Chris Simon
Chris Simon ( born January 30, 1972 in Wawa, Ontario ) is a Canadian professional ice hockey player who was most recently with Metallurg Novokuznetsk in the Kontinental Hockey League contract. It was during his time in the National Hockey League because of numerous Unsportsmanlike as one of the toughest enforcer and most controversial players.
Playing career
The 1.91 m wide winger began his career with the Ottawa 67 's and the Sault Ste. Marie Greyhounds in the Canadian Junior Football League OHL before being selected in the NHL Entry Draft in 1990 as 25th in the second round by the Philadelphia Flyers ( drafted ) was.
Even before he played a single NHL game for the Flyers, the Left shooter was transferred along with other players in exchange for superstar Eric Lindros Quebec Nordiques to the.
In 1996, he won with the Colorado Avalanche, the successor to the Nordiques team after moving the franchise to Denver, the Stanley Cup. After that season, he left the Avalanche but toward Washington Capitals.
The incident Mike Grier
In the 1997/98 season Simon has been accused of the former striker Mike Grier of the Edmonton Oilers during a game because of its African-American origin insulted as " nigger ". Although this incident was never confirmed by a witness, was suspended for three games by the NHL Chris Simon.
Even with the Brussels residents reached Simon in the 1997/98 season, the Stanley Cup Finals, where the Capitals Detroit Red Wings were subject however in four games.
About the Chicago Blackhawks and the New York Rangers got the Canadians in 2004 to the Calgary Flames, and here he reached the Stanley Cup Final, but lost time against the Tampa Bay Lightning. 2006 Chris Simon signed as a free agent contract with the New York Islanders.
Suspensions in 2007
During a game against the rival New York Rangers on March 8, 2007 at Nassau Coliseum Islanders Stadium Simon Ryan Hollweg was checked with his face in the band, for which this was not a punishment, but Simon suffered a concussion. Seconds later, Simon hit his opponent from revenge with his stick in the face, after which the game was interrupted. Hollweg suffered a laceration on his chin, Simon received a match penalty. A day after the incident, Simon was suspended by the NHL for the remaining season games and the entire playoffs, the minimum Suspendierungsdauer was 25 games. In addition to the remaining 15 games of the season, the lock could add up to a total of 43 games, the Islanders would have disputed the maximum number of 28 playoff games. After the Islanders were eliminated after just five games, Simon was benched at the start of the 2007/08 season still five games of his lock. The suspension was the then longest in the history of the NHL. The investigation of Simon of assault were set now, however, and Hollweg told not to want to proceed legally against Simon.
On 15 December 2007 Simon joined the lying on the floor Jarkko Ruutu opponent of the Pittsburgh Penguins on the leg. Once again, Simon received a match penalty and two days later gave the New York Islanders announced that Simon for the time being withdraws from the match operation. On December 19, he locked the NHL for a total of 30 games, which was a new maximum for a lock in the history of the league. It was already the eighth suspension for Simon during his career.
Continental Hockey League (since 2008)
In summer 2008, he joined Vityaz Chekhov in the newly established Russian Continental Hockey League, where he noticed the same in the opening game of the 2008/09 season with a game misconduct.
In December 2009 he returned for personal reasons back to the U.S., but came from mid-January 2010 again at Vityaz used. In January 2011, Simon was engaged by OHK Dynamo until season's end. After the season 2010/11 the Canadian was some time without a club in November 2011, he finally moved to Metallurg Novokuznetsk. In September of the following year, the now 40 - year-old Simon extended his contract with Metallurg by one year.
Awards and achievements
Career Stats
( Key to Career statistics: Sp or GP = Games Played, T or G = goals scored, V or A = achieved assists; Pts or Pts = scored points scorer, SM or PIM = received penalty minutes, / - = Plus / Minus balance sheet; PP = scored majority gates; SH = scored shorthanded goals, GW = achieved victory gates; Play-downs/Relegation 1 )