Brian Hill
Born (1957-01-12) January 12, 1957
Regina, Saskatchewan, Canada
Height 6 ft 0 in (183 cm)
Weight 175 lb (79 kg; 12 st 7 lb)
Position Right Wing
Shot Right
Played for Hartford Whalers
National team  Austria
NHL Draft 31st overall, 1977
Atlanta Flames
WHA Draft 43rd overall, 1977
New England Whalers
Playing career 19771989

Brian Nelson Hill (born January 12, 1957) is a Canadian-born Austrian former ice hockey right winger. He played 19 games in the National Hockey League with the Hartford Whalers during the 1979–80 season. He moved to Europe in 1980 and spent eight seasons playing in the Austrian Hockey League before retiring in 1988. While there Hill became an Austrian citizen and played for the Austrian national team at the 1986 and 1987 World Championship B Pools.

Playing career

Hill played junior hockey in the Western Canada Hockey League for the Medicine Hat Tigers, scoring 53 goals and 51 assists for 104 points in his final year in 1976-77. Hill was drafted 31st overall by the Atlanta Flames in the 1977 NHL amateur draft and 43rd overall by the New England Whalers in the 1977 WHA Amateur Draft. Hill spent the next two seasons in the Central Hockey League for the Tulsa Oilers before he was claimed in the 1979 NHL Expansion Draft by the Hartford Whalers. He would spend just one season in the Whalers organization, splitting his time with the American Hockey League's Springfield Indians, and played 19 games for the Whalers, scoring a goal and an assist.

In 1980, Hill moved to the European leagues, with spells in Germany for EV Füssen and Austria for VEU Feldkirch and EHC Lustenau.

International play

Hill later obtained Austrian citizenship and represented them in the World Championship "B" Pool in 1986 and 1987. He had 5 points in 12 games.

Career statistics

Regular season and playoffs

Regular season Playoffs
Season Team League GPGAPtsPIM GPGAPtsPIM
1974–75 Estevan Bruins SJHL
1974–75 Medicine Hat Tigers WCHL 3975126 50000
1975–76 Medicine Hat Tigers WCHL 7022244698 92352
1976–77 Medicine Hat Tigers WCHL 725351104101 43144
1977–78 Tulsa Oilers CHL 7513263946 72246
1978–79 Tulsa Oilers CHL 7426275358
1979–80 Springfield Indians AHL 4515193412
1979–80 Hartford Whalers NHL 191124
1980–81 EV Füssen GER 4327245159
1981–82 VEU Feldkirch AUT 38263864
1982–83 VEU Feldkirch AUT 28353772
1983–84 VEU Feldkirch AUT 40552075
1984–85 VEU Feldkirch AUT 3736316740
1985–86 VEU Feldkirch AUT 4035306535
1986–87 VEU Feldkirch AUT 3822305238
1987–88 VEU Feldkirch AUT 173182130
1988–89 ATSE Graz AUT-2 28353772
AUT totals 238212204416
NHL totals 191124

International

Year Team Event GPGAPtsPIM
1986 Austria WC-B 73142
1987 Austria WC-B 51012
Senior totals 124154
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