Trevor Gillies

Trevor Gillies (born January 30, 1979) is a Canadian former professional ice hockey left winger. He played parts of 5 seasons in the National Hockey League (NHL). He played for the Mighty Ducks of Anaheim and New York Islanders. Outside of the NHL, Gillies also played for the Vityaz Chekhov of the Kontinental Hockey League (KHL) and HIFK of the SM-liiga.

Gillies was known as a physical player and tended to fight often. He was known for his horseshoe moustache during his time with the Islanders.

Career
Before playing in the NHL, Gillies played parts of two seasons with the North Bay Centennials, one season with the Sarnia Sting, and two seasons with the Oshawa Generals. He was not drafted by an NHL team. He played a season with the Mississippi Sea Wolves of the ECHL. He spent most of his early career playing between multiple teams in the ECHL and the American Hockey League (AHL).

On July 20, 2004, Gilles signed a contract to join the New York Rangers of the National Hockey League (NHL). He was immediately sent down to play for their AHL-affiliate Hartford Wolf Pack. He played 49 games with the Wolf Pack and recorded 2 assists.

On August 23, 2005, the Rangers traded Gillies along with a 2007 conditional draft pick to the Mighty Ducks of Anaheim in exchange for Steve Rucchin. On November 6, 2005, Gillies made his NHL debut in a 4–3 shootout loss against the Minnesota Wild. On July 27, 2006, Gillies signed a contract extension to stay with the Mighty Ducks.

On July 2, 2007, Gillies signed a one-year contract to join the Carolina Hurricanes. He was immediately sent down to play for their AHL-affiliate Albany River Rats.

On September 14, 2009, Gillies signed with the New York Islanders AHL-affiliate Bridgeport Sound Tigers of the AHL. Gillies managed to earn 123 penalty minutes in 18 games with the Tigers. On January 28, 2010, Gillies signed with the New York Islanders. On March 14, 2010, Gillies recorded his first NHL point, assisting on a Tim Jackman goal in a 4–1 win against the Toronto Maple Leafs. On January 13, 2011, Gillies scored his first NHL goal against Robin Lehner in a 6–4 loss against the Ottawa Senators. Gillies faced a couple suspensions after he elbowed Pittsburgh Penguins player Eric Tangradi in the face, punched him when he was down on the ice, and then taunted him from the hallway of the dressing room. The league suspended Gillies nine games for this. After returning from suspension, Gillies immediately got ejected for an illegal hit on Minnesota Wild player Cal Clutterbuck. The league suspended him for ten games because of this after an in-person hearing took place. On October 31, 2011, the Islanders placed Gilles on waivers and he was cleared o play for the Bridgeport Sound Tigers again.

On June 19, 2012, Gillies decided to leave North America after he signed a one-year contract to play for Vityaz Chekhov of the Kontinental Hockey League (KHL). He played 24 total games with the team. On August 28, 2013, Gillies signed a contract to play for HIFK of the SM-liiga. He only played 3 regular season games before the HIFK terminated his contract.

He decided to head back to North America after signing a contract to join the Adirondack Flames of the AHL. On October 10, 2014, Gillies was suspended for twelve games after he smashed the face of Rochester Americans player William Carrier into the ice.

On September 18, 2015, Gillies signed a one-year contract to join the South Carolina Stingrays of the ECHL. He played parts of three seasons with the Stingrays.

On August 28, 2018, Gillies announced that he was retiring from playing professional ice hockey.

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