Brian Hill (ice hockey)
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| Brian Hill | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Born |
January 12, 1957 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
[edit]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
[edit]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
[edit]Regular season and playoffs
[edit]| 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
[edit]| 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
[edit]External links
[edit]- Biographical information and career statistics from NHL.com, or Eliteprospects.com, or Eurohockey.com, or Hockey-Reference.com, or The Internet Hockey Database
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- 1957 births
- Living people
- Atlanta Flames draft picks
- ATSE Graz players
- Austrian ice hockey players
- Canadian expatriate ice hockey players in the United States
- Canadian ice hockey right wingers
- Estevan Bruins players
- EV Füssen players
- Hartford Whalers players
- Medicine Hat Tigers players
- New England Whalers draft picks
- Ice hockey people from Regina, Saskatchewan
- Springfield Indians players
- Tulsa Oilers (1964–1984) players
- VEU Feldkirch players
- Austrian ice hockey biography stubs