Wayne Simmonds

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CanadaCanada  Wayne Simmonds Ice hockey player
Wayne Simmonds
Date of birth August 26, 1988
place of birth Scarborough , Ontario , Canada
size 188 cm
Weight 83 kg
position Right wing
number # 17
Shot hand Right
Draft
NHL Entry Draft 2007 , 2nd round, 61st position
Los Angeles Kings
Career stations
2004-2005 Toronto Jr. Canadiens
2005-2006 Brockville Braves
2006-2007 Owen Sound Attack
2007-2008 Sault Ste. Marie Greyhounds
2008-2011 Los Angeles Kings
2011-2019 Philadelphia Flyers
2019 Nashville Predators
2019-2020 New Jersey Devils
since 2020 Buffalo Sabers

Wayne Simmonds (born August 26, 1988 in Scarborough , Ontario ) is a Canadian ice hockey player who has been under contract with the Buffalo Sabers in the National Hockey League since February 2020 and plays for them in the position of right winger .

Career

Wayne Simmonds began his career as a hockey player with the Toronto Junior Canadiens , for which he went on the ice in the 2004/05 season in the Greater Toronto Hockey League. He then completed a season with the Brockville Braves in the Canadian Junior Hockey League, before Simmonds was active from the 2006/07 season for the Owen Sound Attack in the Ontario Hockey League . During this time he was selected in the second round of the 2007 NHL Entry Draft as the 61st player of the Los Angeles Kings . First, however, he started the 2007/08 season again in Owen Sound, before joining their league rivals Sault Ste. Marie Greyhounds . Then Simmonds was added to the Kings squad, for which he was in his rookie year in the 2008/09 season in all 82 games of the regular season on the ice. The Canadian scored a total of 23 points, including nine goals. On June 23, 2011, Simmonds was transferred to the Philadelphia Flyers along with Brayden Schenn and a second-round vote in the 2011 NHL Entry Draft , the Los Angeles Kings received Mike Richards in return .

In his first year in Philadelphia, the attacker set a new personal record with 49 points . Due to the lockout in the NHL , he completed the beginning of the 2012/13 game year between September and December 2012 for the ice pirates Crimmitschau in the 2nd ice hockey Bundesliga . In the meantime, he played from October 22, some games in the Czech Extra League for the Bílí Tygři Liberec . Finally, after the resumption of play in the NHL, he returned to North America and developed into a high performer and a figure of identification in the following seasons. The Canadian had his best playing time in the 2015/16 season for Philadelphia, when he scored 60 times. The following year, Simmonds received his first invitation to the NHL All-Star Game , which he completed with the award for most valuable player . In February 2019, his time with the Flyers came to an end after nearly eight years when he was transferred to the Nashville Predators . In exchange, his ex-team received Ryan Hartman and a conditional four-round suffrage in the 2020 NHL Entry Draft , which will be upgraded to a third-round suffrage if the Predators survive the first round of the 2019 Stanley Cup playoffs .

In recognition of his leadership skills, Simmonds received the Mark Messier Leadership Award after the 2018/19 season . In early July 2019, he signed a one-year contract with the New Jersey Devils as a free agent . At the trade deadline in February 2020, however, he was transferred to the Buffalo Sabers in exchange for a conditional five-round voting right in the 2021 NHL Entry Draft , which is to become one for the fourth round if Buffalo reaches the playoffs and Simmonds at least ten games denies. In addition, the Devils continue to take half of Simmonds' salary.

International

For Canada , Simmonds took part in the U20 World Junior Championship in 2008 , where he became world champion with his team. In the senior sector, he made his debut at the 2013 World Cup and won the silver medal at the 2017 World Cup .

Achievements and Awards

International

Career statistics

Status: end of the 2019/20 season

Regular season Playoffs
season team league Sp T V Pt SM Sp T V Pt SM
2004/05 Toronto Jr. Canadiens GTHL 67 32 40 72 97 - - - - -
2005/06 Brockville Braves CJHL 49 24 19th 43 127 7th 4th 2 6th 12
2006/07 Owen Sound Attack OHL 66 23 26th 49 112 4th 1 1 2 4th
2007/08 Owen Sound Attack OHL 29 17th 22nd 39 43 - - - - -
2007/08 Sault Ste. Marie Greyhounds OHL 31 16 20th 36 68 14th 5 9 14th 22nd
2008/09 Los Angeles Kings NHL 82 9 14th 23 73 - - - - -
2009/10 Los Angeles Kings NHL 78 16 24 40 116 6th 2 1 3 9
2010/11 Los Angeles Kings NHL 80 14th 16 30th 75 6th 1 2 3 20th
2011/12 Philadelphia Flyers NHL 82 28 21st 49 114 11 1 5 6th 38
2012/13 ETC Crimmitschau 2nd Bundesliga 9 4th 10 14th 35 - - - - -
2012/13 Bílí Tygři Liberec Extra league 6th 4th 2 6th 16 - - - - -
2012/13 Philadelphia Flyers NHL 45 15th 17th 32 82 - - - - -
2013/14 Philadelphia Flyers NHL 82 29 31 60 106 7th 4th 1 5 20th
2014/15 Philadelphia Flyers NHL 75 28 22nd 50 66 - - - - -
2015/16 Philadelphia Flyers NHL 81 32 28 60 147 6th 0 2 2 13
2016/17 Philadelphia Flyers NHL 82 31 23 54 122 - - - - -
2017/18 Philadelphia Flyers NHL 75 24 22nd 46 57 6th 0 2 2 6th
2018/19 Philadelphia Flyers NHL 62 16 11 27 90 - - - - -
2018/19 Nashville Predators NHL 17th 1 2 3 9 2 0 0 0 0
2019/20 New Jersey Devils NHL 61 8th 16 24 64 - - - - -
2019/20 Buffalo Sabers NHL 7th 0 1 1 2 - - - - -
OHL total 126 56 68 124 223 18th 6th 10 16 26th
NHL overall 909 251 248 499 1123 44 8th 13 21st 106

International

Represented Canada to:

year team event result Sp T V Pt SM
2008 Canada U20 World Cup 1st place, gold 7th 1 0 1 4th
2013 Canada WM 5th place 8th 1 0 1 2
2017 Canada WM 2nd place, silver 10 0 2 2 4th
Juniors overall 7th 1 0 1 4th
Men overall 18th 1 2 3 6th

( 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 Simmonds, Wayne
BRIEF DESCRIPTION Canadian ice hockey player
DATE OF BIRTH August 26, 1988
PLACE OF BIRTH Scarborough , Ontario , Canada