Mike Gillis

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Position	Left Wing
Height Weight	6 ft 1 in (1.85 m) 195 lb (88 kg/13 st 13 lb)
Pro clubs	Colorado Rockies Boston Bruins
Nationality	Canada
Born	December 1, 1958 (1958-12-01) (age 49), Sudbury, ON, CAN
NHL Draft	5th overall, 1978 Colorado Rockies
Pro career	1978 – 1984

Mike David Gillis (born December 1, 1958 in Sudbury, Ontario) is a retired Canadian professional ice hockey player and current general manager of the Vancouver Canucks.

[edit] Playing career

Mike Gillis spent his junior hockey career with the Kingston Canadians of the OMJHL from 1975-1978, playing in 111 games, and scoring 132 points (39 goals-93 assists). He added on 18 points (4G-14A) in 12 playoff games. Gillis missed most of the 1976-77 season due to a leg injury. He was drafted in the 1st round, 5th overall by the Colorado Rockies in the 1978 NHL Entry Draft.

In 1978-79, Gillis played 2 games with the Philadelphia Firebirds of the AHL, getting no points, and spent 30 games with the Rockies, getting 8 points (1G-7A). He split the 1979-80 season with the Rockies, getting 9 points (4G-5A) in 40 games, and the Fort Worth Texans of the CHL, with 22 points (9G-13A) in 29 games. Gillis started the 1980-81 season with Colorado, and had 18 points (11G-7A) in 51 games before being sent to the Boston Bruins for Bob Miller. Gillis then had 6 points (2G-4A) in 17 games, for a total of 24 points (13G-11A), which would be his career high. Gillis also appeared in a playoff game, going pointless.

In 1981-82, Gillis then registered 17 points (9G-8A) in 53 games, and earned 3 points (1G-2A) in 11 playoff games. He spent the majority of the 1982-83 season with the Baltimore Skipjacks of the AHL, getting 113 points (32G-81A) in 74 games, good for 4th in AHL league scoring. He also played 5 games with Boston, earning an assist, then played 12 playoff games for the Bruins, earning 4 points (1G-3A). Gillis split the 1983-84 season with the Bruins, getting 17 points (6G-11A) in 50 games, and with the Hershey Bears of the AHL, getting 29 points (8G-21A) in 26 games. He played 3 playoff games with Boston, getting no points.

Gillis retired from hockey in the summer of 1984.

[edit] Post-playing career

Upon retiring from playing hockey, Gillis coached the Queen's University Golden Gaels hockey team in 1985-86. He earned a law degree from Queen's University in 1990, and became a player agent. His clientele over the years included Pavel Bure, Markus Naslund, Bobby Holik, and Mike Richter among others.

With the firing of Vancouver Canucks' general manager Dave Nonis at the end of the 2007-08 season, Gillis was introduced by the organization as Nonis' successor on April 23, 2008.^[1]

[edit] Career statistics

[edit] External links

• Mike Gillis's career stats at The Internet Hockey Database
• Mike Gillis's biography at Legends of Hockey