Jack Hillen
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Jack Hillen is a professional ice hockey
defenseman
who is currently a member of the Nashville Predators
.
, he was signed by the New York Islanders
to a 2-year contract. Jack made his National Hockey League
debut with the Islanders in the last 2 games of the 2007–08 season against the Islanders' rival New York Rangers
Jack scored his first career point in his second NHL game, posting an assist on Miroslav Satan
's goal against the Rangers.
Before entering into the NHL, he played hockey for Colorado College, and high school hockey for the Academy of Holy Angels in Minnesota.
On Tuesday, January 26, 2010 while playing in a home game against the Washington Capitals, Hillen took a direct hit to the face from an Alex Ovechkin slapshot. He was able to leave the ice under his own power with a trainer trying to stop the bleeding. Hillen was later transported to a hospital, where he had surgery for a broken jaw and tooth damage and missed 6 weeks.
On August 8th 2011, Hillen signed a one year, two-way contract with the Nashville Predators.
Ice hockey
Ice hockey, often referred to as hockey, is a team sport played on ice, in which skaters use wooden or composite sticks to shoot a hard rubber puck into their opponent's net. The game is played between two teams of six players each. Five members of each team skate up and down the ice trying to take...
defenseman
Defenceman (ice hockey)
Defence in ice hockey is a player position whose primary responsibility is to prevent the opposing team from scoring...
who is currently a member of the Nashville Predators
Nashville Predators
The Nashville Predators are a professional ice hockey team based in Nashville, Tennessee. They are members of the Central Division of the Western Conference of the National Hockey League...
.
Academic Honors
- 2008 ESPN the Magazine Academic All-America University Division At-Large All-District VII Team
- Won Western Collegiate Hockey AssociationWestern Collegiate Hockey AssociationThe Western Collegiate Hockey Association is a college athletic conference which operates over a wide area of the Midwestern and Western United States. It participates in the NCAA's Division I as an ice hockey-only conference....
's prestigious Scholar Athlete Award - On WCHA All-Academic Team
Playing career
During his senior year at Colorado College, he won the Defenseman of the Year and first team all WCHA. After playing four seasons at Colorado CollegeColorado College
The Colorado College is a private liberal arts college in Colorado Springs, Colorado, United States, in the foothills of the Rocky Mountains. It was founded in 1874 by Thomas Nelson Haskell...
, he was signed by the New York Islanders
New York Islanders
The New York Islanders are a professional ice hockey team based in Uniondale, New York. They are members of the Atlantic Division of the Eastern Conference of the National Hockey League...
to a 2-year contract. Jack made his National Hockey League
National Hockey League
The National Hockey League is an unincorporated not-for-profit association which operates a major professional ice hockey league of 30 franchised member clubs, of which 7 are currently located in Canada and 23 in the United States...
debut with the Islanders in the last 2 games of the 2007–08 season against the Islanders' rival New York Rangers
New York Rangers
The New York Rangers are a professional ice hockey team based in the borough of Manhattan in New York, New York, USA. They are members of the Atlantic Division of the Eastern Conference of the National Hockey League . Playing their home games at Madison Square Garden, the Rangers are one of the...
Jack scored his first career point in his second NHL game, posting an assist on Miroslav Satan
Miroslav Satan
Miroslav Šatan is a Slovak professional ice hockey right winger for HC Slovan Bratislava of the Slovak Extraliga.-Pre-NHL:In 1991–92, he played for the local HC Topolcany and did remarkably well, as he scored 30 goals and had 22 assists in just 31 games. He then graduated to the senior division...
's goal against the Rangers.
Before entering into the NHL, he played hockey for Colorado College, and high school hockey for the Academy of Holy Angels in Minnesota.
On Tuesday, January 26, 2010 while playing in a home game against the Washington Capitals, Hillen took a direct hit to the face from an Alex Ovechkin slapshot. He was able to leave the ice under his own power with a trainer trying to stop the bleeding. Hillen was later transported to a hospital, where he had surgery for a broken jaw and tooth damage and missed 6 weeks.
On August 8th 2011, Hillen signed a one year, two-way contract with the Nashville Predators.
