Over the course of his 14-year career in the National Hockey League (NHL), which lasted from 1994 to 2008, Miller played for the Quebec Nordiques/Colorado Avalanche, the Los Angeles Kings and the Vancouver Canucks.

In 2002, he was selected as a member of United States hockey team at the 2002 Winter Olympics, where he won a silver medal.

[2] After playing forward at St. Francis High School and the Niagara Scenics in Buffalo, Miller was given a scholarship to the University of Vermont.

[7] He finished his university career with 11 goals and 62 points in 122 games, later being named to Vermont's All-Time Men's Hockey Team, "The ECAC Years".

Miller's first professional season ended with 1 NHL and 64 AHL games, where he scored four goals and ten assists.

On February 21, 2001, Miller was sent to the Los Angeles Kings alongside Adam Deadmarsh, a player later to be named (Jared Aulin, who would be traded on March 22, 2001) and Colorado's first-round draft picks in the 2001 (Dave Steckel) and 2003 (Brian Boyle) Entry Drafts in exchange for Rob Blake and Steven Reinprecht.

He contributed an assist in 13 playoff games as the Kings played the Avalanche, Miller's former team, who defeated Los Angeles as they went on to win the Stanley Cup for the second time.

Abdominal surgery and a broken foot limited Miller to 49 games with the Kings the next season, recording one goal and five assists for six points.

[10] As an unrestricted free agent, Miller signed a one-year, $1.5 million contract with the Vancouver Canucks on July 9, 2007, ending his time with the Kings.

In a game on March 6 against the Nashville Predators, Miller injured his shoulder and ultimately missed the remainder of the season.

In six games, Miller went pointless as the Americans won the silver medal, and experience he referred to as "best part of [his] career.

"[3] Two years later, he joined the bronze medal-winning American team at the 2004 Men's World Ice Hockey Championships.

[18] He also provided color commentary for select Vermont Catamounts men's ice hockey radio broadcasts from 2009 to 2010 on AM 620, WVMT.