Brian Hills

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CanadaCanada  Brian Hills Ice hockey player
Date of birth 17th August 1959
place of birth Windsor , Ontario , Canada
size 178 cm
Weight 83 kg
position striker
Shot hand Left
Career stations
1978-1979 Windsor Royals
1979-1983 Bowling Green State University
1983-1985 SC Herisau
1985-1987 EHC Chur
1987-1991 SC Rapperswil-Jona
1991-1994 EC Kassel

Brian Hills (born August 17, 1959 in Windsor , Ontario ) is a retired Canadian ice hockey player and coach . During his career he was among others at EC Kassel in the 2nd Bundesliga .

Career

Hills began his career with the Windsor Royals , for which he played in the 1978/79 season in the OHA-B. From 1979 to 1983 he was on the ice hockey team at Bowling Green State University in the National Collegiate Athletic Association . The 1982/83 season, his last on the university team , played Hills as team captain . In 1982 and 1983, Hills was one of the ten finalists for the Hobey Baker Memorial Award for Best Male College Ice Hockey Player in the United States.

After Germany , he moved in 1991 to EC Kassel in the 2. Bundesliga , having previously been extremely successful eight years in Switzerland - mainly in the National League B had played -. With Kassel he won the second division runner-up in 1994 and thus qualified for the German ice hockey league . For three years Hills scored an average of almost three points per game and is one of the most successful goalscorers in the all-time goalscorer list of EC Kassel. Due to the regulation on EU foreigners, Hills left the ice hockey club before the start of the DEL due to his age.

From 1994/95 to 2000/01 he worked as an assistant trainer for "Bowling Green" again, until he was head trainer for the University of Geneseo in New York from 2000/01 to 2004/05 and with his team won the SUNYAC trophy.

Prior to the 2005/06 season, he joined the Rochester Institute of Technology as an assistant coach .

Achievements and Awards

  • 1981 CCHA Second All-Star Team
  • 1982 CCHA All-Academic Team
  • 1982 CCHA First All-Star Team
  • 1982 NCAA West First All-American Team
  • 1983 CCHA All-Academic Team
  • 1983 CCHA First All-Star Team
  • 1983 CCHA Player of the Year
  • 1983 NCAA West First All-American Team
  • 1984 Spengler Cup win with Team Canada
  • 1985 Most assists in the NLB
  • 1985 NLB top scorer
  • 1985 NLB top scorer
  • 1986 Top scorer in the NLB
  • 1986 Top scorer in the NLB playoffs
  • 1986 NLB master with the EHC Chur
  • 1986 Promotion to the NLA with the EHC Chur
  • 1986 Spengler Cup win with Team Canada
  • 1987 Spengler Cup win with Team Canada

Career statistics

Regular season Playoffs
season team league Sp T V Pt SM Sp T V Pt SM
1978/79 Windsor Royals OHA-B Statistics not available
1979/80 Bowling Green State University NCAA 38 19th 21st 40 32
1980/81 Bowling Green State University NCAA 37 26th 29 55 34
1981/82 Bowling Green State University NCAA 41 34 47 81 41
1982/83 Bowling Green State University NCAA 40 37 57 94 36
1983/84 SC Herisau NLB 42 54 40 94 -
1984/85 SC Herisau NLB 30th 64 59 123 -
1985/86 EHC Chur NLB 36 47 33 80 66 5 7th 2 9 20th
1986/87 EHC Chur NLA 25th 17th 18th 35 48 - - - - -
1987/88 SC Rapperswil-Jona NLB 36 42 42 84 56 3 1 0 1 6th
1988/89 SC Rapperswil-Jona NLB 35 33 33 66 38 10 1 7th 6th 13 8th
1989/90 SC Rapperswil-Jona NLB 36 42 43 85 64 10 2 8th 10 10
1990/91 SC Rapperswil-Jona NLB 33 33 31 64 42 5 4th 8th 12 6th
1991/92 Kassel Huskies 2nd Bundesliga 35 32 65 97 46 14 1 7th 16 23 26th
1992/93 Kassel Huskies 2nd Bundesliga 42 36 51 87 69 4 1 4th 0 4th 18th
1993/94 Kassel Huskies 2nd Bundesliga 49 29 65 94 99 - - - - -
2. Bundesliga overall 126 97 181 278 214 18th 11 16 27 44
NCAA overall 156 116 154 270 143
NLA total 25th 17th 18th 35 48
NLB total 248 315 281 596 266 33 21st 24 45 50

( Legend for player statistics: Sp or GP = games played; T or G = goals scored; V or A = assists scored ; Pkt or Pts = scorer points scored ; SM or PIM = penalty minutes received ; +/− = plus / minus balance; PP = overpaid goals scored ; SH = underpaid goals scored ; GW = winning goals scored; 1  play-downs / relegation )

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personal data
SURNAME Hills, Brian
BRIEF DESCRIPTION Canadian ice hockey player and coach
DATE OF BIRTH 17th August 1959
PLACE OF BIRTH Windsor , Ontario