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| 1980 NHL DRAFT PICK |
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Sean Simpson
Selected in seventh round
No.
141 overall by Chicago Black Hawks
Born May 4,
1960
 | Position:
Center
Height: 6-0 Weight: 190
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| BEFORE THE DRAFT |
Last Team:
Ottawa (OMJHL)
Birthplace: Essex, England (Great
Britain)
Hometown: Brampton, Ontario |
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| PRE-DRAFT
STATISTICS | | Year |
Team | League |
GP | G |
A | TP |
PIM | | 1976-77 |
North York | OPJHL |
37 |
17 | 22 |
39 | 16 |
| 1977-78 |
Ottawa | OMJHL | 55 |
14 | 29 |
43 | 6 |
| 1978-79 |
Ottawa | OMJHL |
59 | 42 |
76 | 118 |
12 | | 1979-80 |
Ottawa | OMJHL |
67 | 65 |
84 | 149 |
8 |
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PRE-DRAFT AWARDS AND HONORS
World Junior Championships: 1980 (fifth place)
OMJHL Hanley Trophy (Most Gentlemanly): 1978-79, 1979-80
OMJHL All-Star First Team: 1979-80 (Ottawa)
OMJHL All-Star Third Team: 1978-79 (Ottawa)
Miscellaneous: Was Ottawa's second pick in 1977 OMJHL midget draft. ...
Played on line with Jim Fox and Yvan Joly for Ottawa in 1979-80. ... Was star
junior lacrosse player, playing for local Brantford team in Ontario Lacrosse
Association Junior A level (same as major junior in hockey). ... Raised in
Toronto area after his Welsh father and English mother moved family to
Canada when Simpson was a baby. |
| NHL CAREER |
| Never played in NHL. |
| NON-NHL CAREER |
Post-Draft Teams: Ottawa (OMJHL); New
Brunswick, Springfield (AHL); Tilburg (Netherlands); Ajoie (Switzerland); Team Canada; Rotterdam
(Netherlands); Olten, Zurich (Switzerland); Cavalese (Italy)
NON-NHL
AWARDS AND HONORS
AHL Calder Cup: 1982 (New Brunswick)
Netherlands Championship: 1989 (Rotterdam)
Switzerland Championship: 1998 (Zug) (as head coach)
Germany Championship: 2000 (Munich) (as head coach)
City of Brampton Sports Hall of Fame: Inducted 2001
Springfield (AHL) Most Sportsmanlike Player: 1982-83
Netherlands Points Leader: 1984 (Tilburg) (105 points)
1981-82: Played on AHL regular-season champion (New Brunswick).
Coaching Career: Named Lyss (Switzerland) head coach prior to 1991-92
season and remained in position through 1991-92 season. ... Named Zug
(Switzerland) assistant coach prior to 1992-93 season and held position through 1996-97 season. ... Named
Zug (Switzerland) head coach prior to 1997-98 season and remained in position through 1998-99 season. ... Named Munich (Germany) head coach prior to
1999-00
season and remained in position through 2001-02 season. ... Named Hamburg
(Germany) head coach prior to 2002-03 season and held position through 2002-03
season. ... Named Zug (Switzerland) head coach on April 3, 2003, and held position into 2003-04 season.
Miscellaneous: Played for Ottawa as an underage junior in 1980-81. ...
Signed with New Brunswick (AHL) as free agent in December 1981 after being
released by Chicago. ... Served as assistant coach for Team Canada at 1995 and 1996 Spengler Cup tournaments.
... Named Netherlands' best import player (i.e. not born in Holland) for the period of 1965-2000 by
a panel of Dutch
hockey authorities in 2000.
Personal: Full name is Sean Ronald Simpson. |
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SNAPSHOT '80 | | Total Selected: |
210 | | Forwards: |
122 | | Defense: |
71 | | Goaltenders: |
17 | | Major Junior: |
138 | | Tier II Junior: |
7 | | College Players: |
42 | | High School: |
8 |
| Canadian: |
159 |
| Euro-Canadian: |
3 | | USA Citizens: |
35 | | U.S.-Born: |
35 |
| European: |
13 |
| Reached NHL: |
132 |
| Won Stanley Cup: |
24 | | Hall of Fame: |
4 |
| All-Star Game: |
17 |
| Year-end All-Star: |
5 |
| Olympians: |
19 |
| Picks Traded: |
25 |
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