — | ||
| 1994–95 | Atlanta Knights | IHL | 36 | 5 | 14 | 19 | 29 | — | — | — | — | — | ||
| 1994–95 | Indianapolis Ice | IHL | 13 | 5 | 6 | 11 | 10 | — | — | — | — | — | ||
| 1994–95 | Knoxville Cherokees | ECHL | 5 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 0 | — | — | — | — | — | ||
| 1995–96 | Dayton Bombers | ECHL | 69 | 24 | 50 | 74 | 103 | 3 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 8 | ||
| 1996–97 | Dayton Bombers | ECHL | 68 | 20 | 58 | 78 | 60 | 4 | 2 | 2 | 4 | 18 | ||
| 1996–97 | Michigan K-Wings | IHL | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | — | — | — | — | — | ||
| 1997–98 | Dayton Bombers | ECHL | 66 | 19 | 48 | 67 | 144 | 5 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 12 | ||
| 1998–99 | Dayton Bombers | ECHL | 68 | 20 | 36 | 56 | 126 | 4 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 16 | ||
| ECHL totals | 276 | 84 | 194 | 278 | 433 | 16 | 2 | 7 | 9 | 54 | ||||
| IHL totals | 213 | 43 | 92 | 135 | 141 | 12 | 4 | 7 | 11 | 22 | ||||