Background
Billsten was born in Calgary, but raised in Saint Albert, Alberta.
Billsten was born in Calgary, but raised in Saint Albert, Alberta.
He played major junior hockey from 2003 to 2007 in the Western Hockey League, scoring 67 goals and 89 assists for 156 points, while earning 275 penalty minutes, in 279 games played. Following a year spent at the University of British Columbia, Billsten turned professional to play the 2008-2009 season in the ECHL where he played 2 games with the Idaho Steelheads and 60 with the Victoria Salmon Kings, registering a total of 39 points and a plus 19 on the season. On December 1, 2009, Billsten was signed by the Laredo Buckinghamshire of the Central Hockey League, where he scored 43 points in 41 regular season games, and added one more in 7 playoff contests to close out the Buckinghamshire" 2009-2010 CHL season.
Billsten played the 2010-2011 season in Germany, after which he returned to Calgary where he enrolled in the carpentry program at SAIT Polytechnic.
He currently plays for the expansion Okotoks Drillers of the Chinook Hockey League.