Michael James Milbury - Born June 17, 1952 in Brighton, Massachusetts, is retired American Ice Hockey defenseman, coach and general manager.

- NHL Presidents' Trophy Champion 1990 with Boston Bruins (coach).

- Prince of Wales Trophy Champion 1990 with Boston Bruins (coach).

Milbury played Hockey during his high school years with Waltham Hawks, and after graduating went to Colgate University. He was a three-year letterman at Colgate from 1972 to 1974.

A defenseman with the Red Raiders, wearing number 7, Milbury was the team's co-leader in assists with 19 in his junior year. As senior captain, he had his best season with the Red Raiders with 30 points (4 goals, 26 assists). He also led the team in penalty minutes in both seasons with 68 in 1973 and 85 in 1974. His totals in 76 games played were 6 goals, 55 assists, 61 points and 203 penalty minutes.

Immediately after the conclusion of his college Hockey career, Milbury played in five games with the Boston Braves, the Boston Bruins top farm team, in 1974. He signed with the Bruins as a free agent on November 5, 1974, and spent the next two seasons with the Rochester Americans, the team's new American Hockey League / AHL affiliate. In both seasons he led the club in penalty minutes with 246 in 1975 and 199 in 1976, finishing fourth and third respectively in the AHL.

Milbury made his NHL debut on October 30, 1975 vs St. Louis Blues at Boston Garden in a 3-2 Bruins win. He later played 2 games at seasons end, and 11 NHL playoff games.

Milbury was then selected to the United States team for the inaugural 1976 Canada Cup, scoring 1 goal, 3 assists in 5 games.

Milbury became a full time Bruin for the 1976-77 season, scoring his 1st NHL goal vs Ken Dryden of Montreal Canadiens at 10:56 of 3rd period on October 17, 1976 at Boston Garden in a 5-3 Bruins win. His goal was the game winner.

In his first three full years with the Bruins, his heavily aggressive style of play was a perfect fit for the overachieving team coached by Don Cherry and featuring similar tough players such as Terry O'Reilly, John Wensink and Stan Jonathan.

Milbury helped the Bruins reach consecutive Stanley Cup Finals in 1977 and 1978, with Boston losing both times to the Montreal Canadiens in four and six games respectively.

In his 12 seasons as a defenseman for the Bruins, Milbury appeared in the NHL playoffs 11 times. He accumulated more than 200 penalty minutes in 1981 (222) and 1983 (216) and surpassed 100 six other times. He also served as the club's representative with the NHL Players' Association and was outspoken on several controversial issues.

Milbury played in 754 regular season games, scoring 49 goals (7 GWG), 189 assists with 1552 penalty minutes and 86 NHL playoff games, scoring 4 goals (2 GWG), 24 assists with 219 penalty minutes.

Milbury was a assistant coach while playing in his final 2 seasons, and then became head coach of the Boston Bruins for the 1989–90 season, leading the team to the Presidents' Trophy and an appearance in the Stanley Cup finals. He was named Executive of the Year by the Sporting News.

Milbury then served as New York Islanders coach and GM in 1995, and the team's ownership mandated that he operate the team on an austere budget. In 1999 he was forced to trade star scorer Zigmund Palffy because team owners no longer wanted to pay his multi-million dollar contract. Milbury stepped down as coach in January, 1999.

Milbury has also been criticized for the many decisions he made in which payroll or orders from upper management were not factors. Many young players and prospects that Milbury traded away went on to have distinguished careers, often eclipsing those of the players he received in return. He has traded away defensemen Zdeno Chara, Wade Redden, Bryan Berard, Eric Brewer, Darius Kasparaitis, and Bryan McCabe; goaltenders Roberto Luongo and Tommy Salo; as well as forwards Olli Jokinen, Todd Bertuzzi, Tim Connolly, and Raffi Torres. Milbury has also come under fire for his draft day decisions such as choosing Rick DiPietro first overall in 2000 over Dany Heatley and Marian Gaborik, as well as his decision to include the 2001 second overall draft pick (Jason Spezza) as part of the Alexei Yashin trade.

Milbury was replaced by Neil Smith as GM in 2006.