Reid Simpson

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CanadaCanada  Reid Simpson Ice hockey player
Date of birth May 21, 1969
place of birth Flin Flon , Manitoba , Canada
size 185 cm
Weight 95 kg
position Left wing
Shot hand Left
Draft
NHL Entry Draft 1989 , 4th lap, 72nd position
Philadelphia Flyers
Career stations
1984-1986 Flin Flon Bombers
1986 New Westminster Bruins
1986-1990 Prince Albert Raiders
1990-1992 Hershey Bears
1992-1993 Kalamazoo Wings
1993-1998 Albany River Rats
1998-1999 Chicago Blackhawks
1999-2000 Tampa Bay Lightning
2000-2001 St. Louis Blues
2001-2002 Canadiens de Montréal
2002-2003 Nashville Predators
2003-2004 Wilkes-Barre / Scranton Penguins
2005 Rockford IceHogs
2005-2007 Vityaz Chekhov
2010 Chicago Wolves

Reid Philip Simpson (born May 21, 1969 in Flin Flon , Manitoba ) is a former Canadian ice hockey player and official as well as current scout , who played 311 games for the Philadelphia Flyers , Minnesota North Stars , New Jersey Devils , Chicago Blackhawks , Tampa Bay Lightning , St. Louis Blues , Canadiens de Montréal , Nashville Predators and Pittsburgh Penguins in the National Hockey League on the left winger position . Simpson, who embodied the player type of the Enforcer , won the Calder Cup of the American Hockey League with the Albany River Rats in 1995 .

Career

Simpson first played in lower class junior ice hockey in his hometown of Flin Flon . He then worked for the Prince Albert Raiders in the Western Hockey League from 1986 to 1990 . He had previously been used twice for the New Westminster Bruins .

After the striker in the 1989 NHL Entry Draft was selected in the fourth round in 72nd place by the Philadelphia Flyers from the National Hockey League , he moved to the professional field in the summer of 1990. There he played for the Flyers farm team in the American Hockey League with the Hershey Bears . In the three years in the organization Simpson played with the exception of one game in the dress of the Flyers in the NHL exclusively with the Bears. At the end of the 1991/92 season his contract finally expired and was not renewed by Philadelphias. It wasn't until December 1992 that the free agent found a new employer in the Minnesota North Stars . For the team he also played only one game and was mainly used for the Kalamazoo Wings in the International Hockey League . This did not change with the move of the Borth Stars to Dallas, Texas and the renaming to Dallas Stars in the summer of 1993.

In March 1994, the attacker was transferred for the first time in his career. With Roy Mitchell he moved to the New Jersey Devils . Until January 1998 Simpson was active for the franchise , but again mostly belonged to the farm team roster. With the Albany River Rats , he completed his best season in the 1994/95 season with 43 points scorer in 70 games. He also won the Calder Cup with the team at the end of the season . After the Devils parted ways with the winger in January 1998 via a new transfer deal, a time began for him with many club changes and injuries.

First he was active for the Chicago Blackhawks until November 1999 , where he was able to establish himself for the first time in the NHL. In exchange for the Swede Michael Nylander he got to the Tampa Bay Lightning together with Bryan Muir . A jaw injury sustained in January 200 ultimately led to the Lightning not extending his contract. Simpson joined the St. Louis Blues in the 2000/01 season . Here, too, he was long incapacitated by a groin injury, which St. Louis did not extend the one-year contract. As a free agent, the Canadian came to the Canadiens de Montréal , from there in January 2002 via the waiver to the Nashville Predators and in the summer of 2003 - again as a player without a contract - to the Pittsburgh Penguins . Only in Pittsburgh did he fail to earn a place in the NHL regular squad and was thus active for the Wilkes-Barre / Scranton Penguins in the AHL.

Since the NHL season 2004/05 was completely canceled due to the lockout , Simpson played from March 2005 for the Rockford IceHogs in the United Hockey League , before moving to Russia for the 2005/06 season. There he joined the super league club Vitjas Chekhov for two years . In particular, by the accumulation of 556 penalty minutes in 79 games, Simpson made the name of an enforcer there . In the summer of 2007 the chapter on Russia ended before he was appointed assistant to the general manager Chekhov for the 2008/09 season . The engagement ended after a season. Simpson returned to the AHL for 14 games at the end of the 2009/10 season for the Chicago Wolves , but then ended his active career at the age of 41 for good. Since summer 2016 he has been employed as a scout for his ex-team Canadiens de Montréal.

