establish a role with the Wild, assisting on only 2 goals in 37 games before on January 13, 2012, he was placed on waivers. The following day he was claimed by the Columbus Blue Jackets. A free agent approaching the 2013-14 season, Gillies accepted an invite to attend the Buffalo Sabres training camp. Unable to secure a contract with the Sabres he was reassigned to their AHL affiliate, the Rochester Americans training camp, on September 21, 2013. He was then signed to a one-year AHL deal with the Americans on September 25, 2013. As a free agent again in the off-season, Gillies participated in his second consecutive training camp on a try-out with the New York Islanders. Gillies was assigned to AHL affiliate, the Bridgeport Sound Tigers on a professional try-out to begin the 2014–15 season, before signing a one-year AHL deal on December 12, 2014. Gillies played for HC Banska Bystrica in Slovakia during 2015-2016. After this, Gillies joined Dinamo Riga in the KHL for four seasons. Gillies retired from professional hockey in 2021 and accepted a coaching position with the Surrey Eagles of the BCHL. Personal Gillies is also a firefighter, working in Penticton, British Columbia. He and his partner welcomed their first child, a baby boy, in late 2021. Career statistics Regular season and playoffs International References External links 1989 births Living people Bridgeport Sound Tigers players Columbus Blue Jackets players Dinamo Riga players HC '05 Banská Bystrica players Houston Aeros (1994–2013) players Ice hockey people from British Columbia Minnesota Wild draft picks Minnesota Wild players National Hockey League first-round draft picks People from White Rock, British Columbia Rochester Americans players Saskatoon Blades players Canadian ice hockey left wingers