Joe Simpson (ice hockey player)

Joe Simpson
Hockey Hall of Fame , 1963
Date of birth	August 13, 1893
place of birth	Selkirk , Manitoba , Canada
date of death	December 25, 1973
Nickname	Bullet Joe
size	178 cm
Weight	79 kg
position	defender
Shot hand	Right
Career stations
1912-1913	Winnipeg Strathconas
1913-1914	Selkirk Fishermen
1914-1915	Winnipeg Victoria's
1915-1916	Winnipeg 61st Battalion
1918-1920	Selkirk Fishermen
1920-1925	Edmonton Eskimos
1925-1931	New York Americans
1932-1933	Windsor Bulldogs Castors de Quebec

Harold Edward Joseph "Bullet Joe, Joe" Simpson (born August 13, 1893 in Selkirk , Manitoba ; † December 25, 1973 ) was a Canadian ice hockey player and coach who worked for New York from 1912 to 1933, among others Americans has played in the National Hockey League .

Career

Joe Simpson began his career as a hockey player in his home province of Manitoba, where he was active in the amateur field for one year each for the Winnipeg Strathconas, Selkirk Fishermen and Winnipeg Victorias between 1912 and 1915. He then entered active military service during the First World War and won the Allan Cup , the Canadian amateur championship title, with the army team Winnipeg 61st Battalion in 1916 . He then served on the front lines in Europe for three years and was wounded several times in combat. After his return from Europe he played for his ex-club Selkirk Fishermen between 1918 and 1920. In the 1920/21 season he played for the Edmonton Eskimos in the Big 4 League and from 1921 to 1925 in the Western Hockey League . From 1925 to 1931 the defender was a regular for the New York Americans in the National Hockey League . For the team he scored 40 scorer points in a total of 230 games in the NHL, including 21 goals.

In the 1931/32 season Simpson was working as head coach for the New Haven Eagles from the Canadian-American Hockey League . In the following season he ran again as an active player, for the Windsor Bulldogs in the International Hockey League and the Castors de Québec in the Canadian-American Hockey League. The 1935/36 season began again as head coach of the New Haven Eagles from the CAHL, but was replaced in this position by the former NHL professional Norman Himes during the season. From 1936 to 1938 he coached the Minneapolis Millers from the American Hockey Association . With the team he became champion in 1937. A year later he lost with his team in the final. In 1962, Simpson was inducted into the Hockey Hall of Fame .

Achievements and Awards

• 1916 Allan Cup - Winnipeg 61st Battalion won
• 1937 AHA Championship with the Minneapolis Millers (as coach)
• 1962 inducted into the Hockey Hall of Fame

NHL statistics

	Seasons	Games	Gates	Assists	Points	Penalty minutes
Regular season	6th	228	21st	19th	40	176
Playoffs	1	2	0	0	0	0

Web links

• Joe Simpson at hockeydb.com (English)
• Joe Simpson at legendsofhockey.net (English)