Al Sims

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CanadaCanada  Al Sims Ice hockey player
Date of birth April 18, 1953
place of birth Toronto , Ontario , Canada
size 183 cm
Weight 83 kg
position defender
Shot hand Left
Draft
NHL Amateur Draft 1973 , 3rd lap, 47th position
Boston Bruins
WHA Amateur Draft 1973 , 2nd round, 16th position
Jersey Knights
Career stations
1971-1973 Cornwall Royals
1973-1979 Boston Bruins
1979-1981 Hartford Whalers
1981-1983 New Haven Nighthawks
1983-1984 HC Servette Genève
1984-1985 EV Landshut
New Haven Nighthawks
1985-1986 BSC Prussia
1986-1988 Fife Flyers
1988-1989 Fort Wayne Comet

Allan Eugene Sims (born April 18, 1953 in Toronto , Ontario ) is a retired Canadian ice hockey player and coach who played for the Boston Bruins , Hartford Whalers and Los Angeles Kings in the National Hockey League from 1973 to 1983 . During the 1996/97 season he was the head coach of the San Jose Sharks . His son Tyler is also a professional ice hockey player.

Career as a player

Sims, a defender , initially played with the Cornwall Royals in the Quebec Major Junior Hockey League (QMJHL) from 1971 to 1973 . In the 1971/72 season he reached the final tournament for the Memorial Cup with the team , which the Royals won. In the 1973 WHA Amateur Draft , Sims was selected in the second round in 16th place by the New York Raiders . Sims was the first draft pick in franchise history by the newly formed World Hockey Association team. In addition, the Boston Bruins selected him in the third round in 47th position of the NHL Amateur Draft . Sims ultimately decided to play for the Bruins. He completed the 1973/74 and 1974/75 seasons completely with the Bruins. This was followed by four seasons, which he spent both in Boston and with their AHL farm team, the Rochester Americans . For the 1979/80 season Sims was selected in the Expansion Draft by the Hartford Whalers , where he was promoted back to a full-time NHL professional in the two seasons that he stayed with the team. Then Sims moved to the west coast, where he met the same fate with the Los Angeles Kings as in Boston. He spent large parts of the two seasons in the AHL with the New Haven Nighthawks and was only used sporadically in the NHL. After two disappointing seasons with the Kings, Sims moved first to Switzerland and then to Germany , where he played for EV Landshut and SC Preussen Berlin . For the 1986/87 season he moved to the British Hockey League (BHL) for two years before returning to North America in 1988. Sims played for a year with the Fort Wayne Komets in the International Hockey League (IHL). He was also the assistant to the coach at the time.

NHL player stats

Seasons Games Gates Assists Points Penalty minutes
Regular season 10 476 49 116 165 286
Playoffs 5 40 0 2 2 14th

Career as a coach

In 1989, Sims retired from his career and took over as head coach at Fort Wayne. Sims reached the play-offs four times in the four seasons as head coach of the Komets. In 1992 he failed with the team only in the final and in his last season 1993/94 he won the Turner Cup with the team . He then took a job as an assistant coach with the Mighty Ducks of Anaheim . He held this position for three seasons until the end of the 1995/96 season . The following year the San Jose Sharks signed him as head coach.

Sims could not build on the successes he had with the Komets in the IHL with the Sharks and lost the post with a record of 27 wins, 47 defeats and eight draws at the end of the season. From 1997 to 2000, Sims coached the Milwaukee Admirals in the American Hockey League (AHL). This was followed by unsuccessful engagements as head coach in the East Coast Hockey League and Central Hockey League . For the 2007/08 season he took over the management of the Fort Wayne Comets again and led the team in the 2007/08 to 2009/10 seasons three times in a row to win the Turner Cup. After the 2012/13 season, Sims ended his coaching career.

NHL coaching statistics

Seasons Games S. N U OTL
Regular season 1 82 27 47 8th 0

( Legend for coach statistics: Sp or GC = total games; W or S = wins scored; L or N = losses scored; T or U = draws scored; OTL or OTN = losses scored after overtime or shootout ; Pts or Pkt = points scored ; Pts% or Pkt% = point rate; Win% = win rate; result = round reached in the play-offs )

Achievements and Awards

Web links

  • Al Sims at hockeydb.com (English)
  • Al Sims at legendsofhockey.net (English)
personal data
SURNAME Sims, Al
ALTERNATIVE NAMES Sims, Allan Eugene
BRIEF DESCRIPTION Canadian ice hockey coach and former player
DATE OF BIRTH April 18, 1953
PLACE OF BIRTH Toronto , Ontario