Simon Wheeldon

Simon Wheeldon
Date of birth	August 30, 1966
place of birth	Vancouver , British Columbia , Canada
size	183 cm
Weight	84 kg
position	Left wing
Shot hand	Left
Draft
NHL Entry Draft	1984 , 11th lap, 229th position Edmonton Oilers
Career stations
1983-1986	Victoria Cougars
1986-1987	New Haven Nighthawks
1987-1988	Colorado Rangers
1988-1989	Denver Rangers
1989-1990	Flint Spirits
1990-1991	Moncton Hawks
1991-1992	Baltimore Skipjacks
1993-1999	VEU Feldkirch
1999-2002	Munich Barons
2002-2004	VEU Feldkirch

Simon Wheeldon (born August 30, 1966 in Vancouver , British Columbia ) is a former Canadian - Austrian ice hockey player who was active during his career for the New York Rangers and the Winnipeg Jets from the National Hockey League .

Career

Wheeldon began his career in 1983 in the Canadian Junior Western Hockey League with the Victoria Cougars . During the 1984 NHL Entry Draft , those in charge of the Edmonton Oilers secured the rights to the offensive player and selected him in the 11th round in a total of 229th position. In the summer of 1986 he moved to the American Hockey League for the New Haven Nighthawks . The Canadian played his first NHL games in the 1987/88 season , when he played five times in eight days for the New York Rangers in March, scoring an assist . It was followed by another six games in the following season in January 1989. During his time with the Rangers Wheeldon was mainly active for various farm teams in the lower North American ice hockey leagues.

For the 1990/91 season he joined the Winnipeg Jets, which, however, also handed him over to the then farm team, the Moncton Hawks . The then 24-year-old only wore the jersey of the Winnipeg Jets four times from the end of October 1990. After another season with the Baltimore Skipjacks in the AHL, he forced a move to Europe in 1992. There the management of the then Austrian first division club VEU Feldkirch became aware of Wheeldon and took him under contract. In the period that followed, the left shooter was able to establish himself as a top scorer and top performer with the Feldkirchen team. In his first season he scored 86 points in 50 games for his new club. Furthermore, he celebrated some national and international successes with the club. He was able to win the Austrian championship five times , the Alpine League championship four times and the European Hockey League once .

At the end of the 1998/99 season Wheeldon left the club and signed a contract with the Munich Barons from the German Ice Hockey League . With the Barons, the former NHL player won the German championship in 2000 and the German runner-up in 2001 . After the club moved to Hamburg in the summer of 2002, he returned to Austria. There he went on the ice again for two seasons for VEU Feldkirch before ending his active ice hockey career in 2004 at the age of 38.

International

Wheeldon played a total of 25 games for the Austrian national team and was able to score 13 times. He took part with the Austrians at the B-WM 1997 in Poland , the A-WM 2000 in Russia and the A-WM 2001 in Germany . He also represented Austria at the 2002 Olympic Games in Salt Lake City .

statistics

	Seasons	Games	Gates	Assists	Points	Penalty minutes
NHL Regular Season	3	15th	0	2	2	10
NHL playoffs	-	-	-	-	-	-
DEL main round	3	170	44	97	141	240
DEL playoffs	3	32	6th	15th	21st	42

Web links

• Simon Wheeldon in the database of the National Hockey League (English)
• Simon Wheeldon at eliteprospects.com (English)
• Simon Wheeldon at rodi-db.de
• Simon Wheeldon at hockeydb.com (English)
• Simon Wheeldon at eurohockey.com