Chris Simon was known as one of the toughest players of his time, racking up 1,824 penalty minutes spanning 782 career NHL games.
Simon, a native of Wawa, Ont., played for a number of NHL franchises in his long hockey career, including the Quebec Nordiques, Washington Capitals, Chicago Blackhawks, New York Rangers, Calgary Flames, New York Islanders and Minnesota Wild.
He was selected as a 25th-overall pick in the 1990 NHL Entry Draft out of the OHL’s Ottawa 67’s by the Philadelphia Flyers. He was then sent to the Nordiques in 1992 as part of the famed Eric Lindros trade. Simon was known as one of the toughest players of his time, racking up 1,824 penalty minutes spanning 782 career NHL games.Simon played for the Flames across two seasons which included the 2004 Stanley Cup Final run where he scored 5 goals in 16 playoff games.
Folks…sad day today…Chris Simon was most definitely an intimidating guy on the ice…hell of a player as well…we spent a lot of time together during Flames 04 run since we were both living in the hotel…he couldn’t have been nicer to me. RIP Chris. You will be missed.Following the NHL, Simon spent five seasons in the Kontinental Hockey League, where he was named an All-Star on two occasions.
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