What is Mike Comrie's Net Worth?
Mike Comrie is a retired Canadian professional hockey player who has a net worth of $20 million. Mike Comrie played in the NHL for 12 seasons with various teams spanning from 2001 to 2011. After starting out with the Edmonton Oilers in 2001, he went on to play for the Philadelphia Flyers, Phoenix Coyotes, Ottawa Senators, New York Islanders, and Pittsburgh Penguins. Comrie retired from playing in 2012 after undergoing his third hip surgery. Outside of his hockey career, Mike is known for being formerly married to actress Hilary Duff. They were married from 2010 to 2015. They have one child together.
Comrie comes from a very wealthy family. His father Bill Comrie has a net worth of $500 million. Bill Comrie earned his fortune thanks to a Canadian furniture and appliance empire called The Brick. The Brick was acquired in 2012 by a competitor called Leon's for $700 million.
Career Earnings
Over the course of his NHL career, Mike Comrie earned $23 million in salary.
Early Life and Education
Mike Comrie was born on September 11, 1980 in Edmonton, Alberta, Canada to Theresa and retail businessman Bill, who co-founded the popular Canadian retailer The Brick. He has an older sister named Cathy and an older brother named Paul, as well as two younger half-brothers, Eric and Ty, from his father's second marriage. Comrie played ice hockey as a youth and competed in the 1993 Quebec International Pee-Wee Hockey Tournament. He was educated at Jasper Place High School and then at the University of Michigan.
Edmonton Oilers, 2001-2003
In the 1999 NHL Entry Draft, Comrie was chosen in the third round by his hometown team the Edmonton Oilers. He subsequently played in Canada's Western Hockey League for the Kootenay Ice before being called up to the Oilers in 2001. With the Oilers, Comrie quickly became a hometown fan favorite. Across 192 games from 2001 to 2003, he amassed 133 points. However, he fell out of favor early in the 2003-04 season when he was tripped up by a protracted contract dispute that led to his departure from the Oilers.
Philadelphia Flyers and Phoenix Coyotes
Comrie was traded to the Philadelphia Flyers in late 2003. He ended up playing only 21 games with the team before being traded to the Phoenix Coyotes. During the NHL lockout in 2004-05, Comrie signed with the Elitserien's Färjestad BK in Sweden, and played ten games with the team before leaving at the end of 2004. The NHL eventually resumed its operations, and Comrie returned to the Coyotes for the 2005-06 season.
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Ottawa Senators and New York Islanders
At the start of 2007, Comrie was traded to the Ottawa Senators. He had perhaps his best overall career season with the team, guiding the Senators through the playoffs en route to the Stanley Cup Finals. Ultimately, the team fell to the Anaheim Ducks for the championship title. Following that season, Comrie signed with the New York Islanders as an unrestricted free agent; he was re-signed to a new contract in early 2008. In early 2009, he was traded back to the Senators.
Edmonton Oilers, 2009-2010
Comrie returned to his first NHL team, the Oilers, for the 2009-10 season. His first game back on the team was an auspicious one, as he assisted on all four goals in his team's 4-0 preseason victory over the Florida Panthers. Comrie also had a memorable moment when he got into a fight with the Panthers' Eric Himelfarb. After being sidelined for a few months due to mononucleosis, Comrie returned in February of 2010 to record an assist in the Oilers' 4-2 win over the Carolina Hurricanes. Following the end of the season, Comrie became an unrestricted free agent and was not re-signed by the Oilers.
Pittsburgh Penguins
Comrie spent his final NHL season with the Pittsburgh Penguins in 2010-11. However, he was sidelined for much of the regular season due to a hip injury. His first goal as a Penguin didn't come until the final game of the season, when he scored on an empty net at the Atlanta Thrashers' Philips Arena. Comrie would retire from ice hockey in early 2012 after undergoing his third hip surgery.
Personal Life
In the summer of 2007, Comrie began a romantic relationship with actress and singer Hilary Duff. The pair married in 2010, and had a son in 2012. Comrie and Duff eventually split in early 2014 before divorcing in early 2016 on account of irreconcilable differences.
Hilary Duff Divorce Settlement
According to the terms of their divorce, Mike kept a Bentley, a Mercedes and some jewelry. Hilary kept their Beverly Hills mansion. Hilary paid Mike a lump sum of $2,408,786 to buy-out his share of the mansion.
