Brian Hill (ice hockey)

Brian Hill
Born (1957-01-12) January 12, 1957 (age 67)
Regina, Saskatchewan, Canada
Height 6 ft 0 in (183 cm)
Weight 175 lb (79 kg; 12 st 7 lb)
Position Right Wing
Shot Right
Played for Hartford Whalers
National team  Austria
NHL draft 31st overall, 1977
Atlanta Flames
WHA draft 43rd overall, 1977
New England Whalers
Playing career 1977–1989

Brian Nelson Hill (born January 12, 1957)[1] is a Canadian-born Austrian former ice hockey right winger. He played 19 games in the National Hockey League with the Hartford Whalers during the 1979–80 season. He moved to Europe in 1980 and spent eight seasons playing in the Austrian Hockey League before retiring in 1988. While there Hill became an Austrian citizen and played for the Austrian national team at the 1986 and 1987 World Championship B Pools.

Playing career

Hill played junior hockey in the Western Canada Hockey League for the Medicine Hat Tigers, scoring 53 goals and 51 assists for 104 points in his final year in 1976-77. Hill was drafted 31st overall by the Atlanta Flames in the 1977 NHL amateur draft and 43rd overall by the New England Whalers in the 1977 WHA Amateur Draft. Hill spent the next two seasons in the Central Hockey League for the Tulsa Oilers before he was claimed in the 1979 NHL Expansion Draft by the Hartford Whalers. He would spend just one season in the Whalers organization, splitting his time with the American Hockey League's Springfield Indians, and played 19 games for the Whalers, scoring a goal and an assist.

In 1980, Hill moved to the European leagues, with spells in Germany for EV Füssen and Austria for VEU Feldkirch and EHC Lustenau.

International play

Hill later obtained Austrian citizenship and represented them in the World Championship "B" Pool in 1986 and 1987. He had 5 points in 12 games.

Career statistics

Regular season and playoffs

Regular season Playoffs
Season Team League GP G A Pts PIM GP G A Pts PIM
1974–75 Estevan Bruins SJHL — — — — — — — — — —
1974–75 Medicine Hat Tigers WCHL 39 7 5 12 6 5 0 0 0 0
1975–76 Medicine Hat Tigers WCHL 70 22 24 46 98 9 2 3 5 2
1976–77 Medicine Hat Tigers WCHL 72 53 51 104 101 4 3 1 4 4
1977–78 Tulsa Oilers CHL 75 13 26 39 46 7 2 2 4 6
1978–79 Tulsa Oilers CHL 74 26 27 53 58 — — — — —
1979–80 Springfield Indians AHL 45 15 19 34 12 — — — — —
1979–80 Hartford Whalers NHL 19 1 1 2 4 — — — — —
1980–81 EV Füssen GER 43 27 24 51 59 — — — — —
1981–82 VEU Feldkirch AUT 38 26 38 64 — — — — — —
1982–83 VEU Feldkirch AUT 28 35 37 72 — — — — — —
1983–84 VEU Feldkirch AUT 40 55 20 75 — — — — — —
1984–85 VEU Feldkirch AUT 37 36 31 67 40 — — — — —
1985–86 VEU Feldkirch AUT 40 35 30 65 35 — — — — —
1986–87 VEU Feldkirch AUT 38 22 30 52 38 — — — — —
1987–88 VEU Feldkirch AUT 17 3 18 21 30 — — — — —
1988–89 ATSE Graz AUT-2 28 35 37 72 — — — — — —
AUT totals 238 212 204 416 — — — — — —
NHL totals 19 1 1 2 4 — — — — —

International

Year Team Event GP G A Pts PIM
1986 Austria WC-B 7 3 1 4 2
1987 Austria WC-B 5 1 0 1 2
Senior totals 12 4 1 5 4

References

  1. ^ https://www.nhl.com/player/brian-hill-8447821 [bare URL]
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