Scott Hillman (born April 29, 1974) is a

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retired professional

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. He was most recently the head coach of

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in Norway’s Top Men’s Professional Hockey League

Career

Player

Hillman was born in LaSalle,

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. After playing hockey in college for the

University of Windsor The University of Windsor (UWindsor, U of W, or UWin) is a public university, public research university in Windsor, Ontario, Canada. It is Canada's southernmost university. It has approximately 17,500 students. The university was incorporated by ...

, Hillman played professionally for the

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of the

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, the

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of the

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and

Central Hockey League The Central Hockey League (CHL) was a North American mid-level minor professional ice hockey league which operated from 1992 until 2014. It was founded by Ray Miron and Bill Levins and later sold to Global Entertainment Corporation, which opera ...

, EV Duisburg of Oberliga, and the

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of the

. He also played

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for the

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of both

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and

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Coach

After retiring from playing, Hillman became the head coach of the

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of the

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, winning both back-to-back regular season titles and league championships for both the 2007-08 season and 2008-09 season. On June 2, 2009, Hillman was named the first head coach of the

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of the

. In a 4-3 win against the St. Charles Chill on January 30, 2014, Hillman coached in his 300th

game. 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. A week later it was announced that Hillman would be the first coach of the new

Indy Fuel The Indy Fuel are a minor league ice hockey team in the ECHL that began play in the 2014–15 season. Based in Fishers, Indiana, the Fuel play their home games at the Fishers Event Center, after having started play at the Indiana Farmers ...

of the

. On March 7, 2016 Hillman was relieved of his coaching duties by the Fuel and Bernie John was named interim head coach for the remainder of the 2015–16 season. On June 7, 2018 he took the role as head coach for Norwegian GET-liga team Frisk Asker. He was sacked before the end of the year.

Awards and honours

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* * {{DEFAULTSORT:Hillman, Scott 1974 births Living people Buffalo Wings (inline hockey) players Canadian ice hockey coaches Canadian ice hockey defencemen El Paso Buzzards players Füchse Duisburg players Missouri Mavericks coaches Odessa Jackalopes players Toledo Storm players Canadian expatriate ice hockey players in the United States University of Windsor alumni Ice hockey people from Essex County, Ontario Indy Fuel coaches Canadian expatriate ice hockey players in Germany Canadian expatriate sportspeople in Norway Canadian inline hockey players