Kammala wannan jumla: Hankinson an rubuta shi ne na 201 na Blackhawks a cikin
1995 NHL Entry Draft daga Jami'ar Minnesota. Ya zama dan wasa mai ban mamaki na Chicago na AHL na Norfolk Admirals, a ƙarshe ya buga wasanni 14 don Blackhawks. A shekara ta 2003, ya koma Anaheim inda ya buga wasanni 4 kawai a cikin NHL, yana ciyar da yawancin aikinsa na Ducks a cikin AHL franchise Cincinnati Mighty Ducks. Bayan ɗan gajeren lokaci a Switzerland da kuma wani kakar wasa a Cincinnati, Hankinson ya yi ritaya kuma yanzu yana gudanar da Makarantar Hankinson Hockey a garinsa na Edina, Minnesota.