Kevin Miller

Year:
Senior
Position:
F
Height:
5-11
Weight:
189
Hometown:
Stony Plain, Alberta

Attracted to Ohio State because of the campus, coaching staff and Big Ten … grandfather got him into hockey and started playing at age 4 … hometown of Stony Plain is a small town of 15,000 people just west of Edmonton … says best thing about hockey is winning and making memories … Pick one: Movie – Wolf of Wall Street; Television show – Breaking Bad; Musician – Eminem; Professional team – Edmonton Oilers; Athlete – Lebron James; Homecooked meal – anything made by his mother; Celebrity – Mark Wahlberg; Snack food – bananas; Ice cream flavor – cookies and cream; Magazine – The Hockey News.

Ohio State Career: Four-time Ohio State Scholar-Athlete and a three-time Academic All-Big Ten honoree … shared team’s Most Improved Player award in 2016-17 … earned bachelor’s degree in finance in Spring 2018.

2017-18 (Senior Season): Played in 38 games and had 12 points on eight goals and four assists … missed B1G semifinal 3/10 with illness … +13 on the year, tying for 12th in the B1G … tied for fourth in the B1G and 17th in the NCAA with four gamewinning goals … led all players in the NCAA with three goals in NCAA Regionals; goal and +1 vs. Princeton March 24 and then scored twice, including the gamewinner, vs. Denver March 25; +2 vs. the Pioneers … assist vs. Wisconsin Feb. 23; +1 in each game vs. UW Feb. 23-24 … goal in each game at Notre Dame Feb. 9-10, with PPG in game one … scored GWG vs. Michigan Jan. 26; +1 in each game vs. the Wolverines Jan. 26-27 … assist and seven shots on goal at Penn State Jan. 13 … scored gamewinner at Michigan State Jan. 5 … assist vs. Niagara Dec. 29 … +4 in series with Robert Morris Oct. 27-28, with +3 mark in game one … gamewinning goaland an assist at UMass Oct. 21, with +3 mark … Academic All-Big Ten and Ohio State Scholar-Athlete honoree.

2016-17 (Junior Season): Played in 38 of 39 games and had career-high 11 goals and 15 points … ended year with a point in six of the last 10 games (5g, 2a, 7p) … two goals vs. Michigan Feb. 25, including the gamewinner … scored gamewinner at Wisconsin March 11 and was +3 in the series … goal in each game vs. Michigan State March 3-4 … scored to tie game shortly after Minnesota had gone ahead in eventual 5-4 win over the Gophers Feb. 10 … tallied in each game vs. Arizona State Jan. 13-14 … also scored Oct. 21 at Bowling Green, Nov. 5 at Robert Morris and Dec. 2 at Minnesota … assist in NCAA Tournament game vs. Minnesota Duluth March 13 and had three blocked shots … 20 shot blocks on the year, with three games with three blocks … Academic All-Big Ten and Ohio State Scholar-Athlete selection … co-recipient of team’s Most Improved Player accolade.

2015-16 (Sophomore Season): Saw action in 23 games and had 10 points, with four goals and six assists … +1 or better in six of the last seven games and point in five of last seven … two points, on a goal and an assist, and a +3 mark at Michigan March 4; second career multiple point game and first since November 2014 … scored first goal of the year Jan. 9 at Wisconsin and was +3 … goal and +2 mark Jan. 17 at Michigan … scored vs. Minnesota in Big Ten Tournament semifinals March 18 and had an assist vs. Michigan State in the quarterfinals March 17; +1 in each game … assists Oct. 24 at Providence, Nov. 28 at Omaha and March 11 at Michigan State … named an Ohio State Scholar-Athlete and to the Academic All-Big Ten team.

2014-15 (Freshman Season): Played in 15 games and had three points, on a goal and two assists … goal and an assist at Canisius Nov. 1 for first career points, +2 in the game … posted an assist and +1 mark at Notre Dame Nov. 29 … earned Ohio State Scholar-Athlete accolades.

Prior to Ohio State: Spent 2013-14 with the Fort McMurray Oil Barons, ranking third on the team with 54 points in the regular season, including 21 goals and 33 assists, while playing 56 games … shared team’s playoff MVP award after leading the squad with 17 points (10g, 7a) in 17 postseason games as the team lost in game seven of the North Division final … began 2012-13 with the Nanaimo Clippers in the British Columbia Hockey League and had nine points, with seven assists, in 31 games before a trade to Fort McMurray … played in 13 games for the Oil Barons, with two goals and seven assists for nine points … skated with the St. Albert Raiders Midget AAA in 2010-11 and 2011-12 … played four AJHL games with the Spruce Grove Saints (three in 2011-12, one in 2010-11) … also played basketball.

Off the Ice: Son of Tracy Powls and stepfather Kevin Powls … has a sister, Hailee, and two brothers, Ryan and Colby … brother Colby played football at the University of Alberta … family has three dogs … finance major.