Bob Miller (ice hockey)
{{Short description|American ice hockey player (1956–2020)}}
{{for|the Los Angeles Kings broadcaster|Bob Miller (sports announcer)}}
{{Use mdy dates|date=March 2025}}
{{Infobox ice hockey player
| image = Bob Miller Hockey.jpg
| played_for = Boston Bruins
Colorado Rockies
Los Angeles Kings
| position = Center
| shoots = Left
| height_ft = 5
| height_in = 10
| weight_lb = 174
| birth_date = {{Birth date |1956|09|28|mf=y}}
| birth_place = Medford, Massachusetts, U.S.
| death_date={{death date and age|2020|9|30|1956|9|28}}
| death_place=Tampa, Florida, U.S.
| ntl_team = USA
| draft = 70th overall
| draft_year = 1976
| draft_team = Boston Bruins
| wha_draft = 51st overall
| wha_draft_year = 1976
| wha_draft_team = Cleveland Crusaders
| career_start = 1977
| career_end = 1986
}}
Robert Michael Miller (September 28, 1956 – September 30, 2020) was an American professional ice hockey player who played 404 games in the National Hockey League between 1977 and 1985. He played for the Boston Bruins, Colorado Rockies, Los Angeles Kings. He featured in the 1978 Stanley Cup Finals with the Bruins. Miller also played in the SM-liiga in Finland for Kärpät and the Nationalliga A in Switzerland for HC Sierre.
Early life
Miller was born in Medford, Massachusetts. He was a high school hockey star for St. John's Preparatory School, Billerica High, a college hockey star for the University of New Hampshire as well as the U.S. national team at the 1976 Winter Olympics before turning professional.
Career
Miller was a member of the U.S. team at the 1981 Canada Cup and 1977, 1981, 1982, 1985 Ice Hockey World Championship tournaments.
During Miller's rookie season with the Boston Bruins (1977–78), he was one of 11 Bruins to score 20 goals, a record which has not been equaled by any other NHL team. Miller was present for the ceremony in 2018 when the Bruins celebrated the 40th anniversary of the achievement.
Personal life
Miller is the older brother of Paul Miller. He died on September 30, 2020, in Tampa, Florida.{{Cite web |title=Bobby Miller Obituary (2020) Lowell Sun |url=https://www.legacy.com/obituaries/lowellsun/obituary.aspx?n=bobby-miller&pid=196917240 |website=Legacy.com}}{{cite web |author=Andrew Mahoney |date=October 2, 2020 |title=Bobby Miller, who played four seasons for the Bruins, dies at 64 |url=https://www.bostonglobe.com/2020/10/02/sports/bobby-miller-who-played-four-seasons-bruins-dies-64/ |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20201003085357/https://www.bostonglobe.com/2020/10/02/sports/bobby-miller-who-played-four-seasons-bruins-dies-64/ |archive-date=October 3, 2020 |publisher=Boston Globe}}
Career statistics
=Regular season and playoffs=
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! colspan="3" bgcolor="#ffffff"| ! rowspan="100" bgcolor="#ffffff"| ! colspan="5"|Regular season ! rowspan="100" bgcolor="#ffffff"| ! colspan="5"|Playoffs | ||||||||
| bgcolor="#e0e0e0"
! Season ! Team ! League ! GP !! G !! A !! Pts !! PIM | ||||||||
| 1973–74
| HS-MA | — | — | — | — | —
| — | — | — | — | — |
| bgcolor="#f0f0f0"
| 1974–75 | ECAC | 27 | 21 | 38 | 59 | 26
| — | — | — | — | — |
| 1975–76
| OMJHL | 6 | 5 | 5 | 10 | 5
| 12 | 2 | 4 | 6 | 9 |
| bgcolor="#f0f0f0"
| 1975–76 | Intl | 63 | 33 | 61 | 94 | 83
| — | — | — | — | — |
| 1976–77
| University of New Hampshire | ECAC | 38 | 30 | 59 | 89 | 45
| — | — | — | — | — |
| bgcolor="#f0f0f0"
| 1977–78 | NHL | 76 | 20 | 20 | 40 | 41
| 13 | 0 | 3 | 3 | 15 |
| 1977–78
| AHL | 3 | 1 | 3 | 4 | 7
| — | — | — | — | — |
| bgcolor="#f0f0f0"
| 1978–79 | Boston Bruins | NHL | 77 | 15 | 33 | 48 | 30
| 11 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 8 |
| 1979–80
| Boston Bruins | NHL | 80 | 16 | 25 | 41 | 53
| 10 | 3 | 2 | 5 | 4 |
| bgcolor="#f0f0f0"
| 1980–81 | Boston Bruins | NHL | 30 | 4 | 4 | 8 | 19
| — | — | — | — | — |
| 1980–81
| AHL | 3 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 0
| — | — | — | — | — |
| bgcolor="#f0f0f0"
| 1980–81 | NHL | 22 | 5 | 1 | 6 | 15
| — | — | — | — | — |
| 1981–82
| Colorado Rockies | NHL | 56 | 11 | 20 | 31 | 27
| — | — | — | — | — |
| bgcolor="#f0f0f0"
| 1981–82 | CHL | 20 | 9 | 8 | 17 | 17
| — | — | — | — | — |
| 1982–83
| Springfield Indians | AHL | 59 | 17 | 31 | 48 | 60
| — | — | — | — | — |
| bgcolor="#f0f0f0"
| 1983–84 | Kärpät | FIN | 37 | 17 | 31 | 48 | 66
| 9 | 5 | 4 | 9 | 20 |
| 1984–85
| NHL | 63 | 4 | 16 | 20 | 35
| 2 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 |
| bgcolor="#f0f0f0"
| 1985–86 | NLA | 35 | 36 | 37 | 73 | 33
| 3 | 3 | 0 | 3 | 2 |
| 1986–87
| HC Sierre | NLA | 4 | 2 | 8 | 10 | 0
| — | — | — | — | — |
| bgcolor="#e0e0e0"
! colspan="3"| NHL totals ! 404 !! 75 !! 119 !! 194 !! 220 ! 36 !! 4 !! 7 !! 11 !! 27 |
=International=
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! Year ! Team ! Event ! rowspan="102" bgcolor="#ffffff"| ! GP !! G !! A !! Pts !! PIM | ||||
| 1976
| OLY | 6 | 0 | 3 | 3 | 0 |
| bgcolor="#f0f0f0"
| 1977 | United States | WC | 10 | 5 | 3 | 8 | 4 |
| 1981
| United States | WC | 8 | 5 | 4 | 9 | 4 |
| bgcolor="#f0f0f0"
| 1981 | United States | CC | 6 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 6 |
| 1982
| United States | WC | 7 | 3 | 1 | 4 | 4 |
| bgcolor="#f0f0f0"
| 1985 | United States | WC | 10 | 1 | 6 | 7 | 2 |
| bgcolor="#e0e0e0"
! colspan="4"| Senior totals ! 47 !! 14 !! 18 !! 32 !! 20 |
Awards and honors
| class="wikitable"
! Award ! Year ! |
| All-ECAC Hockey First Team
| 1976–77 |
| AHCA East All-American
| 1976–77 |
References
{{Reflist|2}}
External links
- {{icehockeystats|legends=13737}}
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