Craig Mills (born August 27, 1976) is a Canadian former

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winger who played for the

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and

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of the

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between 1996 and 1999. He is the son of Ontario politician

Dennis Mills Dennis Joseph Mills (born July 19, 1946) is a Canadian businessman and former politician. He was a Liberal Member of Parliament for the riding of Toronto—Danforth in the east-end of downtown Toronto. From February 2012 until November 2016, Mi ...

, and was born in

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Playing career

As a youth, Mills played in the 1990

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with a

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team from

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. Mills was the recipient of the OHL Humanitarian of the Year and the CHL Humanitarian of the Year Award in 1996. He was also part of Canada's gold medal winning hockey team in the 1996

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. He captained the Belleville Bulls of the OHL from 1994-96. Mills was drafted 108th overall by the Jets in the

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. He played 31 career NHL games, with zero goals and five assists. On August 16, 1996, Mills was traded by the

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with

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and a first-round draft choice ( Ty Jones) to the

in exchange for

Jeremy Roenick Jeremy Shaffer Roenick ( ; born January 17, 1970) is an American former professional ice hockey player who played the majority of his career in the National Hockey League (NHL). He was drafted 8th overall in the 1988 NHL Entry Draft by the Chica ...

. On June 12, 2001, Mills was traded by the Phoenix Coyotes again with

Robert Reichel Robert Reichel (born June 25, 1971) is a Czech former professional ice hockey centre and coach. He began his career with HC Litvínov of the Czechoslovak First Ice Hockey League; his 49 goals in 1989–90 was the second highest total in Czechosl ...

and

Travis Green Travis Vernon Green (born December 20, 1970) is a Canadian professional ice hockey coach and former player. He is the associate coach for the New Jersey Devils of the National Hockey League (NHL). Green is the former head coach of the Vancouver ...

to the

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in exchange for Daniil Markov.

Career statistics

Regular season and playoffs

International

References

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* 1976 births Living people Belleville Bulls players Brûleurs de Loups players Canadian ice hockey forwards Chicago Blackhawks players Chicago Wolves (IHL) players Indianapolis Ice players Lokomotiv Yaroslavl players Nybro Vikings players Portland Pirates players St. John's Maple Leafs players Ice hockey people from Toronto Springfield Falcons players Winnipeg Jets (1979–1996) draft picks Winnipeg Jets (1979–1996) players {{Canada-icehockey-winger-1970s-stub