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Backup goalie shows skill

...camp by coach Jim Burton on a tryout basis, Classen surprised many by outplaying former NHL first-round draft pick Craig Hillier and winning the backup job behind Judd Lambert. Then, after watching from the wings as Lambert started the first...

http://chronicle.augusta.com/stories/2001/10/25/lyn_328862.shtml
Lynx
Lambert settles in net after first-period blitz

...we're going to be a gritty, hard-working defensive-minded hockey team." After allowing goalies Cris Classen and Craig Hillier to play the first two games, Burton used Monday as a tune-up for Lambert. "Judd looked like he hadn't played...

http://chronicle.augusta.com/stories/2001/10/09/lyn_325080.shtml
Lynx
Lynx notebook

...with him." As for possible trades, the Lynx possibly could trade one of the goaltenders - former first-round pick Craig Hillier or second-year pro Cris Classen - who are vying to make the club. "I've got to decide which goalie I want to...

http://chronicle.augusta.com/stories/2001/10/10/lyn_325307.shtml
Lynx
Pair of goalies vie for backup spot

The goalie race is over, and Augusta Lynx coach Jim Burton is calling it a dead heat. So who will it be? Craig Hillier? Or Cris Classen? Burton may as well flip a coin, given that he is equally impressed with the two netminders vying...

http://chronicle.augusta.com/stories/2001/10/08/lyn_324864.shtml
Lynx
Lynx drop game to Whoopee, 4-1

MACON, Ga. - Craig Hillier has gone from National Hockey League prospect to East Coast League reclamation project. Can the 23-year-old goalie resurrect...

http://chronicle.augusta.com/stories/2001/10/06/lyn_324362.shtml
Lynx
Lynx notebook

...while No. 3 center, rookie Josh St. Louis, was flanked by wingers Tyson Holly and Kevin Hansen. ... Goalie Craig Hillier, a first-round pick by Pittsburgh in 1996, had a golf-ball sized welt below his left thumb. The bruise was the...

http://chronicle.augusta.com/stories/2001/10/02/lyn_323212.shtml
Lynx
Lynx training camp opens Monday

...interesting to see what happens there." Over the next 10 days, three newcomers - 1996 NHL first-round draft pick Craig Hillier, second-year pro Cris Classen and rookie Duane Hoey - will contend for the No. 2 goaltending spot behind Judd Lambert...

http://chronicle.augusta.com/stories/2001/10/01/lyn_322958.shtml
Lynx
Lynx notebook

...goaltenders to training camp to compete for the backup job behind Judd Lambert. Former NHL first-round draft pick Craig Hillier, who played the past three years in the Penguins organization, appears to be the frontrunner. He will battle it...

http://chronicle.augusta.com/stories/2001/09/23/hoc_322067.shtml
Hockey
Lynx ledger

...behind Mike Valley, who was brilliant in two games (2-0, one shutout) with the Lynx earlier this season, and Craig Hillier. In just six games, Keyes is 1-4 with a 3.74 goals-against average at Syracuse. Lambert has been a rock in...

http://chronicle.augusta.com/stories/1998/12/31/hoc_248840.shtml
Hockey
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