Trevor Gillies

Trevor Gillies
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
NHL team Former teams	New York Islanders Mighty Ducks of Anaheim
NHL draft	Undrafted
Playing career	1999–present

Trevor Gillies (born January 30, 1979) is a Canadian ice hockey player who is currently playing for the Minnesota Wild of the National Hockey League (NHL). Gillies is primarily used as an enforcer.

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 Trevor plied his trade between the ECHL and 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. He was assigned to AHL affiliate, the Portland Pirates, and played in one NHL game in the 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. Gillies never played a game with the Hurricanes, as he was assigned to be the enforcer of the Albany River Rats, totalling 237 penalty minutes in two seasons.

On September 14, 2009, Trevor signed with the Bridgeport Sound Tigers of the AHL for the 2009–10 season. 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. 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. Gillies re-signed with the Islanders on a one-year contract through to the end of the 2010–2011 season on April 15, 2010. On February 12, 2011, Gillies was suspended nine games by the NHL for an incident that 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. 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. The hit was described by General Manager Garth Snow in Newsday as "from the play, the way I saw it develop, there was a hit from behind on DiBenedetto by [Clutterbuck] and [Gillies] comes over and tries to finish his check. The first point of contact was shoulder-to-shoulder, it wasn’t a hit from behind by any means...I think his left glove accidentally followed through and made contact to the head. But, by no means do I think he had the intention to hurt the Minnesota player." After an in-person hearing set for Friday March 4, Gillies was suspended for 10 games after the dangerous hit.

Despite rumors, Gillies is not related to Islanders' Hall of Famer Clark Gillies.

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
1999–2000	Mississippi Sea Wolves	ECHL		53	0	6	6	202		—	—	—	—	—
1999–2000	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	Anaheim Mighty Ducks	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		—	—	—	—	—
NHL totals				54	2	1	3	261		—	—	—	—	—
AHL totals				354	7	14	21	1471		17	0	0	0	43

External links

• Trevor Gillies career statistics at The Internet Hockey Database