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| 1977 NHL DRAFT PICK |
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Brian Hill
Selected in second round
No.
31 overall by Atlanta Flames
Born January 12, 1957
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Right Wing
Height: 6-0 Weight: 175
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| BEFORE THE DRAFT |
Last Team:
Medicine Hat (WCHL)
Birthplace: Regina, Saskatchewan (Canada)
Hometown:
Regina, Saskatchewan |
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| PRE-DRAFT
STATISTICS | | Year |
Team | League |
GP | G |
A | TP |
PIM | | 1974-75 |
Estevan | SJHL | -- |
-- | -- |
-- | -- | | |
Medicine Hat | WCHL |
39 | 7 |
5 | 12 |
6 | | 1975-76 |
Medicine Hat | WCHL |
70 | 22 |
24 | 46 |
98 | | 1976-77 |
Medicine Hat | WCHL |
72 | 53 |
51 | 104 |
101 |
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PRE-DRAFT AWARDS AND HONORS
Miscellaneous: Rated in The Hockey News draft preview issue as
WCHL's No. 10 prospect for the 1977 NHL draft. |
| NHL CAREER |
Debut: December 26, 1979 (Philadelphia at
Hartford)
Numbers: 27 (Hartford)
Stanley Cup: Never won.
Playing Status: Retired 1988 |
| CAREER NHL STATISTICS | | Years | Teams | GP | G | A | TP | PIM | | 1979-80 |
Hartford | 19 | 1 |
1 | 2 | 4 |
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NHL
AWARDS AND HONORS
1979-80: Played on first Hartford Whalers NHL team.
Miscellaneous: Scored goal in his first NHL game. |
| NON-NHL CAREER |
Post-Draft Teams: Tulsa (CHL); Springfield (AHL);
Fussen (West Germany); Feldkirch, Lustenau (Austria)
World Championships: 1986
(Austria) (sixth place, Pool B), 1987 (Austria) (third place, Pool B)
NON-NHL
AWARDS AND HONORS
Austrian Championship: 1982, 1983, 1984 (Feldkirch)
WHA Draft Pick: 1977 (by New
England, No. 43 overall in Round 5)
Personal: Full name is Brian Nelson
Hill. ... Father of European hockey player Blaine Hill. |
| HOW HE GOT AWAY |
| EXPANSION: Atlanta left Hill unprotected for
the 1979 NHL Expansion Draft, and he was claimed by Hartford on June 13, 1979. |
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SNAPSHOT '77 | | Total Selected: |
185 | | Forwards: |
104 | | Defense: |
57 | | Goaltenders: |
24 | | Major Junior: |
123 | | College Players: |
51 |
| Canadian: |
141 |
| Euro-Canadian: |
2 | | USA Citizens: |
37 | | U.S.-Born: |
36 |
| European: |
5 |
| Reached NHL: |
97 |
| Won Stanley Cup: |
8 | | Hall of Fame: |
2 |
| All-Star Game: |
13 |
| Year-end All-Star: |
5 |
| Olympians: |
9 |
| Picks Traded: |
37 |
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