Jim Nill

Jim Nill
Date of birth	April 11, 1958
place of birth	Hanna , Alberta , Canada
size	183 cm
Weight	84 kg
position	Right wing
Shot hand	Right
Draft
NHL Amateur Draft	1978 , 6th lap, 89th position St. Louis Blues
Career stations
1974-1975	Drumheller Falcons
1975-1988	Medicine Hat Tigers
1978-1979	University of Calgary
1979-1980	Team Canada
1980-1981	Salt Lake Golden Eagles
1981-1982	St. Louis Blues
1982-1984	Vancouver Canucks
1984-1985	Boston Bruins
1985-1988	Winnipeg Jets
1988-1990	Detroit Red Wings
1990-1991	Adirondack Red Wings

James Edward "Jim" Nill (born April 11, 1958 in Hanna , Alberta ) is a former Canadian ice hockey striker . Since May 2013 he has been General Manager of the Dallas Stars .

Career as a player

Jim Nill began his career in 1974 with the Drumheller Falcons in the second-rate Canadian junior league AJHL . In 1975 he moved to the WCHL , one of the three largest Canadian junior leagues, to the Medicine Hat Tigers . There he played for three years and was able to improve every season, so that he came to 47 goals and 46 assists in 1977/78.

The St. Louis Blues then selected him in the 1978 NHL Amateur Draft in the sixth round at position 89. Nill played the next season for the University of Calgary team and joined the Canadian national team for a year in 1979 , with which he also competed at the 1980 Winter Olympics .

In the summer of 1980 he finally made the leap into professional sport and played for Salt Lake Golden Eagles from the CHL . In 1981 the St. Louis Blues took him into their NHL squad, but during the season he was transferred to the Vancouver Canucks . With them he immediately moved into the Stanley Cup finals , but where they were defeated by the New York Islanders . In Vancouver, Nill established himself as a defensively oriented striker who was known for his physical toughness.

In February 1984 he was transferred to the Boston Bruins , but only a year later they gave him over to the Winnipeg Jets . Due to injuries suffered his performance in the following years and he was in the 1987/88 season by the Jets to their AHL - farm team , the Moncton Hawks sent. He didn't stay there long, however, as the Detroit Red Wings signed him in early 1988.

He completed the rest of the season and the 1988/89 season entirely in the NHL team of the Red Wings, but in the following two years, when he was not injured, he was mainly in the AHL with the Adirondack Red Wings and finished in 1991 his career.

Achievements and Awards

• 1981 CHL Second All-Star Team

Career in management

After the end of his active career, Jim Nill joined the newly formed Ottawa Senators in 1991 , where he worked as an amateur scout for two years before he was promoted to Pro Scout. In 1994 he returned to the Detroit Red Wings and in 1997 became the assistant to General Manager Ken Holland . In the following years he was jointly responsible for the Adirondack Red Wings in the AHL. As a member of the Detroit Red Wings organization, he was able to celebrate three Stanley Cup victories. In 2003 he became Director of Player Personnel for the Canadian national team, which became world champions, and in 2004 he was general manager of the Canadian national team at the World Cup when Canada won the gold medal.

Nill's duties included organizing the amateur scouts and choosing talent in the NHL Entry Draft . He was also responsible for the young Detroit Red Wings players who played on the farm team at the Grand Rapids Griffins , in the Canadian junior leagues and in Europe. In December 2007, Nill was also appointed Vice President of Red Wings.

Since May 2013 he has been General Manager of the Dallas Stars .

Achievements and Awards

• 1997 Stanley Cup winner with the Detroit Red Wings (as a scout )
• 1998 Stanley Cup Winner with the Detroit Red Wings (as Assistant General Manager)
• 2002 Stanley Cup Winner with the Detroit Red Wings (as Assistant General Manager)
• 2003 gold medal at the World Championship (as Director of Player Personnel for Team Canada )
• 2004 gold medal at the World Championship (as General Manager of Team Canada)
• 2008 Stanley Cup Winner with the Detroit Red Wings (as Assistant General Manager)

Web links

• Jim Nill at hockeydb.com (English)