Clay Hill (lacrosse)

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Clay Hill
Born (1976-05-17) May 17, 1976 (age 48)
Hamilton, Ontario [1]
NationalityFlag of Canada (Pantone).svg  Canada
Height5 ft 11 in (1.80 m)
Weight185 pounds (84 kg)
ShootsLeft
PositionDefense
NLL draft31st overall, 1997
Buffalo Bandits
NLL team Buffalo Bandits
Career team Six Nations Chiefs (MSL)
Ohsweken Demons (CLax)
Six Nations Rivermen (OSBLL)
Mohawk Stars (OSBLL)
Pro career1997–
Career highlights

NLL Championship: 2008
CLax Championship: 2012

Clay Hill (born Clay Squire on May 17, 1976, in Hamilton, Ontario) is a professional box lacrosse player. He was a member of the National Lacrosse League's Buffalo Bandits for seven seasons, where he won a NLL Championship in 2008. [2] He also played from 1997 until 2012 as a member of the Mann Cup-eligible Six Nations Chiefs. [1] Now, late in his career, he plays in the semi-professional Canadian Lacrosse League during the winter [3] and the OLA Senior B Lacrosse League in the summer. [4]

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Career

Hill joined the Six Nations Chiefs of Major Series Lacrosse in 2002. [5] He was originally selected by the Bandits of the Major Indoor Lacrosse League in the 4th Round of the 1997 MILL Entry Draft but did not sign with the team until December 7, 2004.[ citation needed ] He played his first NLL game in 2005.

In 2008, Hill played all 16 regular season games and all 3 playoff games as he, with the Buffalo Bandits, won the NLL Championship. [6]

In 2011, Hill left the National Lacrosse League. He played his final season as a member of the Six Nations Chiefs of Major Series Lacrosse in 2012, competing for the Mann Cup Senior A championship of Canada. [7] He and the Chiefs made it to the league finals before falling to the Peterborough Lakers. [8] Completing his seventh season with the bandits, Hill has accumulated 61 points over the course of 99 games and played in a cumulative total of 10 playoff games for the Buffalo Bandits prior to retiring from the team. [9]

In 2012, Hill joined the Ohsweken Demons of the Canadian Lacrosse League. [10] He and the Demons would go on to win the inaugural CLax Championship. [11] For his play, the league named him to the league's second all-star team. [12]

Family

Clay Hill was raised in the Six Nations (a First Nations Reserve), in one of the Iroquois Nations. The main reserve where Clay Hill is born is found between the cities of Brantford, Caledonia, and Hagersville. The land includes around 18,000 hectares of land. [13] In the summer, Hill travels through the Toronto area to look for job opportunities, particularly steel construction, to support his family when he is in offseason. [9]

Statistics

NLL

Statistics provided by: http://www.nll.com/.

  Regular Season Playoffs
SeasonTeamGPGAPtsLBPIMGPGAPtsLBPIM
2005Buffalo161566212100050
2006Buffalo11235524000000
2007Buffalo161786042134140
2008Buffalo16751854301192
2009Buffalo14213157310201180
2010Buffalo10088484100020
2011Buffalo161674321211240
NLL Totals991447614235911268422

CLA/CLax

Statistics provided by: https://web.archive.org/web/20140224031603/http://wampsbibleoflacrosse.com/

  Regular Season Playoffs
SeasonTeamLeagueGPGAPtsPIMGPGAPtsPIM
1993 Six Nations OJALL 14612183812281012
1994Six NationsOJALL231221335154154
1995Six NationsOJALL149132250-----
1996Did Not Participate
1997Six NationsOJALL1618395751155364144
- Six Nations MSL 31010-----
1998Six NationsMSL179243354-----
1999Six NationsMSL16217195431014
2000Six NationsMSL1089178-----
2001Six NationsMSL12641011-----
2002Six NationsMSL13032-----
-Six Nations OSBLL 131323362661111224
2003Six NationsMSL1084121032240
2004Six NationsMSL1561622187641010
2005Six NationsMSL15311141476392
2006Six NationsMSL40224-----
-Mohawk StarsOSBLL1011023360
2007Six NationsMSL32790-----
-Mohawk StarsOSBLL74711862244
2008Six NationsMSL10527443258
2009Six NationsMSL135491741122
2010Six NationsMSL168917241143735
2011Six NationsMSL185510241112323
2012 Ohsweken CLax 141020303421560
-Six NationsMSL131910131004412
2013OhswekenCLax5246211120
-Six NationsOSBLL12112131262240
MSL Totals176721231952576024214596
OSBLL Totals3318436146201818368
OJALL Totals6745851301903211455660
CLax Totals191224363632680

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References

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  2. ↑ "Clay Hill (D) Buffalo Bandits". National Lacrosse League. Archived from the original on 2016-03-03. Retrieved 2010-08-25.
  3. ↑ "CLax Players of the Week: Vyse, Hill, Fowler and Potter earn honours | IL Indoor.com". Archived from the original on 2014-04-07. Retrieved 2014-04-06.
  4. ↑ Locals power Knighthawks to east final | Brantford Expositor
  5. ↑ http://wampsbibleoflacrosse.com/newstats/2002seniora.txt [ bare URL plain text file ]
  6. ↑ Buffalo Bandits - National Lacrosse League - team roster | Pointstreak Sports Technologies
  7. ↑ "Groundhog Day for Chiefs | Brantford Expositor". Archived from the original on 2014-04-07. Retrieved 2014-04-06.
  8. ↑ http://wampsbibleoflacrosse.com/newstats/2012seniora.txt [ bare URL plain text file ]
  9. 1 2 Jafari, Michael. "Hill Ready For Next Challenge". bandits.com. Buffalo Bandits.
  10. ↑ "Ohsweken Demons and Iroquois Ironmen to meet in all-Native final for the first Creator's Cup CLax championship | IL Indoor.com". Archived from the original on 2014-04-07. Retrieved 2014-04-06.
  11. ↑ Demons win inaugural Creator’s Cup
  12. ↑ "Oshawa Express". Archived from the original on 2014-04-07. Retrieved 2014-04-06.
  13. ↑ Six Nations Elected Council. "Six Nations Of The Grand River". www.sixnations.ca. Archived from the original on 2017-06-18. Retrieved 2017-03-27.
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