Bradley "Brad" Mills (born May 3, 1983) is a Canadian former professional ice hockey forward who played in the National Hockey League (NHL) with the New Jersey Devils, Rutgers Scarlet Knights, and the Chicago Blackhawks.
Playing career On March 16, 2007, Mills was signed by the New Jersey Devils to a two-year entry-level contract. During the 2010–11 season, Mills was recalled from AHL affiliate, the Albany Devils, and scored his first NHL goal on November 3, 2010 against Marty Turco of the Chicago Blackhawks.
Affected as a free agent by the 2012 NHL lockout, Mills signed a contract with the Utah Grizzlies of the ECHL on October 3, 2012. In scoring 35 points in 27 games during the 2012–13 season with the Grizzlies, Mills was initially loaned to the Rockford IceHogs of the AHL, before he was signed to a contract to remain with the IceHogs on January 31, 2013.
On October 25, 2013, the IceHog's NHL affiliate, the Chicago Blackhawks, signed Mills for the remainder of the season, and immediately recalled him to the NHL.
In the summer of 2014, Mills signed a professional tryout with the Ottawa Senators' AHL affiliate Binghamton Senators. He made the team, and eventually signed a one-year, two-way contract with Ottawa on January 27, 2015. Mills was not recalled to the NHL during the 2014–15 season, appearing in 34 games totalling 14 points with Binghamton in his last season of his professional playing career.
Career statistics Regular season Playoffs Season Team League GP G A Pts PIM GP G A Pts PIM 2002–03 Fort McMurray Oil Barons AJHL 62 20 47 67 73 — — — — — 2003–04 Yale University ECAC 27 4 7 11 18 — — — — — 2004–05 Yale University ECAC 27 12 14 26 30 — — — — — 2005–06 Yale University ECAC 22 8 8 16 65 — — — — — 2006–07 Yale University ECAC 20 2 6 8 39 — — — — — 2006–07 Lowell Devils AHL 8 0 1 1 4 — — — — — 2007–08 Trenton Devils ECHL 16 1 2 3 44 — — — — — 2008–09 Lowell Devils AHL 75 5 16 21 108 — — — — — 2009–10 Lowell Devils AHL 51 12 7 19 67 2 1 2 3 4 2010–11 Albany Devils AHL 53 15 9 24 102 — — — — — 2010–11 New Jersey Devils NHL 4 1 0 1 5 — — — — — 2011–12 New Jersey Devils NHL 27 0 1 1 32 — — — — — 2011–12 Albany Devils AHL 49 6 16 22 90 — — — — — 2012–13 Utah Grizzlies ECHL 27 15 20 35 116 — — — — — 2012–13 Rockford IceHogs AHL 33 7 9 16 60 — — — — — 2013–14 Rockford IceHogs AHL 28 8 6 14 49 — — — — — 2013–14 Chicago Blackhawks NHL 3 0 0 0 0 — — — — — 2014–15 Binghamton Senators AHL 34 4 10 14 79 — — — — — NHL totals 34 1 1 2 37 — — — — —
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