F Mark Hillier - St. Andrew's College, CISAA (2020 draft)
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He's been doing really well (14 goals in 15 games), definitely someone I'm watching this year but who knows for the draft. Prep guys usually have to really dominate to get love from the NHL, they play a mixed schedule with some weaker teams and some more traditionally strong teams. Be interested to see if he dominates in this thing called the "True Prep Cup" just after the new year where they'll play like Kimball Union and some other top teams. I interviewed his coach earlier in the year and he was the first guy he mentioned: Interview with St. Andrew's College Head Coach David Manning
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That’s cool - Manning is my old coach so I’ll be sure to check the interview out.
We used to drive him up the wall, but he’s a great guy - seems like his Newfie accent has mellowed out a bit over the years
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Great guy for sure and done a great job, always has a pretty deep and talented group. I believe kids with St. Andrew's ties have been drafted in each of the last five drafts at least
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Huh? Played for him for a few years, he is from St. John’s:
St. Andrew’s College Saints coach keen on Hillier | The Western Star
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Oh shit im sorry man im baked af rn and thought you meant hillier.
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Hillier is as well, though I know you know he's from Labrador.
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Speculating, but my money is on the BCHL, most high-end SAC kids end up there if they aren't going straight to D1
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His season actually just wrapped up this weekend as SAC won the NISIC (National Independent School Invitational Championship) and Hillier was named MVP with 7+8 in the five game tournament.
His final statline should end up 56GP 52-60-112, but I’ll wait for the school to update their stats page before updating EP.
It still amuses me that NHL CS has him ranked as undrafted and below two kids on his own team.
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Spotted the guy from Ridley or some other second rate school
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Ridley's tuition is more to be fair. SAC's hockey program is nothing out of the ordinary.
Saw that the Morgan Barron thread was bumped and realized he was drafted out of SAC in his first year of eligibility. Hillier has put up better numbers than Barron did in his draft year, and Barron has gone on to play very well for Cornell. This is purely stat-based but that probably puts Hillier at a decent chance at getting drafted? I would love for someone with knowledge of hockey at SAC to chime in, sounds like he could be a late-round gem.
tealhockey
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I interviewed his coach who would know better than anyone (Prep Hockey Podcast Ep. 03: David Manning, Head Coach of St. Andrew's College) -- go to 15 minutes in for some comments on his game, but he highlighted his pace, vision, work ethic, skill/playmaking
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This kid needs more attention.
Solid years leading up to his draft year, matching and passing recent SAC draftees Baron and Stienberg, and then this year he, as captain, smashes the all-time scoring record for CAHS ( 213 versus the previous 182 points) and was nearly ~1GPG and ~2PPG this season. He broke Warren Foegele's season points scoring record for the school this year too.
He'll be going to the BCHL (with his teammate who stood out in his own right, Cole Galata), and then off to NCAA, so he's got plenty of time to develop too.
Solid years leading up to his draft year, matching and passing recent SAC draftees Baron and Stienberg, and then this year he, as captain, smashes the all-time scoring record for CAHS ( 213 versus the previous 182 points) and was nearly ~1GPG and ~2PPG this season. He broke Warren Foegele's season points scoring record for the school this year too.
He'll be going to the BCHL (with his teammate who stood out in his own right, Cole Galata), and then off to NCAA, so he's got plenty of time to develop too.
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