Boston Bruins Recall Colin Miller From Providence, And Assign Seth Griffith To Providence

Boston Bruins Recall Colin Miller From Providence, And Assign Seth Griffith To Providence Ahead of Carolina Game

Boston Bruins General Manager Don Sweeney has announced that the Bruins have recalled defense-man Colin Miller from the Providence Bruins while assigning forward Seth Griffith to the P-Bruins. The Bruins are expecting Miller to join the team prior to tonight’s game versus Carolina Hurricanes.

Miller is in the middle of his first NHL season and has played in 39 games with the Bruins this season. Miller has scored three goals and 12 assists for 15 points with 32 penalty minutes and a +2 rating. Miller who is 23 years old ranks seventh among rookie defenseman this season in points.

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Miller has also appeared in 19 games with Providence, recording four goals and eight assists for 12 points with 16 penalty minutes and a +3 rating. Prior to joining the Bruins, Miller played in 135 games with the Manchester Monarchs of the American Hockey League (AHL), he scored 24 goals and had 45 assists for 69 points with 117 penalty minutes and a +16 rating. Miller helped the Monarchs win the Calder Cup in 2014-15 season. Miller scored two goals with eight assists for 10 points in 19 playoff games with the Monarchs.

Miller came to the Bruins via a trade with the Los Angeles Kings this past off season when the Bruins sent Milan Lucic to Los Angeles for Miller, goaltender Martin Jones and a 1st Round pick.

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Colin Miller is an excellent call up for the Boston Bruins as they look to try and make the playoffs this week with three games left in their regular season schedule. Miller’s addition will allow the Bruins to have a number of different defensive configurations going forward in the hopes of knocking the struggling Bruins back onto the right track.

If the Bruins hope to make the playoffs come Sunday morning they will need to win at least 2 of the 3 final games, the key match-up remains the Thursday night game against the Detroit Red Wings who are currently in the last guaranteed playoff spot in the Atlantic division and are one point ahead of the Bruins as of right now. The Bruins don’t have to be perfect down the stretch, but if they hope to make the playoffs they better try to be flawless.