Andrew Miller

Andrew Robert Miller IV (born September 18, 1988) is an American former professional ice hockey player.

Playing career In his senior collegiate season in 2012–13, Miller was instrumental in helping Yale to the National Championship, scoring the overtime-winning goal in the semi-final against UMass Lowell to send Yale to its first-ever National Championship game. Miller scored the third goal and assisted on an empty-net goal with 6:38 left in the Championship game, to go up 4–0 on Quinnipiac.

On April 17, 2013, the Edmonton Oilers agreed to terms with Miller on a one-year entry-level contract. On July 15, 2014, the Edmonton Oilers agreed to terms for another one-year deal for the 2014–15 season.

On March 27, 2015, he scored his first NHL goal against Kari Lehtonen of the Dallas Stars during a penalty shot. Miller is the first player in Oilers franchise history to score his first NHL goal on a penalty shot.

In the following 2015–16 season, Miller featured in a further 6 scoreless games with the Oilers but was primarily assigned to the AHL affiliate Bakersfield Condors. After producing 39 points in 44 games with the Condors, Miller was loaned by the Oilers to the Charlotte Checkers, an affiliate of the Carolina Hurricanes, in exchange for Zach Boychuk on March 7, 2016.

While Miller was released to free agency by the Oilers in the off-season, he opted to remain with the Carolina Hurricanes, agreeing to a one-year, two-way contract on July 1, 2016.

On June 13, 2017, the Hurricanes re-signed Miller to a one-year, two-way contract worth $650,000 at the NHL level and $285,000 at the AHL level, with a guarantee of $305,000.

On May 1, 2018, Miller signed a one-year contract with HC Fribourg-Gottéron of the National League (NL). In his debut European 2018–19 season, Miller contributed offensively with 11 goals and 27 points in 40 games with Fribourg-Gottéron.

After missing the post-season with Fribourg-Gottéron, Miller left Switzerland after his contract and signed a two-year contract with Chinese club, HC Kunlun Red Star of the KHL, on May 23, 2019.

Career statistics Regular season Playoffs Season Team League GP G A Pts PIM GP G A Pts PIM 2005–06 Cranbrook Schools HS-MI — — — — — 2006–07 Cranbrook Schools HS-MI 37 45 82 — — — — — 2007–08 Chicago Steel USHL 59 14 27 41 28 7 2 4 6 4 2008–09 Chicago Steel USHL 58 32 50 82 76 — — — — — 2009–10 Yale University ECAC 34 5 29 34 12 — — — — — 2010–11 Yale University ECAC 36 12 33 45 18 — — — — — 2011–12 Yale University ECAC 34 7 29 36 8 — — — — — 2012–13 Yale University ECAC 37 18 23 41 15 — — — — — 2013–14 Oklahoma City Barons AHL 52 8 26 34 14 3 0 0 0 4 2014–15 Oklahoma City Barons AHL 63 27 33 60 16 10 3 3 6 8 2014–15 Edmonton Oilers NHL 9 1 5 6 0 — — — — — 2015–16 Bakersfield Condors AHL 44 15 24 39 18 — — — — — 2015–16 Edmonton Oilers NHL 6 0 0 0 0 — — — — — 2015–16 Charlotte Checkers AHL 11 3 3 6 0 — — — — — 2016–17 Charlotte Checkers AHL 55 11 30 41 10 5 3 2 5 2 2017–18 Charlotte Checkers AHL 55 15 37 52 20 8 1 4 5 4 2018–19 HC Fribourg–Gottéron NL 40 11 16 27 12 — — — — — 2019–20 Kunlun Red Star KHL 52 11 20 31 16 — — — — — NHL totals 15 1 5 6 0 — — — — —

Awards and honors Award Year USHL Dave Tyler Junior Player of the Year Award 2008–09 Player of the Year 2008–09 Forward of the Year 2008–09 College All-ECAC Hockey First Team 2010–11 ECAC Hockey All-Tournament Team 2011 All-ECAC Hockey First Team 2012–13 AHCA East Second-Team All-American 2012–13 NCAA All-Tournament Team 2013 NCAA Championship 2013 AHL All-Star Game 2015