Scott Hillman

Scott Hillman
Born (1974-04-29) April 29, 1974
LaSalle, ON, CAN
Height 5 ft 7 in (170 cm)
Weight 175 lb (79 kg; 12 st 7 lb)
Position Defence
Shot Right
Played for ECHL
Toledo Storm
WPHL
El Paso Buzzards
Odessa Jackalopes
CHL
Odessa Jackalopes
Oberliga
EV Duisburg
RHI/MLRH
Buffalo Wings
NHL Draft Undrafted
Playing career 1999–2007

Scott Hillman (born April 29, 1974 in LaSalle, Ontario) is a retired Canadian retired professional Ice Hockey Defenceman.[1][2] He was most recently the head coach of the ECHL's Indy Fuel.[3]

Career

Player

After playing Hockey collegiately for the The University of Windsor, Hillman played professionally for the Toledo Storm of the ECHL, the Odessa Jackalopes of the Western Professional Hockey League and Central Hockey League, EV Duisburg of Oberliga, and the El Paso Buzzards of the Western Professional Hockey League.[1][2][4] He also played Roller Hockey for the Buffalo Wings of both Roller Hockey International and Major League Roller Hockey.[2]

Coach

After retiring from playing, Hillman became the head coach of the Knoxville Ice Bears of the Southern Professional Hockey League, winning both back-to-back regular season titles and league championships for both the 2007-08 season and 2008-09 season.[1][2][4]

On June 2, 2009, Hillman was named the first head coach of the Missouri Mavericks of the Central Hockey League.[5] In a 4-3 win against the St. Charles Chill on January 30, 2014, Hillman coached in his 300th Central Hockey League game.[6] On May 21, 2014, Hillman resigned as head coach and director of player operations of the Mavericks to accept a coaching position with another team.[7] A week later it was announced that Hillman would be the first coach of the new Indy Fuel of the ECHL.[3]

On March 7, 2016 the Indy Fuel relieved head coach Scott Hillman and named Bernie John as interim head coach for the remainder of the 2015–16 season.[8]

Awards and honours

Awards Year
CHL Man of the Year
Central Hockey League 2013-14 Season "Best of The Best" Poll
SPHL Coach of the Year
Coached in 2010-11 Central Hockey League All-Star Game 2010-11[11]

References

  1. 1 2 3 "Scott Hillman". EliteProspects.com. Retrieved July 14, 2013.
  2. 1 2 3 4 "Scott Hillman". HockeyDB.com. Retrieved July 13, 2013.
  3. 1 2 "Indy Fuel Picks First Coach". Inside Indiana Business. May 27, 2014. Retrieved May 27, 2014.
  4. 1 2 3 4 "Hockey Ops". Missouri Mavericks. Retrieved July 14, 2013.
  5. ↑ "VIDEO: Hillman Named First Coach of New Independence Hockey Team". The Examiner. June 2, 2009. Retrieved June 2, 2012.
  6. ↑ "Mavs Scott Hillman Reaches Coaching Milestone". MissouriSportsRedux.com. January 30, 2014.
  7. ↑ McDowell, Sam (May 21, 2014). "Missouri Mavericks coach Scott Hillman resigns". Kansas City Star. Retrieved May 22, 2014.
  8. ↑ "Fuel Make Coaching Change". Indy Fuel. March 7, 2016.
  9. ↑ Althaus, Bill (March 23, 2013). "Missouri Mavericks' Simon Watson Named CHL Man of the Year". Professional Hockey Players' Association. Retrieved July 14, 2013.
  10. ↑ Harding, Matthew (March 19, 2014). "2013-14 CHL Best of the Best Poll". MinorLeagueHockeyReport.com.
  11. ↑ Althaus, Bill (December 24, 2010). "Scott Hillman Selected to Coach CHL’s All-Star Game". The Examiner. Retrieved July 15, 2013.

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