Maine Mariners' Millman Achieves Milestone Against Railers

After being assigned to the Maine Mariners from AHL Providence in mid-October, defenseman Mason Millman had accumulated over 180 games during his professional career. Many of them were played as a member of the Reading Royals, the Mariners’ North Division foes.

On Saturday night against the Worcester Railers, Millman picked up an assist on a Sebastian Vidmar goal, giving the London, ON native his 100^th career ECHL point.

After a scoreless opening period, Worcester's Riley Piercey gave his team a 1-0 lead, putting in a one-timer from the left faceoff circle past Mariners goalie Nolan Maier at the 1:34 mark.

Over two minutes later, Vidmar cleaned up a loose puck to the right of the Railers' net, with Millman picking up the primary helper to tie the score 1-1.

The 23-year-old Millman was drafted by the Philadelphia Flyers in the fourth round (103^rd overall) of the 2019 NHL Draft. The first three seasons of his pro career were spent between Reading and their AHL affiliate, the Lehigh Valley Phantoms.

Millman has been a solid two-way player from the blueline, totaling 96 points (23-73-96) in 143 ECHL games. In 44 games with the Royals last season, he tallied 26 points (7-19-26).

Millman has appeared in 41 career AHL games, all with Lehigh Valley.

The 100-point milestone was a bittersweet moment for Millman, as Worcester scored four unanswered goals for a 5-1 victory. Anthony Repaci had a celebration of his own by picking up a hat trick to clinch the Railers' victory.

The Mariners drop to 3-5-0 and suffer their first road loss of the season.