Mallards Bring Back Veteran D-Man McMillan


Mallards Re-Sign McMillan

MOLINE, Ill. (July 13, 2012) – The Quad City Mallards of the “AA” Central Hockey League today announced they have re-signed defenseman Darren McMillan.  Per club policy, no contract terms were announced.
 
McMillan, 32, has served as Mallards captain each of the last two seasons.  Last year saw the Sault Ste. Marie, Ontario, native score three times and total 23 points while finishing tied for fourth in the CHL in plus/minus rating (+24).  McMillan has played in each of the Mallards’ 132 regular season games over the last two campaigns.
 
“Darren has been and will continue to be the cornerstone of not only our defense but also our hockey team,” said Mallards head coach and general manager David Bell.  “This is a huge step for our defense corps and for our leadership group going forward.”
 
In 2010-11- his first full season in the Quad Cities- the 6’ 0”, 209-pound McMillan scored four goals and notched 21 points while turning in a plus/minus rating of +4.  McMillan represented the Mallards in the 2011 CHL All-Star Game
 
Over seven professional seasons, McMillan has scored 26 goals and collected 157 points In 412 career games.  McMillan first played for the Mallards early in the 2009-10 season when he picked up three assists while skating in a dozen games before heading to Germany to spend the remainder of that campaign with Klostersee EHC.  That stint in the Oberliga was McMillan’s second- he also suited up for Klostersee in 2007-08.
 
2008-09 saw McMillan skate in 73 games and record one goal and ten points while helping the Ontario (California) Reign to the ECHL’s Pacific Division title.   He began his professional career with the CHL’s Wichita Thunder, for whom played in both 2005-06 and 2006-07.

Before stepping into the pro ranks, McMillan played for St. Francis Xavier University in Antigonish, Nova Scotia for four seasons.  He won the Atlantic University Sport conference title with StFX in 2003-04.  In the junior ranks, he suited up for the Erie Otters of the Ontario Hockey League for three seasons from 1998-2001.  McMillan and the Otters won back-to-back OHL Midwest Division championships in 1999-2000 and 2000-01 and also finished the regular season first overall in the OHL in 2000-01.



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