Jack Hillen

Jack Hillen
Date of birth	January 24, 1986
place of birth	Minnetonka , Minnesota , USA
size	178 cm
Weight	86 kg
position	defender
number	# 38
Shot hand	Left
Career stations
2003-2004	Tri-City Storm
2004-2008	Colorado College
2008-2011	New York Islanders
2011–2012	Nashville Predators
2012-2015	Washington Capitals
2015	Carolina Hurricanes

Jack Robert Hillen (born January 24, 1986 in Minnetonka , Minnesota ) is a former American ice hockey player and current coach who played 313 games for the New York Islanders , Nashville Predators , Washington during his playing career between 2003 and 2015 Capitals and Carolina Hurricanes has played in the National Hockey League on the position of defender .

Career

Jack Hillen, who attended the Academy of Holy Angels during his high school years, began his career as a hockey player with the Tri-City Storm, for which he played in the junior league United States Hockey League in the 2003/04 season . The defender then played for four years for the Colorado College team before making his National Hockey League debut for the New York Islanders , who signed him on April 1, 2008 as a free agent , towards the end of the 2007/08 season . In the following season, the left shooter ran parallel for the New York Islanders in the NHL and their farm team , the Bridgeport Sound Tigers , in the American Hockey League . From the 2009/10 season Hillen played exclusively for the Islanders and made his debut for the US national team at the 2010 World Cup in May 2010 .

In August 2011 he was awarded a contract for the 2011/12 season as a free agent by the Nashville Predators . He then joined the Washington Capitals and was able to establish himself there in the NHL line-up before he was handed over to the Carolina Hurricanes in February 2015, including a four-round vote for the 2015 NHL Entry Draft and in exchange for Tim Gleason . Hillen ended the 2014/15 season with the Hurricanes , but did not receive an additional contract and announced the end of his active professional career in January 2016.

As a result, he accepted a position at the Academy of Holy Angels as an assistant coach in the summer of 2016.

Achievements and Awards

• 2008 WCHA First All-Star Team
• 2008 WCHA Defensive Player of the Year
• 2008 NCAA West First All-American Team

Career statistics

				Regular season						Play-offs
season	team	league		Sp	T	V	Pt	SM		Sp	T	V	Pt	SM
2003/04	Tri-City Storm	USHL		21st	2	2	4th	16		6th	0	1	1	2
2004/05	Colorado College	WCHA		30th	2	9	11	20th
2005/06	Colorado College	WCHA		42	4th	9	13	48
2006/07	Colorado College	WCHA		38	7th	8th	15th	38
2007/08	Colorado College	WCHA		41	6th	31	37	60
2007/08	New York Islanders	NHL		2	0	1	1	4th		-	-	-	-	-
2008/09	New York Islanders	NHL		40	1	5	6th	16		-	-	-	-	-
2008/09	Bridgeport Sound Tigers	AHL		33	4th	13	17th	31		5	0	2	2	2
2009/10	New York Islanders	NHL		69	3	18th	21st	44		-	-	-	-	-
2010/11	New York Islanders	NHL		64	4th	18th	22nd	45		-	-	-	-	-
2011/12	Nashville Predators	NHL		55	2	4th	6th	20th		2	0	0	0	2
2012/13	Washington Capitals	NHL		23	3	6th	9	14th		7th	0	1	1	6th
2013/14	Washington Capitals	NHL		13	0	1	1	4th		-	-	-	-	-
2013/14	Hershey Bears	AHL		2	0	2	2	0		-	-	-	-	-
2014/15	Washington Capitals	NHL		35	0	5	5	10		-	-	-	-	-
2014/15	Carolina Hurricanes	NHL		3	0	0	0	0		-	-	-	-	-
NCAA overall				151	19th	57	76	166
AHL total				35	4th	15th	19th	31		5	0	2	2	2
NHL overall				304	13	58	71	157		9	0	1	1	8th

International

Represented the USA at:

• World Championship 2010

year	team	event	result		Sp	T	V	Pt	SM
2010	United States	WM	13th place		6th	0	1	1	2
Men overall					6th	0	1	1	2

( 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 )

Web links

• Jack Hillen at legendsofhockey.net (English)
• Jack Hillen at eliteprospects.com (English)

Individual evidence

1. ↑ letsplayhockey.com Minnetonka's Jack Hillen calls it a career ( memento of the original from January 2, 2016 in the Internet Archive ) Info: The archive link was inserted automatically and has not yet been checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice.