Blake Hillman

Career Notes: 2023-24: Appeared in a career-high 60 games w/ AHL Hartford, scoring a career-high four goals, eleven assists, and 15 points. Recorded two assists on 11/3/23 @ LV. Notched an assist in back-to-back games on 11/17/23 @ SYR and 12/1/23 Vs. LV. Recorded two assists on 3/8/24 Vs. PRO. Scored first career GWG on 4/12/24 Vs. SPR. Tacked on three points (1 g, 2 a) in ten Calder Cup Playoff games. Scored a goal in Game 1 of the Atlantic Division Semifinals @ PRO on 5/1/24 (+2 in the game). Recorded an assist and a +2 rating in Game 3 of the club’s First Round series @ CLT on 4/28/24…2022-23: Appeared in 29 games w/ AHL Hartford, scoring five assists. Made Wolf Pack debut on 10/23/22 @ Bridgeport. Collected first Wolf Pack point, an assist, on 10/29/22 V. Charlotte. Scored an assist in back-to-back games on 1/21/23 V. Rochester and 1/22/23 @ Providence. Fired a season-high four shots on both 11/23/22 @ Bridgeport and 2/19/23 @ Lehigh Valley. Appeared in seven Calder Cup Playoff games, scoring four points (2 g, 2 a). Collected first career Calder Cup Playoff goal and first Wolf Pack goal on 4/19/23 @ Springfield. Registered first Calder Cup Playoff and Wolf Pack multi-point game on 4/21/23 V. Springfield w/ two points (1 g, 1 a). Had three-game point streak from 4/19/23 – 4/28/23 (2 g, 2 a)…2021-22: Attended Wolf Pack training camp on a PTO. Skated in 13 games with ECHL Toledo, scoring 13 points (2 g, 11 a). Appeared in ten games with AHL Grand Rapids, scoring two assists. Signed PTO w/ Grand Rapids on 11/23/21. Inked PTO w/ AHL Providence on 2/10/22. Dressed in 20 games w/ AHL Providence, scoring seven assists. Made AHL Calder Cup Playoff debut w/ AHL Providence 5/2/22. 2020-21: Appeared in 43 games with the South Carolina Stingrays of the ECHL. Finished third on the team in scoring among defensemen with eleven points (3 g, 8 a)...2019-20: Appeared in 35 ECHL games with the Toledo Walleye, scoring 13 points (1 g, 12 a). Finished fifth in scoring among defensemen on the Walleye. Appeared in 12 AHL games split between the Grand Rapids Griffins and Stockton Heat. Appeared in five games with the Griffins, making his debut on 12/28/19 at Milwaukee Admirals. Scored first point with Griffins, an assist, on 1/3/20 at San Antonio Rampage. Made Heat debut on 2/15/20 against Tucson Roadrunners....2018-19: Appeared in 54 AHL games with the Rockford IceHogs, scoring four points (1 g, 3 a). Made AHL debut on 10/13/18 against Texas Stars. Collected first AHL point, an assist, in Rockford’s 5-3 victory. Scored first AHL goal on 3/16/19 against Cleveland Monsters...2017-18: Completed NCAA career with junior season at the University of Denver. Appeared in 41 games for the Pioneers, scoring 12 points (3 g, 9 a). Finished second on Pioneers in terms of scoring among defensemen. Made NHL debut with Chicago Blackhawks on 3/30/18 against Colorado Avalanche. Scored first NHL goal on 4/4/18 against St. Louis Blues…Misc.: Two-time NCAA National Champion (2017, 2018) with University of Denver. Drafted: 6th rd. (173rd ovr) by Chicago 2016. Transactions: Signed PTO with Hartford Wolf Pack 10/1/21. Agreed to ECHL contract with Toledo Walleye 9/14/21. Agreed to ECHL contract with South Carolina Stingrays 1/19/21. Signed PTO with Stockton Heat 2/14/20. Signed PTO with Grand Rapids Griffins 12/27/19. Agreed to ECHL contract with Toledo Walleye 7/26/19. Agreed to NHL contract with Chicago Blackhawks 3/27/18. Signed one-year AHL contract w/ Hartford on 7/6/22. Re-signed w/ AHL Hartford (one-year) on 3/9/23.

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