Phil Hilton is a Canadian retired ice hockey

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who was the Most Outstanding Player for the 1955 NCAA tournament.

Career

Hilton ended his

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career with his home town

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in 1952 and immediately jumped into the college hockey ranks. He appeared as a freshman for

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(a rarity at the time) and tried to build on CC's runner-up finish the year before. Unfortunately the Tigers halved the win total and finished towards the bottom of the conference standings. The team started to recover in Hilton's second season, a year that saw him being named to the All-

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Second Team. In his final year with the team, Hilton helped Colorado College finish atop the league standings and earn the top seed in the NCAA tournament. He was named as an AHCA Second Team All-American and was First-Team All-conference in the process. Hilton helped shut down

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in the semifinal, allowing CC to reach the championship game. Against long-time rival

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, Hilton opened the scoring for the Tigers but could not stop the Wolverines from responding to each CC goal with a score of their own. Michigan won the championship but, in recognition of his play in the tournament, Hilton was named to the All-Tournament First Team and was awarded with the Tournament MOP.

Awards and honors

References

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* {{DEFAULTSORT:Hilton, Phil 1932 births Living people Brandon Wheat Kings players Colorado College Tigers men's ice hockey players Canadian ice hockey defencemen Ice hockey people from Brandon, Manitoba AHCA Division I men's ice hockey All-Americans