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| 1982 NHL DRAFT PICK |
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Corey Millen
Selected in
third round
No. 57 overall by New York Rangers
Born
March 30, 1964
 | Position:
Center
Height: 5-7 Weight: 160
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| BEFORE THE DRAFT |
Last Team:
Cloquet (Minnesota High School)
Birthplace:
Cloquet, Minnesota (USA)
Hometown: Cloquet, Minnesota |
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| PRE-DRAFT
STATISTICS | | Year |
Team | League |
GP | G |
A | TP |
PIM | | 1981-82 |
Cloquet | Minn. H.S. |
18 | 46 |
33 | 79 |
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PRE-DRAFT AWARDS AND HONORS
World Junior Championships: 1982 (sixth place)
Minnesota High School All-State First Team: 1981-82 (Cloquet)
Miscellaneous: Led Cloquet to first Minnesota state tournament in school
history in 1982. ... Missed end of 1981-82 season and entire Minnesota state
tournament with broken ankle, an injury suffered in 1982 sectional semifinal
game vs. Coon Rapids at Duluth, Minn. ... Also played third base for Cloquet
High School baseball team, earning three varsity letters. ... Head coach at
Cloquet High was Bill Kennedy. |
| NHL CAREER |
Debut: January 3, 1990 (Washington at N.Y.
Rangers)
Numbers: 23, 32 (N.Y. Rangers); 23
(Los Angeles); 10 (New Jersey); 6 (Dallas); 34 (Calgary)
Stanley Cup: Never won.
Playing Status:
Retired 2003 |
| CAREER NHL STATISTICS | | Years |
Teams | GP |
G | A |
TP | PIM | | 1990-1997 |
NYR, LA, NJ, DAL, CGY |
335 | 90 |
119 | 209 |
236 |
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| CAREER NHL PLAYOFF STATISTICS | | Years |
Teams | GP |
G | A |
TP | PIM | | 1991-1995 |
NYR, L.A., Dallas | 47 |
5 | 7 |
12 | 22 |
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NHL
AWARDS AND HONORS
Stanley Cup Finals (Lost): 1993 (Los Angeles)
Los Angeles Best Newcomer Award: 1991-92
1995: Played 17 games for New Jersey team that went on to win Stanley
Cup, but was traded to Dallas midway through season.
Miscellaneous: Declared ineligible to join N.Y. Rangers for balance of
1988-89 season after playing in Switzerland. The NHL ruling on his
eligibility resulted from a league requirement that any player who came back
to North America from Europe had to clear waivers before joining a team in
midseason. The Rangers lost argument that the rule should not apply to
Millen since he had no actual NHL experience and could be
considered an amateur in the way Europeans were considered
amateurs. ... Missed first two thirds of 1989-90 season with sprained MCL in
left knee, suffered when checked by Bryan Trottier during N.Y. Rangers'
Sept. 18, 1989, preseason game vs. N.Y. Islanders. The injury required
surgery. Once Millen was cleared to play, he began his season in Flint (IHL) before making NHL debut. During a
practice in Flint, he re-aggravated the injury, requiring arthroscopic
surgery in mid-December 1989. He came back from that surgery to play a few
games in the NHL, but continued to struggle with injury and required
season-ending arthroscopic surgery in March 1990. ... Missed start of 1990-91 season recovering from off-season surgery to further repair left knee. The
surgery took place in August 1990, and Millen did not make 1990-91 debut
until Dec. 2, 1990, when he joined Binghamton (AHL). ... Missed part of
1991-92 season with bruised shoulder, suffered in Los Angeles' Feb. 29,
1992, game vs. Montreal. ... Missed part of 1992-93 season with strained
back, suffered during Los Angeles' Oct. 13, 1992, game vs. San
Jose. ... Played on line with Tony Granato and Mike Donnelly for Los Angeles
in 1992-93. ... Missed half of 1992-93 season with strained groin, suffered
in Los Angeles' Dec. 19, 1992, game at Calgary. He did not
resume play until Los Angeles' March 24, 1993, game at Vancouver. ... Played
on lines with Stephane Richer and John MacLean and with Valeri Zelepukin and
Bill Guerin for New Jersey in 1993-94. ... Missed part of 1995 season with
bruised foot, an injury suffered in Dallas' April 17, 1995, game vs.
Vancouver. ... Missed parts of 1995-96 season with back spasms, first suffered during Calgary's Feb. 8, 1996, game vs. Washington, and
re-aggravated in Calgary's Feb. 11, 1996, game at Edmonton. ... Missed
remainder of 1995-96 regular season and entire 1996 playoffs with pulled groin, suffered
during Calgary's March 12, 1996, game vs. St. Louis. ... Missed parts of
1996-97 season with fractured jaw, an injury suffered during Calgary's Dec.
