Sean Hill (ice hockey)
{{Short description|American ice hockey player (born 1970)}}
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{{Infobox ice hockey player
| played_for = Montreal Canadiens
Mighty Ducks of Anaheim
Ottawa Senators
Carolina Hurricanes
St. Louis Blues
Florida Panthers
New York Islanders
Minnesota Wild
EHC Biel
| image =
| position = Defense
| shoots = Right
| height_ft = 6
| height_in = 0
| weight_lb = 205
| ntl_team = USA
| birth_date = {{birth date and age|1970|2|14}}
| birth_place = Duluth, Minnesota, U.S.
| draft = 167th overall
| draft_year = 1988
| draft_team = Montreal Canadiens
| career_start = 1991
| career_end = 2009
}}
Sean Ronald Hill (born February 14, 1970) is an American former professional ice hockey defenseman who played 17 seasons in the National Hockey League (NHL) for eight different teams. He won the Stanley Cup in 1993 with the Montreal Canadiens.
Playing career
Hill was drafted in the 8th round, 167th overall by the Montreal Canadiens in the 1988 NHL Entry Draft from the Wisconsin Badgers, and was a member of the United States 1992 Winter Olympic Team. On October 8, 1993, Hill scored the first goal in the history of the Mighty Ducks of Anaheim in a 7-2 loss against the Detroit Red Wings. In August 2006, he signed a one-year contract with the New York Islanders.
=Suspension=
On April 20, 2007, Hill became the first player to be suspended for abusing the [https://web.archive.org/web/20070602113854/http://www.nhlpa.com/PerformanceEnhancing/index.asp performance-enhancing substance policy] the NHL and NHLPA have put in place. Hill began the mandatory 20-game suspension in Game 5 of the Islanders' Eastern Conference Quarter-Final versus the Buffalo Sabres. The Islanders lost the game and were eliminated from the playoffs. Islanders General Manager Garth Snow said that he supported the league's decision to suspend Hill.{{Cite web|url=https://www.tsn.ca/nhl/news_story/?ID=204971&hubname=|title=Islanders' Hill suspended 20 games|accessdate=2007-11-26|year=2007 |archiveurl = https://web.archive.org/web/20071010110148/http://www.tsn.ca/nhl/news_story/?ID=204971&hubname= |archivedate = 2007-10-10}} Hill, who was signed by the Minnesota Wild as a free agent in July 2007, would be required to sit out the first 19 games of the 2007–08 season without pay. In July, Hill claimed that he passed both a lie detector test, and independent drug test regarding his substance abuse.{{cite web|url=https://www.newyorkislanderfancentral.com/2007/11/sean-hill-claims-isles-sold-him-down.html?m=1|title=Sean Hill claims Isles sold him down river|last=Pates|first=Kevin|website=NEW YORK ISLANDER FAN CENTRAL|access-date=2018-02-21}}{{cite web|url=http://www.hockeybuzz.com/blog.php?post_id=8511|title=Wild Sign Defenseman Sean Hill, Controversy Notwithstanding|last=Ratgen|first=Brad|date=2007-07-06|website=HockeyBuzz.com|access-date=2018-02-21}} In a statement, the Wild said, "We believe Sean did not knowingly take any banned performance-enhancing substance."{{Cite web|url=https://www.espn.com/nhl/news/story?id=3123124|title=Defenseman Hill returns from suspension for Wild|access-date=2007-11-26|year=2007}} Hill returned to the lineup on November 21, 2007, after completing the 20-game suspension.
