# Corey Millen

Corey Eugene Millen (born March 30, 1964) is an American former professional ice hockey center. He played in the National Hockey League between 1990 and 1997 with five teams. Internationally he played for the American national team at several tournaments, including the 1984 and 1988 Winter Olympics. In 2020, he was named the head coach of the St. Cloud Norsemen in the North American Hockey League.

## Career
### 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. He 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, Millen moved to Europe for the first time, where he played in the Swiss Nationalliga A from 1987 to 1989 along with Dale McCourt, wearing the jersey of HC Ambri-Piotta. At the end of this period he moved back to the U.S. where he started his NHL career with the Rangers.
In 1997 Millen 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 EHC Visp before retiring from hockey in 2004.

### Coaching

In 2011, Millen 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.
Millen became the head coach of the St. Cloud Norsemen in the NAHL in 2020 and is presently coaching there.

## Career statistics
### Regular season and playoffs

| | | | Regular season | Regular season | Regular season | Regular season | Regular season | Playoffs | Playoffs | Playoffs | Playoffs | Playoffs |
| Season | Team | League | GP | G | A | Pts | PIM | GP | G | A | Pts | PIM |
| 1980–81 | Cloquet High School | HS-MN | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — |
| 1981–82 | Cloquet High School | HSMN | 18 | 46 | 33 | 79 | — | — | — | — | — | — |
| 1982–83 | University of Minnesota | WCHA | 21 | 14 | 15 | 29 | 18 | — | — | — | — | — |
| 1984–85 | University of Minnesota | WCHA | 38 | 28 | 36 | 64 | 60 | — | — | — | — | — |
| 1985–86 | University of Minnesota | WCHA | 48 | 41 | 42 | 83 | 64 | — | — | — | — | — |
| 1986–87 | University of Minnesota | WCHA | 42 | 36 | 29 | 65 | 62 | — | — | — | — | — |
| 1987–88 | HC Ambrì–Piotta | NDA | 5 | 2 | 4 | 6 | 5 | 6 | 8 | 5 | 13 | 4 |
| 1988–89 | HC Ambrì–Piotta | NDA | 36 | 32 | 28 | 60 | 119 | 6 | 4 | 3 | 7 | 18 |
| 1989–90 | New York Rangers | NHL | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | — | — | — | — | — |
| 1989–90 | Flint Spirits | IHL | 11 | 4 | 5 | 9 | 2 | — | — | — | — | — |
| 1990–91 | New York Rangers | NHL | 4 | 3 | 1 | 4 | 0 | 6 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 0 |
| 1990–91 | Binghamton Rangers | AHL | 40 | 19 | 37 | 56 | 68 | 6 | 0 | 7 | 7 | 8 |
| 1991–92 | New York Rangers | NHL | 11 | 1 | 4 | 5 | 10 | — | — | — | — | — |
| 1991–92 | Binghamton Rangers | AHL | 15 | 8 | 7 | 15 | 44 | — | — | — | — | — |
| 1991–92 | Los Angeles Kings | NHL | 46 | 20 | 21 | 41 | 44 | 6 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 6 |
| 1992–93 | Los Angeles Kings | NHL | 42 | 23 | 16 | 39 | 42 | 23 | 4 | 2 | 6 | 12 |
| 1993–94 | New Jersey Devils | NHL | 78 | 20 | 30 | 50 | 52 | 7 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 2 |
| 1994–95 | New Jersey Devils | NHL | 17 | 2 | 3 | 5 | 8 | — | — | — | — | — |
| 1994–95 | Dallas Stars | NHL | 28 | 3 | 15 | 18 | 28 | 5 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 2 |
| 1995–96 | Dallas Stars | NHL | 13 | 3 | 4 | 7 | 8 | — | — | — | — | — |
| 1995–96 | Michigan K–Wings | IHL | 11 | 8 | 11 | 19 | 14 | — | — | — | — | — |
| 1995–96 | Calgary Flames | NHL | 31 | 4 | 10 | 14 | 10 | — | — | — | — | — |
| 1996–97 | Calgary Flames | NHL | 61 | 11 | 15 | 26 | 32 | — | — | — | — | — |
| 1997–98 | Kölner Haie | DEL | 27 | 15 | 16 | 31 | 46 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 3 | 6 |
| 1998–99 | Kölner Haie | DEL | 48 | 26 | 39 | 65 | 153 | 5 | 2 | 2 | 4 | 37 |
| 1999–00 | Kölner Haie | DEL | 38 | 17 | 32 | 49 | 52 | 10 | 4 | 3 | 7 | 16 |
| 2000–01 | Kölner Haie | DEL | 59 | 34 | 28 | 62 | 127 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 27 |
| 2001–02 | Kölner Haie | DEL | 57 | 22 | 24 | 46 | 156 | 13 | 6 | 5 | 11 | 36 |
| 2002–03 | HC Lugano | NLA | 31 | 10 | 9 | 19 | 53 | — | — | — | — | — |
| 2002–03 | EHC Visp | NLB | — | — | — | — | — | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| DEL totals | DEL totals | DEL totals | 229 | 114 | 139 | 253 | 534 | 34 | 14 | 11 | 25 | 122 |
| NHL totals | NHL totals | NHL totals | 335 | 90 | 119 | 209 | 236 | 47 | 5 | 7 | 12 | 22 |

### International

| Year | Team | Event | GP | G | A | Pts | PIM |
| 1982 | United States | WJC | 7 | 2 | 4 | 6 | 4 |
| 1984 | United States | OLY | 6 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 |
| 1987 | United States | CC | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| 1988 | United States | OLY | 6 | 6 | 5 | 11 | 4 |
| 1998 | United States | WC Q | 3 | 3 | 0 | 3 | 4 |
| Junior totals | Junior totals | Junior totals | 7 | 2 | 4 | 6 | 4 |
| Senior totals | Senior totals | Senior totals | 16 | 10 | 5 | 15 | 10 |

## Awards and honors

| Award | Year |
| All-WCHA Second Team | 1984–85 |
| All-WCHA Second Team | 1985–86 |
| AHCA West Second-Team All-American | 1985–86 |
| All-WCHA Second Team | 1986–87 |
| All-NCAA All-Tournament Team | 1987 |