Dan McGillis

Dan McGillis
Dan McGillis with the Lowell Devils in 2006
Born (1972-07-01) July 1, 1972 (age 52)
Hawkesbury, Ontario, Canada
Height 6 ft 3 in (191 cm)
Weight 220 lb (100 kg; 15 st 10 lb)
Position Defence
Shot Left
Played for Edmonton Oilers
Philadelphia Flyers
San Jose Sharks
Boston Bruins
New Jersey Devils
Adler Mannheim
National team  Canada
NHL draft 238th overall, 1992
Detroit Red Wings
Playing career 1996–2010

Daniel Stewart McGillis (born July 1, 1972) is a Canadian former professional ice hockey player. He played nine seasons in the National Hockey League (NHL) for the Edmonton Oilers, Philadelphia Flyers, San Jose Sharks, Boston Bruins, and New Jersey Devils. He spent the final three seasons of his career playing for Adler Mannheim of the German Deutsche Eishockey Liga (DEL).

Playing career

McGillis was drafted by the Detroit Red Wings in the 10th round, 238th overall in the 1992 NHL Entry Draft. After being drafted McGillis chose to play in the college ranks and played with Northeastern University for 4 years. While in college he earned Hockey East first All-Star team honors twice (1995, 1996) and an NCAA East First All-American team nomination in 1996.

During his senior season McGillis was traded by the Red Wings to the Edmonton Oilers for Kirk Maltby. After college McGillis joined the Oilers for the 1996–97 season and played 73 games, scoring 22 points. The following season he scored 25 points in 67 games with the Oilers before being traded to the Philadelphia Flyers. He appeared in 13 games with the Flyers, scoring 6 points.

McGillis scored a career high 49 points during the 2000–01 season and won the Barry Ashbee Trophy as the Flyers top defenceman. McGillis played for three different teams in the 2002–03 season. He started the year with the Flyers before being traded to the San Jose Sharks.[1] After only 37 games with the Sharks McGillis was again traded, this time to the Boston Bruins.[2] For the 2003–04 season McGillis scored 28 points in 80 games with the Bruins.

After the 2004–05 NHL lockout McGillis signed with the New Jersey Devils.[3] McGillis played in only 27 games with the Devils during the 2005–06 season before being demoted to the Albany River Rats, the first time in his career he was demoted to the minors, due to the Devils' salary cap issues and never played another game in the NHL.[4] For the 2006–07 season McGillis spent the entire year with the Devils' new minor league affiliate Lowell Devils, scoring 41 points in 68 games.

On September 20, 2007, McGillis accepted an invitation from the Vancouver Canucks to attend their training camp.[5] He was released by the team on October 1. He then signed with Adler Mannheim of the German Deutsche Eishockey Liga.

Career statistics

Regular season and playoffs

Regular season Playoffs
Season Team League GP G A Pts PIM GP G A Pts PIM
1989–90 Hawkesbury Hawks CJHL 55 2 1 3 52 — — — — —
1990–91 Hawkesbury Hawks CJHL 56 8 22 30 92 — — — — —
1991–92 Hawkesbury Hawks CJHL 36 5 19 24 106 — — — — —
1992–93 Northeastern Huskies HE 35 5 12 17 42 — — — — —
1993–94 Northeastern Huskies HE 38 4 25 29 82 — — — — —
1994–95 Northeastern Huskies HE 34 9 22 31 70 — — — — —
1995–96 Northeastern Huskies HE 34 12 24 36 50 — — — — —
1996–97 Edmonton Oilers NHL 73 6 16 22 52 12 0 5 5 24
1997–98 Edmonton Oilers NHL 67 10 15 25 74 — — — — —
1997–98 Philadelphia Flyers NHL 13 1 5 6 35 5 1 2 3 10
1998–99 Philadelphia Flyers NHL 78 8 37 45 61 6 0 1 1 12
1999–2000 Philadelphia Flyers NHL 68 4 14 18 55 18 2 6 8 12
2000–01 Philadelphia Flyers NHL 82 14 35 49 86 6 1 0 1 6
2001–02 Philadelphia Flyers NHL 75 5 14 19 46 5 1 0 1 8
2002–03 Philadelphia Flyers NHL 24 0 3 3 20 — — — — —
2002–03 San Jose Sharks NHL 37 3 13 16 30 — — — — —
2002–03 Boston Bruins NHL 10 0 1 1 10 5 3 0 3 2
2003–04 Boston Bruins NHL 80 5 23 28 65 7 0 0 0 2
2005–06 New Jersey Devils NHL 27 0 6 6 36 — — — — —
2005–06 Albany River Rats AHL 40 7 18 25 57 — — — — —
2006–07 Lowell Devils AHL 68 10 31 41 62 — — — — —
2007–08 Adler Mannheim DEL 41 3 8 11 108 5 0 0 0 8
2008–09 Adler Mannheim DEL 47 3 16 19 88 9 2 3 5 12
2009–10 Adler Mannheim DEL 14 2 2 4 47 2 0 0 0 0
NHL totals 634 56 182 238 570 64 8 14 22 76

International

Year Team Event   GP G A Pts PIM
2002 Canada WC 5 0 1 1 2
Senior totals 5 0 1 1 2

Awards and honours

Award Year
All-Hockey East Rookie Team 1992–93
All-Hockey East All-Star 1994–95
All-Hockey East All-Star 1995–96
AHCA East First-Team All-American 1995–96

References

  1. ^ "Flyers Acquire Defenseman Marcus Ragnarsson For Dan McGillis". Philadelphia Flyers. December 6, 2002. Archived from the original on December 8, 2002. Retrieved June 3, 2022.
  2. ^ "Bruins acquire McGillis". Boston Bruins. March 11, 2003. Archived from the original on April 17, 2003. Retrieved November 28, 2022.
  3. ^ "Devils Sign Rafalski, Malakhov & McGillis". New Jersey Devils. August 4, 2005. Archived from the original on February 17, 2006. Retrieved July 9, 2022.
  4. ^ Der, Amara (2007-09-27). "McGillis Up Close". Vancouver Canucks. Retrieved 2010-11-14.
  5. ^ "Defenceman Dan McGillis Joins Canucks on a Professional Tryout". Vancouver Canucks. 2007-09-20. Retrieved 2010-11-14.