Craig Mills (born August 27, 1976) is a Canadian former ice hockey winger who played for the Winnipeg Jets and Chicago Blackhawks of the National Hockey League between 1996 and 1999. He is the son of Ontario politician Dennis Mills, and was born in Toronto, Ontario. [citation needed]
| Craig Mills | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Born |
August 27, 1976 Toronto, Ontario, Canada | ||
| Height | 6 ft 0 in (183 cm) | ||
| Weight | 198 lb (90 kg; 14 st 2 lb) | ||
| Position | Right wing | ||
| Shot | Right | ||
| Played for |
Winnipeg Jets Chicago Blackhawks Lokomotiv Yaroslavl Brûleurs de Loups | ||
| NHL draft |
108th overall, 1994 Winnipeg Jets | ||
| Playing career | 1996–2006 | ||
Playing career
editAs a youth, Mills played in the 1990 Quebec International Pee-Wee Hockey Tournament with a minor ice hockey team from North York.[1]
Mills was the recipient of the OHL Humanitarian of the Year and the CHL Humanitarian of the Year Award in 1996.[citation needed] He was also part of Canada's gold medal-winning hockey team in the 1996 World Junior Ice Hockey Championships.[citation needed] He captained the Belleville Bulls of the OHL from 1994 to 1996.[citation needed]
Mills was drafted 108th overall by the Jets in the 1994 NHL Entry Draft. [citation needed] He played 31 career NHL games, with zero goals and five assists. On August 16, 1996, Mills was traded by the Phoenix Coyotes with Alexei Zhamnov and a first-round draft choice (Ty Jones) to the Chicago Blackhawks in exchange for Jeremy Roenick. [citation needed] On June 12, 2001, Mills was traded by the Phoenix Coyotes again with Robert Reichel and Travis Green to the Toronto Maple Leafs in exchange for Daniil Markov. [citation needed]
Career statistics
editRegular season and playoffs
edit| Regular season | Playoffs | |||||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Season | Team | League | GP | G | A | Pts | PIM | GP | G | A | Pts | PIM | ||
| 1992–93 | St. Michael's Buzzers | MetJAHL | 44 | 9 | 21 | 30 | 42 | 15 | 1 | 6 | 7 | 8 | ||
| 1993–94 | Belleville Bulls | OHL | 63 | 15 | 18 | 33 | 88 | 12 | 2 | 1 | 3 | 11 | ||
| 1994–95 | Belleville Bulls | OHL | 62 | 39 | 41 | 80 | 104 | 13 | 7 | 9 | 16 | 8 | ||
| 1995–96 | Belleville Bulls | OHL | 48 | 10 | 19 | 29 | 113 | 14 | 4 | 5 | 9 | 32 | ||
| 1995–96 | Springfield Falcons | AHL | — | — | — | — | — | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| 1995–96 | Winnipeg Jets | NHL | 4 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| 1996–97 | Indianapolis Ice | IHL | 80 | 12 | 7 | 19 | 199 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 | ||
| 1997–98 | Chicago Blackhawks | NHL | 20 | 0 | 3 | 3 | 34 | — | — | — | — | — | ||
| 1997–98 | Indianapolis Ice | IHL | 42 | 8 | 11 | 19 | 119 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 27 | ||
| 1998–99 | Chicago Blackhawks | NHL | 7 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | — | — | — | — | — | ||
| 1998–99 | Portland Pirates | AHL | 48 | 7 | 11 | 18 | 59 | — | — | — | — | — | ||
| 1998–99 | Indianapolis Ice | IHL | 12 | 2 | 3 | 5 | 14 | 6 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 5 | ||
| 1999–00 | Springfield Falcons | AHL | 78 | 10 | 13 | 23 | 151 | 5 | 2 | 1 | 3 | 6 | ||
| 2000–01 | Springfield Falcons | AHL | 64 | 8 | 5 | 13 | 131 | — | — | — | — | — | ||
| 2001–02 | St. John's Maple Leafs | AHL | 74 | 10 | 21 | 31 | 137 | 11 | 3 | 3 | 6 | 22 | ||
| 2002–03 | St. John's Maple Leafs | AHL | 65 | 10 | 16 | 26 | 121 | — | — | — | — | — | ||
| 2004–05 | Lokomotiv Yaroslavl | RSL | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 12 | — | — | — | — | — | ||
| 2004–05 | Lokomotiv Yaroslavl-2 | RUS-3 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 4 | — | — | — | — | — | ||
| 2002–03 | Nybro Vikings | SWE-2 | 22 | 6 | 4 | 10 | 45 | — | — | — | — | — | ||
| 2005–06 | Brûleurs de Loups | FRA | 25 | 9 | 8 | 17 | 67 | 7 | 3 | 0 | 3 | 10 | ||
| AHL totals | 329 | 45 | 66 | 111 | 599 | 18 | 5 | 4 | 9 | 28 | ||||
| NHL totals | 31 | 0 | 5 | 5 | 36 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||||
International
edit| Year | Team | Event | GP | G | A | Pts | PIM | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1996 | Canada | WJC | 6 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 | |
| Junior totals | 6 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 | |||
References
edit- ^ "Pee-Wee players who have reached NHL or WHA" (PDF). Quebec International Pee-Wee Hockey Tournament. 2018. Archived from the original (PDF) on March 6, 2019. Retrieved January 31, 2019.
External links
edit- Biographical information and career statistics from NHL.com, or Eliteprospects.com, or Eurohockey.com, or Hockey-Reference.com, or The Internet Hockey Database
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