Former Red Wing Drew Miller spoke with the Scotland Herald’s Craig Anderson regarding his stint with the English Ice Hockey League’s Braehead Clan (now the Glasgow Clan) during the 2012-2013 lockout:
“It got to a point where I just wanted to play and be ready for the season resuming. The best way to do that was to play games,” Miller recalled. “Playing for the Clan turned out to be a great thing for me. It got me out of the house, it got me on the ice and my wife and I called our time in Scotland our second honeymoon.
“The lockout itself was frustrating. There were endless talks and you had to stand firm about what you were fighting for and getting that fair deal. The owners are trying to get to get as much money as they can and as a player, all you wanted was what was right.
“You only had a certain amount of time to be a player so you want to maximise it as much as possible before your body and mind start to tell you differently so to miss out on half a season was tough. Throughout the summer, I’d been skating with the boys in Detroit, getting ready for the new season. With the lockout, all you could do was skate and train. It got boring after a while.”
Miller stayed until January 2013 when an agreement was reached in the dispute, having scored 17 goals and 16 assists in his 26 games under Jordan Krestanovich, as well as earning a Wall of Fame banner for his contribution.
