Former NHLer Billy MacMillan remembered as humble, well-respected friend

P.E.I.’s Billy MacMillan played alongside some of the greatest hockey players in the world during his 446 games in the NHL, but you’d have to pry the stories out of him.

He won the Stanley Cup as an assistant coach with the New York Islanders in 1980, but he’d never brag about it.

When he worked at the P.E.I. Liquor Control Commission after his retirement, he was so well respected they named an employee award after him, but he never wanted to take the credit.

MacMillan, who is being remembered as a humble man who was deeply respected by those who knew him,