Trevor Gillies

Trevor Gillies

Gillies warming up with the Islanders.
Born (1979-01-30) January 30, 1979
Cambridge, ON, CAN
Height 6 ft 3 in (191 cm)
Weight 227 lb (103 kg; 16 st 3 lb)
Position Left Wing
Shoots Left
ECHL team
Former teams		 South Carolina Stingrays
Mighty Ducks of Anaheim
New York Islanders
Vityaz Chekhov
HIFK
NHL Draft Undrafted
Playing career 1999–present

Trevor Gillies (born January 30, 1979) is a Canadian professional ice hockey player who is currently with the South Carolina Stingrays of the ECHL. He has played in the National Hockey League (NHL) with both the Mighty Ducks of Anaheim and New York Islanders. Gillies is primarily used as an enforcer, as evidenced by his career NHL statistics of 57 games with only three points and 261 penalty minutes.

Playing career

Undrafted, Gillies played junior hockey in the Ontario Hockey League. In 1999–2000 Gillies made his professional debut with the Mississippi Sea Wolves in the East Coast Hockey League. With limited offensive ability Gillies plied his trade between the ECHL and American Hockey League (AHL) for five years before signing an NHL contract with the New York Rangers on July 20, 2004.

Prior to the 2005–06 season and in his second year with the Rangers affiliate, the Hartford Wolf Pack, Gillies was traded from the Rangers to the Mighty Ducks of Anaheim for Steve Rucchin on August 5, 2005.[1] He was assigned to AHL affiliate, the Portland Pirates, and played in one NHL game for the Ducks, recording 21 penalty minutes in 2 minutes, 40 seconds of ice time.

On July 2, 2007, Gillies was signed by the Carolina Hurricanes to a one-year contract.[2] Gillies never played a regular season game with the Hurricanes, as he was assigned to the Albany River Rats.

On September 14, 2009, Gillies signed with the Bridgeport Sound Tigers of the AHL for the 2009–10 season.[3] After 18 games with the Tigers and accumulating 123 penalty minutes, Gillies was signed by NHL affiliate, the New York Islanders on January 28, 2010.[4] On March 14, 2010, Gillies scored his first NHL point, when he assisted on a Tim Jackman goal in a 4-2 victory over the Toronto Maple Leafs.[5] Gillies re-signed with the Islanders on a one-year contract through to the end of the 2010–2011 season on April 15, 2010.[6]

On February 12, 2011, Gillies was suspended nine games by the NHL for an incident which occurred in a February 11, 2011 game against the Pittsburgh Penguins. During the third period of the game, Gillies elbowed Penguins' forward Eric Tangradi in the face, punched him several times while he was down on the ice, and proceeded to taunt him from the dressing room hallway. Tangradi suffered concussion like symptoms and remained out of the Penguins line-up indefinitely.[7] In his first game back from the suspension, Gillies was ejected for a hit on Cal Clutterbuck in a game against the Minnesota Wild on March 2, 2011. After an in-person hearing, Gillies was suspended for 10 games for the incident.[8] After playing in only three games to start the 2011–12 season Gillies was placed on waivers on October 31, 2011.[9]

On June 19, 2012, Gillies opted to forgo North American free agency and signed a one-year contract to play with Vityaz Chekhov of the Russian Kontinental Hockey League.

On August 28, 2013, Gillies signed a contract with Helsinki IFK in the Finnish SM-Liiga for the 2013–14 season.[10] On November 4, 2013, Helsinki IFK terminated the contract with Gillies. During his time on HIFK he played three Finnish Liiga matches and four European Trophy matches.[11]

On October 10, 2014, after signing with the Adirondack Flames, Gillies slammed the face of Rochester Americans' William Carrier into the ice, receiving a 12-game suspension.[12]

On September 18, 2015, Gillies continued his career by signing a one-year ECHL contract with the South Carolina Stingrays.[13]