Career statistics
=Regular season and playoffs=
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! colspan="3" bgcolor="#ffffff"| ! rowspan="100" bgcolor="#ffffff"| ! colspan="5"|Regular season ! rowspan="100" bgcolor="#ffffff"| ! colspan="5"|Playoffs | ||||||||
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! Season ! Team ! League ! GP !! G !! A !! Pts !! PIM | ||||||||
| 1986–87
| COJHL | 3 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 14
| — | — | — | — | — |
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| 1987–88 | HS-MN | 24 | 10 | 17 | 27 | —
| — | — | — | — | — |
| 1988–89
| University of Wisconsin–Madison | WCHA | 45 | 2 | 23 | 25 | 69
| — | — | — | — | — |
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| 1989–90 | University of Wisconsin–Madison | WCHA | 42 | 14 | 39 | 53 | 78
| — | — | — | — | — |
| 1990–91
| University of Wisconsin–Madison | WCHA | 37 | 19 | 32 | 51 | 122
| — | — | — | — | — |
| bgcolor=f0f0f0
| 1990–91 | NHL | — | — | — | — | —
| 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 1990–91
| AHL | — | — | — | — | —
| 3 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 2 |
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| 1991–92 | Intl | 12 | 4 | 3 | 7 | 16
| — | — | — | — | — |
| 1991–92
| Fredericton Canadiens | AHL | 42 | 7 | 20 | 27 | 65
| 7 | 1 | 3 | 4 | 6 |
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| 1991–92 | Montreal Canadiens | NHL | — | — | — | — | —
| 4 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 2 |
| 1992–93
| Fredericton Canadiens | AHL | 6 | 1 | 3 | 4 | 10
| — | — | — | — | — |
| bgcolor=f0f0f0
| 1992–93 | Montreal Canadiens | NHL | 31 | 2 | 6 | 8 | 54
| 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 |
| 1993–94
| NHL | 68 | 7 | 20 | 27 | 78
| — | — | — | — | — |
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| 1994–95 | NHL | 45 | 1 | 14 | 15 | 30
| — | — | — | — | — |
| 1995–96
| Ottawa Senators | NHL | 80 | 7 | 14 | 21 | 94
| — | — | — | — | — |
| bgcolor=f0f0f0
| 1996–97 | Ottawa Senators | NHL | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4
| — | — | — | — | — |
| 1997–98
| Ottawa Senators | NHL | 13 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 6
| — | — | — | — | — |
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| 1997–98 | NHL | 42 | 0 | 5 | 5 | 48
| — | — | — | — | — |
| 1998–99
| Carolina Hurricanes | NHL | 54 | 0 | 10 | 10 | 48
| — | — | — | — | — |
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| 1999–00 | Carolina Hurricanes | NHL | 62 | 13 | 31 | 44 | 59
| — | — | — | — | — |
| 2000–01
| NHL | 48 | 1 | 10 | 11 | 51
| 15 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 12 |
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| 2001–02 | St. Louis Blues | NHL | 23 | 0 | 3 | 3 | 28
| — | — | — | — | — |
| 2001–02
| Carolina Hurricanes | NHL | 49 | 7 | 23 | 30 | 61
| 23 | 4 | 4 | 8 | 20 |
| bgcolor=f0f0f0
| 2002–03 | Carolina Hurricanes | NHL | 82 | 5 | 24 | 29 | 141
| — | — | — | — | — |
| 2003–04
| Carolina Hurricanes | NHL | 80 | 13 | 26 | 39 | 84
| — | — | — | — | — |
| bgcolor=f0f0f0
| 2005–06 | NHL | 78 | 2 | 18 | 20 | 80
| — | — | — | — | — |
| 2006–07
| NHL | 81 | 1 | 24 | 25 | 110
| 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| bgcolor=f0f0f0
| 2007–08 | NHL | 34 | 2 | 7 | 9 | 28
| 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 |
| 2008–09
| EHC Biel | NLA | 47 | 3 | 17 | 20 | 112
| — | — | — | — | — |
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! colspan="3" | NHL totals ! 876 !! 62 !! 236 !! 298 !! 1008 ! 55 !! 5 !! 5 !! 10 !! 42 |
=International=
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! Year ! Team ! Event ! rowspan="102" bgcolor="#ffffff"| ! GP !! G !! A !! Pts !! PIM | ||||
| 1990
| WJC | 7 | 0 | 3 | 3 | 10 |
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| 1992 | OLY | 8 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 6 |
| 1994
| United States | WC | 8 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 6 |
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! colspan="3"| Junior totals ! 7 !! 0 !! 3 !! 3 !! 10 | ||||
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! colspan="3"| Senior totals ! 16 !! 2 !! 2 !! 4 !! 12 |
Awards and honors
| class="wikitable"
! Award ! Year ! |
| All-WCHA Second Team
| 1989–90 | |
| WCHA All-Tournament Team |
| All-WCHA Second Team
| 1990–91 | |
| AHCA West Second-Team All-American
| 1990–91 | |
References
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External links
- {{icehockeystats}}
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