Achievements and Awards

Career statistics

Regular season Playoffs
season team league Sp T V Pt SM Sp T V Pt SM
1985/86 New Westminster Bruins WHL 2 0 0 0 0 - - - - -
1986/87 Prince Albert Raiders WHL 47 3 8th 11 105 8th 2 3 5 13
1987/88 Prince Albert Raiders WHL 72 13 14th 27 164 10 1 0 1 43
1988/89 Prince Albert Raiders WHL 59 26th 29 55 264 4th 2 1 3 30th
1989/90 Prince Albert Raiders WHL 29 15th 17th 32 121 14th 4th 7th 11 34
1989/90 Hershey Bears AHL 28 2 2 4th 175 - - - - -
1990/91 Hershey Bears AHL 54 9 15th 24 183 1 0 0 0 0
1991/92 Hershey Bears AHL 60 11 7th 18th 145 - - - - -
1991/92 Philadelphia Flyers NHL 1 0 0 0 0 - - - - -
1992/93 Kalamazoo Wings IHL 45 5 5 10 193 - - - - -
1992/93 Minnesota North Stars NHL 1 0 0 0 5 - - - - -
1993/94 Kalamazoo Wings IHL 5 0 0 0 16 - - - - -
1993/94 Albany River Rats AHL 37 9 5 14th 135 5 1 1 2 18th
1994/95 Albany River Rats AHL 70 18th 25th 43 268 14th 1 8th 9 13
1994/95 New Jersey Devils NHL 9 0 0 0 27 - - - - -
1995/96 Albany River Rats AHL 6th 1 3 4th 17th - - - - -
1995/96 New Jersey Devils NHL 23 1 5 6th 79 - - - - -
1996/97 Albany River Rats AHL 3 0 0 0 10 - - - - -
1996/97 New Jersey Devils NHL 27 0 4th 4th 60 5 0 0 0 29
1997/98 New Jersey Devils NHL 6th 0 0 0 16 - - - - -
1997/98 Chicago Blackhawks NHL 38 3 2 5 102 - - - - -
1998/99 Chicago Blackhawks NHL 53 5 4th 9 145 - - - - -
1999/00 Cleveland Lumberjacks IHL 12 2 2 4th 56 - - - - -
1999/00 Tampa Bay Lightning NHL 26th 1 0 1 103 - - - - -
2000/01 St. Louis Blues NHL 38 2 1 3 96 5 0 0 0 2
2001/02 Canadiens de Montréal NHL 25th 1 1 2 63 - - - - -
2001/02 Milwaukee Admirals AHL 2 1 0 1 37 - - - - -
2001/02 Nashville Predators NHL 26th 5 0 5 69 - - - - -
2002/03 Milwaukee Admirals AHL 17th 6th 6th 12 40 - - - - -
2002/03 Nashville Predators NHL 26th 0 1 1 56 - - - - -
2003/04 Wilkes-Barre / Scranton Penguins AHL 51 6th 11 17th 168 2 0 0 0 0
2003/04 Pittsburgh Penguins NHL 2 0 0 0 17th - - - - -
2004/05 Rockford IceHogs UHL 15th 1 3 4th 46 7th 0 0 0 18th
2005/06 Vityaz Chekhov Super league 41 0 3 3 275 - - - - -
2006/07 Vityaz Chekhov Super league 36 3 7th 10 231 2 0 0 0 25th
2006/07 Vitjas Chekhov II Pervaya League 1 0 0 0 2 - - - - -
2007/08 without a contract not played
2008/09 without a contract not played
2009/10 Chicago Wolves AHL 14th 0 2 2 35 - - - - -
WHL overall 209 57 68 125 654 36 9 11 20th 120
AHL total 342 63 76 139 1213 22nd 2 9 11 31
IHL total 62 7th 7th 14th 265 - - - - -
NHL overall 301 18th 18th 36 838 10 0 0 0 31
Super league overall 77 3 10 13 506 2 0 0 0 25th

( 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, Reid
ALTERNATIVE NAMES Simpson, Reid Philip (full name)
BRIEF DESCRIPTION Canadian ice hockey player
DATE OF BIRTH May 21, 1969
PLACE OF BIRTH Flin Flon , Manitoba