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Miles Koules

Miles Koules (born June 25, 1994) is an American former professional ice hockey winger and film producer. He has played for the Binghamton Devils of the American Hockey League (AHL) and for HIFK in the Finnish top tier league Liiga. Internationally, he has represented the United States at the World U-17 Hockey Challenge.

Miles Koules
Born (1994-06-25) June 25, 1994 (age 30)
Los Angeles, California, U.S.
Height 6 ft 0 in (183 cm)
Weight 192 lb (87 kg; 13 st 10 lb)
Position Right Wing
Shot Right
Played for Ontario Reign
Cleveland Monsters
HIFK
Bakersfield Condors
Binghamton Devils
NHL draft Undrafted
Playing career 2015–2021

Koules is the founder of Koules Productions, a film production company where he partnered with his father Oren Koules.

Playing career

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Amateur

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Koules was born in Los Angeles, California to parents Risa Shapiro and Oren Koules.[1] Growing up in California, he stated that he felt there were limited opportunities to develop as an ice hockey player. After his father became a part owner of the Tampa Bay Lightning, Koules enrolled at Shattuck-Saint Mary's in Minnesota to further his development. After completing three seasons at Shattuck-Saint Mary's, Koules joined the USA Hockey National Team Development Program (USNTDP).[2] At the age of 16, Koules verbally committed to play collegiate hockey for the University of North Dakota.[3]

On January 10, 2012, Koules' Western Hockey League (WHL) rights were traded to the Medicine Hat Tigers in exchange for Reid Petryk.[4] On April 30, 2012, Koules committed to leave the USNTDP and join the Tigers for the 2012–13 season, thus foregoing his collegiate eligibility. The Tigers general manager Brad McEwen credited this change to Koules' personal connections to members on the team, such as Emerson Etem and Hunter Shinkaruk.[5]

He stayed with the Medicine Hat Tigers for nearly three seasons, recording career highs in his second season with the team and accepting invitations to NHL Development camps. On September 29, 2014, Koules was traded to the Portland Winterhawks in exchange for a 2017 4th round draft pick.[6]

Professional

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After his major junior hockey career concluded following the 2014–15 season, Koules joined the Quad City Mallards of the ECHL.[7] He was later traded to the Wichita Thunder in exchange for future considerations after playing in 44 games for the Mallards.[8]

On October 15, 2016, Koules was traded to the Atlanta Gladiators.[9] His playing rights were later traded to the Tulsa Oilers.[10] He was again traded on January 24, 2017, to the Elmira Jackals[11] but it was short-lived as his playing rights were moved to the Indy Fuel days later.[12]

On February 2, 2017, Koules was signed to a professional tryout agreement with the Ontario Reign of the American Hockey League (AHL).[13] After playing in two games for the Reign, he was returned to the ECHL before signing a 25-game professional tryout with the Cleveland Monsters of the AHL in March 2017.[14] His contract evolved into an AHL contract for the 2017–18 season on July 26, 2017.[15] After attending the Columbus Blue Jackets NHL training camp on a tryout contract, Koules was reassigned to the AHL for the 2017–18 season.[16]

After spending the entire 2017–18 season in the AHL, Koules joined the HIFK in the Finnish top tier league Liiga during the 2018-19 season.[17] He returned to North America after agreeing to an AHL contract with the Monsters on January 11, 2019[18] after playing in 13 games. He scored his first two goals of the season in a 6–3 loss to the Syracuse Crunch on February 2.[19]

After a one-year stint with the Bakersfield Condors in the COVID-19 affected 2019–20 season, Koules extended his career in the AHL, joining the Binghamton Devils on a professional tryout contract prior to the pandemic delayed 2020–21 season on February 1, 2021.[20]

International play

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While playing at St. Mary's, Koules was named to the U.S. Under-17 Select Team to compete in the 2010 Five Nations tournament.[21] Koules scored his first goal of the tournament on August 18, 2010, in a 5–3 win over Team Czech Republic.[22]

He helped lead Team USA to the 2010 Under-17 Four Nations Cup with seven points in four games.[23]

He won a silver medal with Team USA at the 2011 World U-17 Hockey Challenge.[24]

He is slated to play for Greece in the upcoming Amerigol LATAM Cup.

Business career

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Koules partnered with his father Oren Koules in 2022 to form the film production company Koules Productions.[25]

Personal life

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Koules is the son of talent agent Risa Shapiro and entrepreneur Oren Koules.[1] Koules and Shapiro separated in 2005 and eventually divorced in 2007.[26] Oren remarried in 2008 and as a result, Miles has two younger half sisters.[27]

Career statistics

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Regular season Playoffs
Season Team League GP G A Pts PIM GP G A Pts PIM
2009–10 Shattuck St. Mary's U16 Midget 53 20 38 58 26 — — — — —
2010–11 USNTDP Juniors USHL 26 3 4 7 18 2 0 0 0 0
2010–11 USNTDP U17 USDP 42 14 12 26 24 — — — — —
2011–12 USNTDP Juniors USHL 28 6 9 15 32 2 1 0 1 4
2011–12 USNTDP U17 USDP 15 4 5 9 26 — — — — —
2011–12 USNTDP U18 USDP 42 4 12 16 43 — — — — —
2012–13 Medicine Hat Tigers WHL 69 19 21 40 18 8 1 3 4 0
2013–14 Medicine Hat Tigers WHL 70 25 26 51 34 18 4 6 10 10
2014–15 Medicine Hat Tigers WHL 2 1 0 1 0 — — — — —
2014–15 Portland Winterhawks WHL 67 26 32 58 47 17 2 11 13 2
2015–16 Quad City Mallards ECHL 44 3 10 13 8 — — — — —
2015–16 Wichita Thunder ECHL 15 4 9 13 2 — — — — —
2016–17 Atlanta Gladiators ECHL 11 1 3 4 0 — — — — —
2016–17 Tulsa Oilers ECHL 25 3 13 16 14 — — — — —
2016–17 Ontario Reign AHL 2 0 0 0 0 — — — — —
2016–17 Cleveland Monsters AHL 7 1 0 1 6 — — — — –
2017–18 Cleveland Monsters AHL 68 13 14 27 10 — — — — —
2018–19 HIFK Liiga 13 2 0 2 2 — — — — —
2018–19 Cleveland Monsters AHL 19 4 0 4 6 — — — — —
2019–20 Bakersfield Condors AHL 31 1 4 5 11 — — — — —
2020–21 Binghamton Devils AHL 12 0 2 2 2 — — — — —
AHL totals 139 19 20 39 37 — — — — —
Liiga totals 13 2 0 2 2 — — — — —

