Career
Hiltner played four seasons at the University of Alaska Anchorage, where he was a point per game player, scoring 125 point in 121 games. Hiltner made his professional debut in 1989, splitting time between the International Hockey League and the newly formed East Coast Hockey League. Hiltner played the following season in the Swedish Master of Science-liiga with Ilves, where he scored 33 points in 39 games.
He returned to the IHL for the 1990-1991 season, playing with the Kansas City Blades.
Hiltner"s totals dropped, where he scored eight goals and thirteen points in forty-four games. Hiltner started the 1991-1992 IHL season, but was later assigned to the Raleigh IceCaps and the Nashville Knights of the ECHL. He would finish his career in 1993 in Germany, playing with South Carolina Memmingen and later ERSC Amberg.
