Hal Gill
Harold Priestley " Hal " Gill III. ( Born April 6, 1975 in Concord, Massachusetts) is an American professional ice hockey player who is since October 2013 at the Philadelphia Flyers of the National Hockey League contract.
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Career
The 2.01 m wide defender was selected at the NHL Entry Draft in 1993 as 207th in the eighth round by the Boston Bruins ( drafted ) and played during his studies for the team of Providence College in the Hockey East, a league game in the operation of the College Organization NCAA.
Already in his first season in Boston managed Links Sagittarius 1997 the leap into the trunk of the squad Bruins, for which he continuously in the highest North American professional league stood until 2006 on the ice. The lockout in the 2004/05 season spent Gill at Lukko Rauma in the Finnish SM- liiga. On 1 July 2007, the defender signed a three -year contract with the Toronto Maple Leafs, but they transferred him on 26 February 2008 in exchange for a second-round draft pick in the NHL Entry Draft in 2008 and a fifth- round draft pick in the NHL Entry Draft 2009 on the Pittsburgh Penguins. With the penguins Gill reached in the same year the final of the Stanley Cup, the North American Hockey Championship, but lost it the franchise in six games against the Detroit Red Wings.
Gill signed on 1 July 2009 a contract with the Canadiens de Montréal.
On 17 February 2012, the Habs him transferred together with a performance-based Fifth round suffrage in the NHL Entry Draft in 2013 in exchange for the two strikers Blake Geoffrion and Robert Slaney and a second-round vote in the NHL Entry Draft in 2012 to the Nashville Predators. His first game for the Predators, he played on 19 February 2012 against the Dallas Stars, in which the defender on 16 minutes was on the ice and the Predators won 3-2.
On October 1, 2013 Gill signed a one -year contract with the Philadelphia Flyers.
Internationally
With the U.S. national Hal Gill won at the World Ice Hockey Championship 2004, Bronze Medal, he also took the team participated in the finals of 2000, 2001, 2005 and 2006. In so far 39 World Cup matches, the defender scored a total of two assists. In addition, Gill stand in the cadre of "Team USA" at the World Cup of Hockey in 2004 and at the 2006 Olympics in Turin.
Awards and achievements
- 2009 Stanley Cup win with the Pittsburgh Penguins
Internationally
- 2004 bronze medal at the World Championships
Career Stats
Internationally
Represented the U.S. at:
- World Cup 2000
- World Cup 2001
- World Cup 2004
- World Cup of Hockey 2004
- World Championship 2005
- 2006 Winter Olympics
- World Cup 2006
( Key to Career statistics: Sp or GP = Games Played, T or G = goals scored, V or A = achieved assists; Pts or Pts = scored points scorer, SM or PIM = received penalty minutes, / - = Plus / Minus balance sheet; PP = scored majority gates; SH = scored shorthanded goals, GW = achieved victory gates; Play-downs/Relegation 1 )