Corey Millen

Corey Eugene Millen (born March 30, 1964) is an American former professional ice hockey center. In 2020, he was named the head coach of the St. Cloud Blizzard in the North American Hockey League.

NHL

Millen played for the University of Minnesota after being selected by the New York Rangers in the 1982 NHL Entry draft.

Millen started his National Hockey League career with the Rangers in 1990 where he appeared in four games.He also played for the Los Angeles Kings, New Jersey Devils, Dallas Stars and Calgary Flames.

Millen was sent to the Calgary Flames along with Jarome Iginla in the trade which sent Joe Nieuwendyk to the Dallas Stars. He left the NHL after the 1997 season.

Europe

After playing four years with the University of Minnesota he moved for the first time in Europe where he played in the Swiss Hockey League A, from 1987 to 1989 along with Dale McCourt, with the jersey of HC Ambri-Piotta (RS: GP 41 - 36 G - 25 A / Playoffs: GP 12 - 12 G - 8 A). At the end of this period he moved back to the U.S. where he started his NHL career with the NYR.

In 1997–98 He joined the Cologne Sharks of Germany's Deutsche Eishockey Liga. He played in Cologne until the end of the 2001–02 season. In 2002–03 he moved to Switzerland and joined HC Lugano of the Nationalliga A for one season and spent a second season with Nationalliga B team ECH Visp before retiring from hockey in 2004.

Coaching

In 2011, he became the head coach of the Alaska Avalanche in the North American Hockey League (NAHL). He then was head coach of the Minnesota Wilderness in the NAHL from 2013 to 2016.