Regular season and playoffs
| Regular season | Playoffs | |||||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Season Season (sports) In an organized sports league, a season is the portion of one year in which regulated games of the sport are in session. For example, in Major League Baseball, one season lasts approximately from April 1 through October 1; in Association football, it is generally from August until May In an... |
Team | League | GP | G Goal (ice hockey) In ice hockey, a goal is scored when the puck completely crosses the goal line between the two goal posts and below the goal crossbar. A goal awards one point to the team attacking the goal scored upon, regardless of which team the player who actually deflected the puck into the goal belongs to... |
A Assist (ice hockey) In ice hockey, an assist is attributed to up to two players of the scoring team who shot, passed or deflected the puck towards the scoring teammate, or touched it in any other way which enabled the goal, meaning that they were "assisting" in the goal. There can be a maximum of two assists per goal... |
Pts Point (ice hockey) Point in ice hockey has three official meanings:* A point is awarded to a player for each goal scored or assist earned. The total number of goals plus assists equals total points. In some European leagues, a goal counts as two points, and an assist counts as one... |
PIM Penalty (ice hockey) A penalty in ice hockey is a punishment for inappropriate behavior. Most penalties are enforced by detaining the offending player within a penalty box for a set number of minutes, during which, the player can not participate in play. The offending team usually may not replace the player on the ice,... |
GP | G | A | Pts | PIM | ||
| 2003–04 | Tri-City Storm Tri-City Storm The Tri-City Storm is a Tier 1 junior ice hockey team playing in the West Division of the United States Hockey League .-History:Following the worst single season record by the team, it was announced that head coach Tom Rudrud was informed that he would not remain as the Storm head coach... |
USHL | 21 | 2 | 2 | 4 | 16 | 6 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2 | ||
| 2004–05 | Colorado College Colorado College The Colorado College is a private liberal arts college in Colorado Springs, Colorado, United States, in the foothills of the Rocky Mountains. It was founded in 1874 by Thomas Nelson Haskell... |
NCAA | 30 | 2 | 9 | 11 | 20 | — | — | — | — | — | ||
| 2005–06 | Colorado College | NCAA | 42 | 4 | 9 | 13 | 48 | — | — | — | — | — | ||
| 2006–07 | Colorado College | NCAA | 38 | 7 | 8 | 15 | 38 | — | — | — | — | — | ||
| 2007–08 | Colorado College | NCAA | 41 | 6 | 31 | 37 | 60 | — | — | — | — | — | ||
| 2007–08 | New York Islanders New York Islanders The New York Islanders are a professional ice hockey team based in Uniondale, New York. They are members of the Atlantic Division of the Eastern Conference of the National Hockey League... |
NHL | 2 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 4 | — | — | — | — | — | ||
| 2008–09 2008–09 NHL season The 2008–09 NHL season was the 92nd season of operation of the National Hockey League . It was the first season since prior to the 2004–05 lockout in which every team played each other at least once during the season, following three seasons where teams only played against two divisions in the... |
New York Islanders | NHL | 40 | 1 | 5 | 6 | 16 | — | — | — | — | — | ||
| 2008–09 2008–09 AHL season The 2008–09 AHL season is the 73rd season of the American Hockey League. 29 teams each played 80 games in the regular season, which ran from October 8 until April 12.-Team and NHL affiliation changes:... |
Bridgeport Sound Tigers Bridgeport Sound Tigers The Bridgeport Sound Tigers are an ice hockey team playing in the American Hockey League. It has been the AHL affiliate of the National Hockey League's New York Islanders, who also own the franchise, since its inception, and use the same team colors as the parent Islanders do. The team is based in... |
AHL American Hockey League The American Hockey League is a 30-team professional ice hockey league based in the United States and Canada that serves as the primary developmental circuit for the National Hockey League... |
33 | 4 | 13 | 17 | 31 | 5 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 2 | ||
| 2009–10 2009–10 NHL season The 2009–10 NHL season was the 93rd season of operation of the National Hockey League , and the 100th season since the founding of the predecessor National Hockey Association . It ran from October 1, 2009, including four games in Europe on October 2 and 3—until April 11, 2010, with the 2010... |
New York Islanders | NHL | 69 | 3 | 18 | 21 | 44 | — | — | — | — | — | ||
| 2010–11 2010–11 NHL season The 2010–11 NHL season was the 94th season of operation of the National Hockey League . It was the fourth consecutive season that opened in Europe with NHL Premiere . A record three events were scheduled, all in previous NHL Premiere cities: Helsinki, Finland; Stockholm, Sweden; and Prague, Czech... |
New York Islanders | NHL | 64 | 4 | 18 | 22 | 45 | — | — | — | — | — | ||
| NHL totals | 175 | 8 | 42 | 50 | 109 | — | — | — | — | — | ||||