Career statistics

Regular season Playoffs
Season Team League GP G A Pts PIM GP G A Pts PIM
1996–97 North Bay Centennials OHL 26 0 3 3 72 — — — — —
1997–98 North Bay Centennials OHL 2 0 0 0 4 — — — — —
1997–98 Sarnia Sting OHL 17 0 1 1 33 — — — — —
1997–98 Oshawa Generals OHL 45 1 2 3 184 7 0 1 1 12
1998–99 Oshawa Generals OHL 66 6 9 15 270 11 0 2 2 28
1999–00 Mississippi Sea Wolves ECHL 53 0 6 6 202 — — — — —
1999–00 Lowell Lock Monsters AHL 8 0 0 0 38 — — — — —
2000–01 Greensboro Generals ECHL 63 1 6 7 303 — — — — —
2000–01 Worcester IceCats AHL — — — — — 6 0 0 0 24
2001–02 Augusta Lynx ECHL 46 0 1 1 269 — — — — —
2001–02 Richmond Renegades ECHL 18 0 1 1 51 — — — — —
2001–02 Providence Bruins AHL 5 0 0 0 21 — — — — —
2002–03 Lowell Lock Monsters AHL 25 0 1 1 132 — — — — —
2002–03 Richmond Renegades ECHL 6 0 0 0 20 — — — — —
2002–03 Peoria Rivermen ECHL 24 0 1 1 180 — — — — —
2003–04 Springfield Falcons AHL 61 2 1 3 277 — — — — —
2004–05 Hartford Wolf Pack AHL 49 0 2 2 277 — — — — —
2005–06 Portland Pirates AHL 50 2 3 5 169 4 0 0 0 0
2005–06 Mighty Ducks of Anaheim NHL 1 0 0 0 21 — — — — —
2006–07 Portland Pirates AHL 51 1 6 7 151 — — — — —
2006–07 Augusta Lynx ECHL 7 0 2 2 23 — — — — —
2007–08 Albany River Rats AHL 51 1 1 2 112 7 0 0 0 19
2008–09 Albany River Rats AHL 30 0 0 0 125 — — — — —
2009–10 Bridgeport Sound Tigers AHL 24 1 0 1 169 — — — — —
2009–10 New York Islanders NHL 14 0 1 1 75 — — — — —
2010–11 New York Islanders NHL 39 2 0 2 165 — — — — —
2011–12 New York Islanders NHL 3 0 0 0 0 — — — — —
2011–12 Bridgeport Sound Tigers AHL 26 1 0 1 65 — — — — —
2012–13 Vityaz Chekhov KHL 24 0 0 0 95 — — — — —
2013–14 HIFK Liiga 3 0 0 0 54 — — — — —
2013–14 Orlando Solar Bears ECHL 5 0 0 0 21 — — — — —
2013–14 Abbotsford Heat AHL 9 0 0 0 12 3 0 0 0 0
2014–15 Adirondack Flames AHL 20 1 0 1 45 — — — — —
2015–16 South Carolina Stingrays ECHL 46 0 2 2 106 19 0 1 1 25
NHL totals 57 2 1 3 261 — — — — —

References

  1. ↑ "Veterans Rucchin and Leclerc traded to free cap room". OC Register. 2005-08-05. Retrieved 2010-03-15.
  2. ↑ "Hurricanes ink Gillies to one-year deal". Carolina Hurricanes. 2007-07-02. Retrieved 2010-03-16.
  3. ↑ "Sound Tigers sign Gillies". Bridgeport Sound Tigers. 2009-09-14. Retrieved 2010-03-17.
  4. ↑ "Gillies signs NHL deal". Bridgeport Sound Tigers. 2010-01-28. Retrieved 2010-03-15.
  5. ↑ "Maple Leafs cooled as Biron, Islanders take control". CBS Sports. 2010-03-14. Retrieved 2010-03-16.
  6. ↑ "Isles sign Trevor Gillies to one-year extension". Newsday. 2010-04-15. Retrieved 2010-04-16.
  7. ↑ "Isles fined $100K; 3 banned after brawl".
  8. ↑ Source: New York Islanders' Trevor Gillies to meet with NHL to discuss hit - ESPN New York
  9. ↑ Strang, Katie (2011-10-31). "Isles waive Gillies". ESPN. Retrieved 2011-11-01.
  10. ↑ Former NHL Goon Trevor Gillies Joins HIFK - The Hockey House
  11. ↑ "Announcement on Trevor Gillies" (in Finnish). HIFK. 2013-11-04. Retrieved 2013-11-04.
  12. ↑ "AHL announces suspension". AHL. 2014-10-13. Retrieved 2014-10-13.
  13. ↑ "Trevor Gillies signs with Stingrays". South Carolina Stingrays. 2015-09-18. Retrieved 2015-09-18.
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