Dillon Simpson

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Dillon Simpson
Date of birth February 10, 1993
place of birth Edmonton , Alberta , Canada
size 185 cm
Weight 88 kg
position defender
Shot hand Left
Draft
NHL Entry Draft 2011 , 4th round, 92nd position
Edmonton Oilers
Career stations
2009-2010 Spruce Grove Saints
2010-2014 University of North Dakota
2014-2015 Oklahoma City Barons
2015-2018 Bakersfield Condors
2016-2018 Edmonton Oilers
since 2018 Columbus Blue Jackets
Cleveland Monsters

Dillon Simpson (born February 10, 1993 in Edmonton , Alberta ) is a Canadian ice hockey player who has been under contract with the Columbus Blue Jackets of the National Hockey League since July 2018 and for their farm team , the Cleveland Monsters , in the American Hockey League plays in the position of defender . His father, Craig Simpson, was also a professional ice hockey player and won the Stanley Cup twice .

Career

Simpson first played during his junior years between 2009 and 2010 for the Spruce Grove Saints in the Alberta Junior Hockey League . With the team, the defender secured the Rogers Wireless Cup at the end of the 2009/10 season . In addition, he was named Rookie of the Year and appointed to the All-Rookie Team of the North Division. Following the successful year, Simpson enrolled at the University of North Dakota , where he studied from 2010 to 2014. At the same time, he ran for the university's ice hockey team in the Western Collegiate Hockey Association and National Collegiate Hockey Conference , both divisions in the game operations of the National Collegiate Athletic Association . During this time he won the division championship twice with the team, again received numerous appointments in selection teams and was selected in the fourth round of the 2011 NHL Entry Draft in 92nd place by the Edmonton Oilers , for whom his father had already played.

In April 2014, the defender was signed by the Oilers and started the 2014/15 season for the Oklahoma City Barons farm team in the American Hockey League . He spent the 2015/16 season with the new cooperation partner Bakersfield Condors - also in the AHL. He also started the 2016/17 season there , before he was appointed to Edmonton's NHL squad for the first time in November 2016 and made his debut in early December.

After four years in Edmonton, his contract was not renewed after the 2017/18 season, so he joined the Columbus Blue Jackets as a free agent in July 2018 .

Achievements and Awards

  • 2012 Broadmoor Trophy win with the University of North Dakota
  • 2012 WCHA All-Academic Team
  • 2013 WCHA All-Academic Team
  • 2014 NCHC First All-Star Team

Career statistics

Status: end of the 2018/19 season

Regular season Playoffs
season team league Sp T V Pt SM Sp T V Pt SM
2008/09 Spruce Grove Saints AJHL 1 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 2
2009/10 Spruce Grove Saints AJHL 58 12 29 41 19th 16 0 6th 6th 6th
2010/11 University of North Dakota NCAA 30th 2 8th 10 8th
2011/12 University of North Dakota NCAA 42 2 16 18th 8th
2012/13 University of North Dakota NCAA 42 5 19th 24 12
2013/14 University of North Dakota NCAA 42 7th 16 23 20th
2014/15 Oklahoma City Barons AHL 71 3 14th 17th 14th 10 0 0 0 0
2015/16 Bakersfield Condors AHL 57 4th 16 20th 20th - - - - -
2016/17 Bakersfield Condors AHL 53 3 8th 11 26th - - - - -
2016/17 Edmonton Oilers NHL 3 0 0 0 2 - - - - -
2017/18 Bakersfield Condors AHL 61 4th 14th 18th 18th - - - - -
2018/19 Cleveland Monsters AHL 75 3 14th 17th 16 8th 1 3 4th 4th
AJHL total 59 12 29 41 19th 17th 0 6th 6th 8th
NCAA overall 156 16 59 75 48
AHL total 317 17th 66 83 94 18th 1 3 4th 4th
NHL overall 3 0 0 0 2 - - - - -

( Legend for player statistics: Sp or GP = games played; T or G = goals scored; V or A = assists scored ; Pkt or Pts = scorer points scored ; SM or PIM = penalty minutes received ; +/− = plus / minus balance; PP = overpaid goals scored ; SH = underpaid goals scored ; GW = winning goals scored; 1  play-downs / relegation )

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personal data
SURNAME Simpson, Dillon
BRIEF DESCRIPTION Canadian ice hockey player
DATE OF BIRTH February 10, 1993
PLACE OF BIRTH Edmonton , Alberta