The 41-year-old goalie retired from hockey after playing for the Anaheim Ducks last season. He played 11 of his 18 seasons for the Sabres.
The Sabres announced Miller would be honored in June, when he was in Buffalo to be announced as part of the Greater Buffalo Sports Hall of Fame Class of 2022. The announcement was made on the big screen at KeyBank Center by legendary Sabres announcer Rick Jeanneret.
"I always feel like this is where I kind of grew up," Miller said then. "I went to college in my hometown (East Lansing, Michigan), and then this was my chance to kind of step out on my own and also this was my first professional step. So a lot of firsts for me here and there's a great part of my career and a lot of great memories."
Selected by Buffalo in the fifth round (No. 138) of the 1999 NHL Draft, Miller was 284-186-56 with one tie in 11 seasons with Buffalo. He is its leader in wins and is second in shutouts with 28, behind Dominik Hasek (55).
Miller won the Vezina Trophy voted as the top goalie in the NHL in 2009-10, when he was 41-18-8 with a 2.22 goals-against average, .929 save percentage and five shutouts in 69 games (68 starts) for the Sabres.
That season, he won a silver medal with the United States at the 2010 Vancouver Olympics. He was named MVP of the tournament, winning five of six games with a 1.35 GAA, .946 save percentage and one shutout. He allowed eight goals on 147 shots, including the gold-medal-winning overtime goal to Sidney Crosby of Canada.
Miller will be the eighth player to have his number retired by the Sabres, joining Tim Horton (2), Rick Martin (7), Gilbert Perreault (11), Rene Robert (14), Pat Lafontaine (16), Danny Gare (18) and Hasek (39).
"I've always appreciated my experience here as a member of the community," Miller told the Sabres website. "Coming here and playing hockey was a dream come true. Playing with a great NHL organization and building something with a great group of guys. But then to also feel at home in the city was important to me and to make myself a member of the community where I could give back in different ways."
Miller was 391-289-87 with one tie, a 2.64 GAA, .914 save percentage and 44 shutouts in 796 games (772 starts) with the Sabres, St. Louis Blues, Vancouver Canucks and Ducks. He was 28-27 with a 2.52 GAA, .913 save percentage and three shutouts in 57 Stanley Cup Playoff games.
He is 14th on the NHL wins list, one ahead of Hasek, and is the leader among United States-born goalies, 17 wins ahead of John Vanbiesbrouck on that list.
"I'm excited to come back and celebrate and see people," Miller said. "We need to make more plans -- definitely want to do more in the fall and really connect with all the people I maybe didn't have time to connect with this time."
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