Todd Simpson

Todd W. Simpson ( born May 28, 1973 in North Vancouver, British Columbia ) is a retired Canadian professional ice hockey player who played in the 2006/07 season for the Hannover Scorpions in the Deutsche Eishockey Liga.

Career

As a junior he initially played for the Brown University in the NCAA, but then moved into the Canadian junior Western Hockey League with the Tri -City Americans and later to the Saskatoon Blades.

In summer 1994, he signed a contract with the Calgary Flames of the National Hockey League. The responsibilities in nature, he put the Flames left-handed shooters however, initially in the American Hockey League farm team at the former Saint John Flames one. His NHL debut, he celebrated in the 1995/96 season when he wore the jersey of the Calgary Flames six times. Already in the following year, he belonged to the tribe squad. Its form-fitting style of play made ​​him give in penalty minutes the rookies in the 1996/97 season. In the season 1999 /00 he started for the Florida Panthers and a half later he moved to the Phoenix Coyotes.

From the 2003/04 season his career was marked by numerous changes. In two seasons, he had a short spell at each of the Mighty Ducks of Anaheim, the Ottawa Senators and the Chicago Blackhawks and the Montreal Canadiens.

After these many changes, the 191 cm and 99 kg defender opted for the season 2006 /07 for a change to the Hannover Scorpions in the German Hockey League. After he played a good season with the Hannover Scorpions brought him the New York Islanders back in the NHL, but he did not play because he had to settle for a lock that he had been acting in the last play-off game in the DEL. Because of an attack on the referee, he had been suspended for 12 games. After the 2006 /07 Simpson ended his hockey career.