Stanley Cup-winning winger Chris Simon has died on the age of 52, the NHL Gamers’ Affiliation has confirmed.
Simon, a local of Wawa, Ont., performed for a variety of NHL franchises in his lengthy hockey profession, together with the Quebec Nordiques, Washington Capitals, Chicago Blackhawks, New York Rangers, Calgary Flames, New York Islanders and Minnesota Wild.
He was chosen as a Twenty fifth-overall choose within the 1990 NHL Entry Draft out of the OHL’s Ottawa 67’s by the Philadelphia Flyers. He was then despatched to the Nordiques in 1992 as a part of the famed Eric Lindros commerce.
Simon was referred to as one of many hardest gamers of his time, racking up 1,824 penalty minutes spanning 782 profession NHL video games.
He helped Colorado hoist the Stanley Cup in 1996 and performed in Cup finals with Washington in 1998 and Calgary in 2004.
“Chris Simon was most positively an intimidating man on the ice…hell of a participant as effectively,” former Flames teammate Mike Commodore wrote in a post to X Tuesday.
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“We spent plenty of time collectively throughout Flames 04 run since we have been each dwelling within the lodge… he couldn’t have been nicer to me. RIP Chris. You’ll be missed.”
Following the NHL, Simon spent 5 seasons within the Kontinental Hockey League, the place he was named an All-Star on two events.
A explanation for demise has not been introduced as of this writing.
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