Toledo, OH – Forward Christian Hilbrich (hill-brick) has agreed to terms with the Toledo Walleye for the 2017-18 season.
Hilbrich spent his first professional season with the Wheeling Nailers of the ECHL posting 45 points. He scored 16 goals with 29 assists and 48 penalty minutes while playing the season as a plus 21.
The Port Credit, Ontario native also appeared in six games at the AHL level for Scranton Wilkes-Barre with no points. His 45 points last year ranked him 5th on the Nailers in scoring. The 25-year-old took home the ECHL Player of the Week honors for January 9-15 with nine points (5G, 4A) over four games that week which included his first professional hat trick on January 15 at Kalamazoo.
“Coming off of a tremendous pro debut for Christian collecting 45 points, making this a great pickup for us,” Head Coach Dan Watson said. “He has a great touch around the net with the size to be very effective there.”
The 6’7”, 216-pound forward spent four years at Cornell University where he played in 111 games with 27 goals, 21 assists and 70 penalty minutes. Hilbrich was a Captain his senior season (2015-16) for the Big Red while also being named to the Second Team All-American for the Senior CLASS Award. He was a pillar of consistency at Cornell picking up 14 points in each of his last three years at Cornell
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