References

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  1. ^ a b Sepich, Scott. "Winterhawks' Miles Koules 'loving it' in Portland, hoping his pro hockey dream has Hollywood ending". oregonlive.com. Retrieved February 18, 2019.
  2. ^ Prewitt, Alex (July 11, 2014). "Miles Koules scripted a new path towards his hockey dreams". The Washington Post. Retrieved February 19, 2019.
  3. ^ Brad Elliott Schlossman (September 3, 2010). "UND HOCKEY: Koules commits to Sioux". Retrieved February 19, 2019.
  4. ^ "HURLEY ACQUIRED FROM ICE; PETRYK DEALT TO EVERETT". tigershockey.com. January 10, 2012. Retrieved February 18, 2019.
  5. ^ "COUP FOR TIGERS AS KOULES PICKS MEDICINE HAT". tigershockey.com. April 30, 2010. Retrieved February 18, 2019.
  6. ^ "TIGERS MAKE TRADE WITH PORTLAND". tigershockey.com. September 29, 2014. Retrieved February 19, 2019.
  7. ^ "ECHL TRANSACTIONS - OCT. 13". ECHL.com. October 14, 2015. Archived from the original on October 15, 2015. Retrieved February 19, 2019.
  8. ^ "THUNDER ACQUIRE ROOKIE FORWARD FROM QUAD CITY". wichitathunder.com. February 27, 2016. Retrieved February 19, 2019.
  9. ^ "ECHL TRANSACTIONS – OCT. 14". ECHL.com. October 14, 2016. Archived from the original on June 30, 2018. Retrieved February 19, 2019.
  10. ^ @atlgladiators (November 23, 2016). "TRANSACTION NOTE: The Gladiators have traded Miles Koules' Playing Rights to the Tulsa Oilers. #battletogether" (Tweet) – via Twitter.
  11. ^ @JackalsHockey (January 24, 2017). "NEWS: The Jackals acquire defenseman Jacob Poe and forward Miles Koules from @tulsa_oilers" (Tweet) – via Twitter.
  12. ^ @IndyFuel (January 25, 2017). "Also, the #IndyFuel added D Jacob Poe and the rights to F Miles Koules from Elmira in exchange for D Matt Stanisz and cash considerations" (Tweet) – via Twitter.
  13. ^ "REIGN ADD FORWARD MILES KOULES". ontarioreign.com. February 2, 2017. Retrieved February 19, 2019.
  14. ^ "Monsters Sign Forward Miles Koules to PTO Contract". clevelandmonsters.com. March 4, 2017. Archived from the original on November 19, 2018. Retrieved February 19, 2019.
  15. ^ "Monsters Sign Forward Miles Koules To One-Year AHL Contract". clevelandmonsters.com. July 26, 2017. Archived from the original on November 19, 2018. Retrieved February 19, 2019.
  16. ^ "Columbus Blue Jackets trim training camp roster by 17 players". NHL.com. September 26, 2017. Retrieved February 26, 2019.
  17. ^ "HYÖKKÄÄJÄ MILES KOULES SIIRTYY IFK:HON". hifk.fi (in Finnish). November 15, 2018. Retrieved February 19, 2019.
  18. ^ "Cleveland Monsters Announce Four Roster Movers". clevelandmonsters.com. January 11, 2019. Retrieved February 18, 2019.
  19. ^ Svoboda, Jeff (February 4, 2019). "Monsters Monday: Koules makes impactful return to Cleveland". NHL.com. Retrieved February 26, 2019.
  20. ^ "Miles Koules sign PTO with Binghamton". Binghamton Devils. February 1, 2021. Retrieved February 1, 2021.
  21. ^ "Under-17 Five Nations Tournament All-Time Roster". teamusa.usahockey.com. Retrieved February 19, 2019.
  22. ^ "U17's win Five Nations opener over Czechs". nahl.com. August 18, 2010. Retrieved February 19, 2019.
  23. ^ "U17s win Four Nations Cup". nahl.com. November 14, 2010. Retrieved February 19, 2019.
  24. ^ "ONTARIO WINS GOLD MEDAL AT 2011 WORLD UNDER-17 HOCKEY CHALLENGE". hockeycanada.ca. January 4, 2011. Retrieved February 19, 2019.
  25. ^ Grobar, Matt. "Former Pro Hockey Player Miles Koules Launches Koulest Productions, Will Develop 'Ski Weekend' Thriller With Oren Koules". Deadline.
  26. ^ Horn, John (June 25, 2007). "Split of Hollywood couple unfolds like a horror film". Los Angeles Times. Retrieved February 19, 2019.
  27. ^ Consigilo, Alex (June 3, 2013). "Top Chef Canada judge Shereen Arazm Koules always makes it home for dinner". Toronto Star. Retrieved February 19, 2019.
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