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, 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 to 1996. Mills was drafted 108th overall by the Jets in the 1994 NHL Entry Draft. 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 Alexei Zhamnov and a first-round draft choice ( Ty Jones) to the

in exchange for

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. On June 12, 2001, Mills was traded by the Phoenix Coyotes again with Robert Reichel and Travis Green to the

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in exchange for Daniil Markov.

Career statistics

Regular season and playoffs

International

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* 1976 births Living people Belleville Bulls players Brûleurs de Loups players Canadian ice hockey forwards Chicago Blackhawks players Canadian expatriate ice hockey players in the United States 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 20th-century Canadian sportsmen {{Canada-icehockey-winger-1970s-stub