23, 1996, game at Colorado, and with bruised hip, an injury suffered during
Calgary's March 4, 1997, game at Washington. |
| NON-NHL CAREER |
Post-Draft Teams:
Minnesota (WCHA); Team USA; Ambri-Piotta (Switzerland); Flint (IHL);
Binghamton (AHL); Michigan (IHL); Cologne (Germany); Lugano (Switzerland)
Canada Cup: 1987 (fifth place)
Olympics: 1984 (seventh place),
1988 (seventh place)
World Championships: 1985
(fourth place), 1989 (sixth place)
NON-NHL
AWARDS AND HONORS
German Championship:
2002 (Cologne)
NCAA
All-America West Second Team: 1986 (Minnesota)
NCAA Tournament All-Star First Team: 1987 (Minnesota)
WCHA All-Star Second Team: 1984-85, 1985-86, 1986-87 (Minn.)
Minnesota National "M" Club Hall of Fame: Inducted 2003
Minnesota
Mariucci Award (MVP): 1985-86
Minnesota
Co-Captain: 1986-87
NCAA Tournament Records: Most career goals (14)
Minnesota
Records: Most goals in one season (48 in 1985-86)
Switzerland Penalty-Minutes Leader: 1988-89
(Ambri-Piotta) (119)
Switzerland Playoffs Goals Leader: 1988 (Ambri-Piotta) (8 goals)
2002-03: Played on Lugano team that went on to win Swiss playoff
championship, but was not with team during postseason.
Education: Majored in business at
University of Minnesota.
Miscellaneous: Competed in 1982 U.S.
National Sports Festival. ... Missed part of
1982-83 season with knee injury, suffered playing for Minnesota vs.
Colorado College in November 1982. The injury required surgery. ... Competed
in 1983 U.S. National Sports Festival. ... Made 1984 U.S.
Olympic team at age 19 despite having played only one season of college
hockey. ... Returned to University of Minnesota after 1984 Olympics to
complete his final three seasons of NCAA eligibility. ... Missed part of
1984-85 season with shoulder injury, suffered in October 1982. ... Set NCAA
Tournament record (since broken) for career points with 22. ... Left
Minnesota with No. 3 ranking on school's career points list (241) and career
goals list (119). ...
Competed in 1987 U.S. National Sports Festival. ... Rejoined
Team USA for 1987-88 pre-Olympic tour and 1988 Olympics as one of only two
players (with Scott Fusco) from 1984
team to also play for 1988 team. ... Played on line with Tony Granato
for Team USA during 1988 Olympics. ... Led Team USA with 11 points at 1988
Olympics. ... Joined Ambri-Piotta (Switzerland)
for balance of 1987-88 season after playing in 1988 Olympics. ... Signed
two-year contract with Ambri-Piotta before 1988-89 season, but managed to
get out of his commitment to playing the second year on Aug. 8, 1989,
enabling him to enter NHL. ... Set Switzerland single-season penalty-minutes
record (since broken) with 199 in 1988-89. ... Named Binghamton Player of Month for January
1991 and was co-winner of award in February 1991. ... Played
three games for Team USA in 1998 World Championships qualifying tournament,
helping USA retain position in the World Championships' Pool A. ...
Signed one-year contract with Lugano (Switzerland) on May 14, 2002. ...
Named one of 50 greatest players in WCHA history by conference on Feb.
15, 2002. ... Worked as instructor at Alaskan hockey schools and as
guide at Alaskan fishing lodge during
off-seasons of playing days. He eventually made permanent his residence
in Alaska, the home of his wife, Kelly. ... Ddolized by
future NHL star Jamie Langenbrunner, who grew up in Millen's hometown of
Cloquet, Minn., while Millen was in his prime.
Kicked Out of Worlds: Millen was
banned from playing the remainder of the 1989 World Championships at
Stockholm, Sweden, after testing positive for non-anabolic steroids at
the tournament in April 1989. Following an April 18 game between the
United States and Canada, Millen was chosen for random drug testing, which
he failed. Ironically, Millen had tested positive for the same banned substance at
the 1984 Olympics, but Team USA officials had convinced IOC officials that
Millen suffered from a genetic abnormality in which his body made excess
quantities of the natural steroid. This time, however, the IIHF did not buy
the explanation. Millen was immediately kicked out of the tournament and
banned from IIHF events for the next 18 months. The ruling was unfortunate,
since the U.S. had legitimate documentation of Millen's condition and even
doctors from Team Canada agreed that Millen genetic problem caused him to
produce too much testosterone.
Personal: Full name is Corey Eugene
Millen. |
| HOW HE GOT AWAY |
| TRADE:
N.Y. Rangers traded Millen to Los Angeles in exchange for Randy Gilhen on
December 23, 1991. |
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SNAPSHOT '82 | | Total Selected: |
252 | | Forwards: |
152 | | Defense: |
82 | | Goaltenders: |
18 | | Major Junior: |
129 | | Tier II/Jr. B: |
27/4 | | College Players: |
20 | | High School: |
37 |
| Canadian: |
152 |
| Euro-Canadian: |
3 | | USA Citizens: |
62 | | U.S.-Born: |
62 |
| European: |
35 |
| Reached NHL: |
109 |
| Stanley Cup: |
18 | | Hall of Fame: |
0 |
| All-Star Game: |
14 |
| Year-end All-Star: |
4 |
| Olympians: |
37 |
| Picks Traded: |
50 |
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