{{Short description|American ice hockey player (born 1985)}} {{Use mdy dates|date=May 2013}} {{Infobox ice hockey player | name = Riley Gill | image = Riley Gill K-Wings.JPG | image_size = 230px | caption = Gill playing for the Kalamazoo Wings in 2011 | team = | league = | played_for = Worcester Sharks<br>Bridgeport Sound Tigers<br>Hershey Bears | position = Goaltender | birth_date = {{Birth date and age|1985|01|01}} | birth_place = Northfield, Minnesota, U.S. | height_ft = 6 | height_in = 0 | weight_lb = 201 | catches = Left | draft = Undrafted | career_start = 2010 | career_end = 2017 }} '''Riley Gill''' (born January 1, 1985) is an American former professional ice hockey goaltender. He last played for the Allen Americans of the ECHL, where he won Goaltender of the Year in 2016–17 and backstopped the team to two Kelly Cup playoff championships in 2015 and 2016.
==Playing career== Gill attended the Western Michigan University from 2006 to 2010, where he played NCAA Division I college hockey with the Western Michigan Broncos men's ice hockey team. He completed his four years at Western Michigan University with an NCAA career 2.94 goals-against average and a .915 save percentage.<ref>[https://www.mlive.com/kwings/index.ssf/2010/03/post_4.html Former Western Michigan goaltender Riley Gill doesn't have far to go after signing with Kalamazoo Wings | MLive.com<!-- Bot generated title -->]</ref> and established team records for the most games played (111) and the best all-time save percentage in WMU history.<ref>[http://www.royalshockey.com/news/news.asp?story_id=2022 News – Reading Royals<!-- Bot generated title -->]{{Dead link|date=March 2025 |bot=InternetArchiveBot |fix-attempted=yes }}</ref>
Gill began his professional career in the ECHL by joining the Kalamazoo Wings near the end of the 2009–10 ECHL season. During the 2012–13 ECHL season, he was selected as the ECHL's playoff MVP in helping the Reading Royals claim their first Kelly Cup.
At the end of the 2012–2013 season, Riley Gill was selected as the Sher-Wood Goaltender of the Year. "Gill led the league in wins (25-tied) and shootout wins (four) and set a new SPHL record with five shutouts. His 2.43 goals against average ranked second, while his .918 save percentage was tied for third-best. Gill’s strong play helped Louisiana to a 20-point improvement from last season, as the IceGators finished tied with Fayetteville for most points (73)."<ref>{{cite web | title = Louisiana's Riley Gill Named Sher-Wood Goaltender of the Year| publisher = SPHL News | url = http://thesphl.com/view/thesphl/news/news_70152}}</ref>
On August 6, 2013, Gill was signed by the Royals' AHL affiliate, the Hershey Bears, to a one-year contract.<ref>{{Cite web| url = https://www.hersheybears.com/news/detail.php?id=4157 | title = Bears sign Ruegsegger, Gill to AHL deals | publisher = Hershey Bears | date = 2013-08-06 | accessdate = 2013-08-06}}</ref> Gill later joined the Allen Americans of the ECHL. While playing with the Americans, he won ECHL Goaltender of the Year after the 2016–17 season in which he tied for more shutouts in a season and set a new career high.<ref name = "goalie of the year">{{cite web|last1=Daniels|first1=Tommy|title=AMERICANS RILEY GILL NAMED ECHL GOALIE OF THE YEAR|url=https://allenamericans.com/americans-riley-gill-named-echl-goalie-of-the-year/|website=allenamericans.com|accessdate=May 14, 2018|date=April 13, 2017}}</ref> Gill re-signed with the Americans in the offseason of that year,<ref>{{cite web|title=GILL RE-SIGNS FOR FOURTH SEASON WITH AMERICANS|url=https://www.echl.com/gill-re-signs-fourth-season-americans|website=echl.com|accessdate=May 14, 2018|date=June 23, 2017}}</ref> but only played in two games during the 2017–18 season.
==Awards and honors== {| class="wikitable" ! Award ! Year |- ALIGN="center" bgcolor="#e0e0e0" | colspan="3" | College |- | All-CCHA Rookie Team | 2006–07 |- ALIGN="center" bgcolor="#e0e0e0" | colspan="3" | SPHL |- | First All-Star Team | 2012–13<ref>{{Cite web |url=http://www.thesphl.com/view/thesphl/news/news_69909 |title=Pointstreak Sites {{!}} SPHL Southern Professional Hockey League {{!}} Fayetteville, Louisiana Head All-SPHL First Team<!-- Bot generated title --> |access-date=May 28, 2013 |archive-date=February 4, 2016 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160204142734/http://www.thesphl.com/view/thesphl/news/news_69909 |url-status=dead }}</ref> |- | Goaltender of the Year | 2012–13<ref>[http://www.thesphl.com/view/thesphl/news/news_72924 Pointstreak Sites | SPHL Southern Professional Hockey League | Fayetteville, Riley Gill Named Sher-Wood Goaltender of the Year<!-- Bot generated title -->]</ref> |- ALIGN="center" bgcolor="#e0e0e0" | colspan="3" | ECHL |- | Playoff MVP | 2012–13<ref>[http://www.echl.com/royals-gill-named-most-valuable-player-of-kelly-cup-playoffs-p184066 ECHL| Princeton, Most Valuable Player of Kelly Cup Playoffs<!-- Bot generated title -->]</ref> |- | ECHL Goaltender of the Year | 2016–17<ref name = "goalie of the year"/> |}
==References== {{Reflist}}
==External links== * {{Ice hockey stats}} * {{ECHL profile|3069}}
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