Three-year Western Hockey League player Arthur Miller is now a member of the Power Dodge Estevan Bruins.
The Bruins dealt 1998-born forward Isaac Embree and 1998-born defenceman Nolan Ferguson to the MJHL's Steinbach Pistons for the rights to Miller, who hasn't played since the Swift Current Broncos released him in October.
“Arthur Miller brings a much-needed piece to the club. We have had to ask some of our young, inexperienced players to play on the left side with Goberis and McChesney. All the players we have cycled through there have done well considering being put in a very tough spot with high expectations. Miller is a natural fit with those guys and brings a lot of speed, skill, and grit to what has already been one of the league’s most explosive lines,” said Bruins general manager and head coach Chris Lewgood in a press release.
Miller, a 5'9”, 180 pound left wing from Regina, scored seven goals and 12 assists for 19 points and 111 penalty minutes in 65 regular season games with the Broncos last year and was part of the 2015 Regina Pat Canadians midget AAA team that won bronze at the Telus Cup. Miller scored two goals and an assist in the bronze medal game there. Other members of that team include current Bruins Jake Heerspink, Mark Edmands and Matthew Chekay.
The team loses a pair of 19-year-olds who were both veterans on the team.
“A large part of the success our team has had over the last 13 months stems from the culture and character in the dressing room.. Today we’re parting ways with two very good young men who helped build that culture in to what it is today. Both players will be missed greatly by their teammates, coaches, and fans,” Lewgood said in the release.
Ladner, B.C.'s Embree, a forward had four goals and nine assists for 13 points in 14 games, while Abbotsford's Ferguson had a goal and 12 assists for 13 points in 15 games on the blueline. Embree was the team's leader in penalty minutes with 52.
