Charlie Simmer

Charlie Simmer
Date of birth	March 20, 1954
place of birth	Terrace Bay , Ontario , Canada
size	191 cm
Weight	95 kg
position	striker
Draft
NHL Amateur Draft	1974 , 3rd lap, 39th position California Golden Seals
WHA Amateur Draft	1974 , 2nd round, 26th position Cleveland Crusaders
Career stations
1971-1973	Kenora Muskies
1973-1974	Sault Ste. Marie Greyhounds
1974-1976	California Golden Seals
1976-1977	Cleveland Barons
1977-1984	Los Angeles Kings
1984-1987	Boston Bruins
1987-1988	Pittsburgh Penguins
1988-1989	Eintracht Frankfurt
1990-1992	San Diego Gulls

Charlie Robert Simmer (* 20th March 1954 in Terrace Bay , Ontario ) is a retired Canadian ice hockey player , who from 1974 to 1988 for the California Seals , Cleveland Barons , Los Angeles Kings , Boston Bruins and Pittsburgh Penguins in the National Hockey League and for Eintracht Frankfurt played in the ice hockey Bundesliga .

Career

Charlie Simmer (center) awaits the throw-in of the puck together with Brian Sutter (right) and Mike Milbury (left); Boston Garden , March 21, 1985

As a junior he played in the OHA for Sault Ste. Marie Greyhounds . Simmer was drafted in round 3 of the 1974 NHL Amateur Draft as 39th by the California Seals. In the same year he was also drafted in the WHA by the Cleveland Crusaders in Round 2 as 26th, but never played in the WHA.

On December 27, 1974 he made his debut with the Seals against the Boston Bruins and in his first game he was able to contribute a goal and an assist. A good debut season was followed by two weaker times when the Seals moved to Cleveland.

Simmer spent most of his career with the Los Angeles Kings , where he played as a left winger in the infamous "Triple Crown Line" with Marcel Dionne and Dave Taylor (both leading the Kings in games and points). Simmer has had two seasons with 56 goals in a row and was a three-time NHL All-Star. In 1986, Simmer won the Bill Masterton Memorial Trophy .

In total, Simmer scored 711 points (342 goals and 369 assists) in 712 NHL games.

In 1988/89 he moved to Eintracht Frankfurt (now Frankfurt Lions ) in the then ice hockey Bundesliga .

In 1990/91 he was a season in the IHL for the San Diego Gulls as a player-coach before he ended his career the following season with his farewell game.

Achievements and Awards

1973 MJHL First All-Star Team 1977 CHL Second All-Star Team 1978 AHL Second All-Star Team 1980 NHL First All-Star Team 1980 NHL Top Scorer (shared with Danny Gare and Blaine Stoughton )

1981 NHL All-Star Game 1981 NHL First All-Star Team 1984 NHL All-Star Game 1986 Bill Masterton Memorial Trophy

International

• 1983 bronze medal at the world championship

statistics

	Seasons	Games	Gates	Assists	Points	Penalty minutes
NHL Regular Season	14th	712	342	369	711	544
NHL playoffs	6th	24	9	9	18th	32
Bundesliga main round	1	36	19th	32	51	68
Bundesliga playoffs	1	4th	1	2	3	13

Web links

• Charlie Simmer in the database of the National Hockey League (English)
• Charlie Simmer at eliteprospects.com (English)
• Charlie Simmer at rodi-db.de