"Killer" Quietly Builds DU Hockey

(above) Steve "Killer" Miller
Photo Credit: Hyoung Chang
From: Denver Post
by Mike Chambers

University of Denver assistant coach and recruiting coordinator Steve Miller is an obscure architect, the kind of behind-the-scenes builder who doesn't often get the public recognition he deserves.

His primary role is to identify young talent and establish a relationship with the player and his family. Despite traveling some 75,000 miles per year to far-flung Canadian towns such as Cole Harbour, Nova Scotia, and Regina, Saskatchewan, Miller loves his job.

So much so, he says, he feels like he's hasn't worked a day in his 17 years under head coach George Gwozdecky, including the past 14 at DU.

Miller, 42, visited with Denver Post college hockey writer Mike Chambers on Wednesday, two days before the Pioneers begin a regular-season ending home-and-home series against rival Colorado College. (rest of article)

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