Jason Simon (ice hockey)
Jason Simon | |
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| Born | March 21, 1969 Aamjiwnaang First Nation near Sarnia, Ontario, Canada |
| Occupation | Professional ice hockey player (retired) |
| Years active | 1989–2009 |
| Known for | Ice hockey career including NHL appearances for Phoenix Coyotes and New York Islanders |
Jason Simon (born March 21, 1969) is a retired Canadian professional ice hockey athlete hailing from the Aamjiwnaang First Nation near Sarnia, Ontario. He appeared in five NHL contests representing the Phoenix Coyotes and New York Islanders between 1994 and 1996. The rest of his playing years, which extended from 1989 through 2009, were spent competing in multiple minor league organizations.
Career
On January 6, 1994, Simon was called up by the New York Islanders, making his first NHL appearance the very next day alongside forwards Dan Plante, Ziggy Palffy, and goaltender Jamie McLennan. At that time, Islanders' head coach Al Arbour was serving a five-game suspension following an earlier on-ice altercation.
In the following season, Simon joined the Winnipeg Jets and participated in several preseason matches. Notably, on September 18, 1995, he was involved in a kneeing incident that resulted in Bryan Marchment receiving a five-game ban.
Simon’s NHL tenure also includes a short recall by the Phoenix Coyotes on October 30, 1997, during which he played one game before returning to Las Vegas.
On August 20, 1997, he inked a contract with the Colorado Avalanche and attended their training camp, where he engaged in fights with enforcers Wade Belak and Graham Belak.
Throughout his two-decade-long career, Simon suited up for thirty-one different teams before retiring in 2009.
Regular season and playoffs
(1997-98)Quebec Rafales IHL 30|||6|||3|||127 (1998-99)Colorado Gold KingsWest Coast Hockey League 60|||16|||23|||419 3|||1|||1|||17 (1999-00)Port Huron Border Cats UHL 45|||21|||22|||118 (1999-00)Louisville Panthers AHL 11|||1|||0|||28 (2000-01)Memphis RiverKingsCentral Hockey League 61|||24|||19|||301 5|||3|||1|||19 (2001-02)LaSalle RapidesLigue Nord-Américaine de Hockey 9|||3|||4|||60 (2001-02)Anchorage Aces WCHL 11|||1|||3|||41 4|||0|||3|||8 (2002-03)Port Huron Beacons UHL 27|||4|||2|||79 (2004-05)Sherbrooke Saint-Francois LNAH 9|||0|||2|||33 (2004-05)Huntsville Havoc Southern Professional Hockey League 12|||4|||5|||27 1|||||||||| (2005-06)Jacksonville Barracudas SPHL 42|||15|||16|||128 (2006-07)Brantford Blast Allan Cup Hockey 4|||1||||12 (2007-08) Brantford Blast MLH 29||||6||||18||||24||||46 9||||2||||2||||4||||4 (2008-09)"Detroit Dragons" All American Hockey League 12||||5||||8||||13||||22| Regular season | Playoffs | |||||||||||||
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| Season | Team | League | GP | G | A | Pts | PIM | GP | G | A | Pts | PIM | ||
| 1986–87 | London Knights | OHL | 33 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 33 | — | — | — | — | — | ||
| 1986–87 | Sudbury Wolves | OHL | 26 | 2 | 3 | 5 | 50 | — | — | — | — | — | ||
| 1987–88 | Sudbury Wolves | OHL | 26 | 5 | 7 | 12 | 35 | — | — | — | — | — | ||
| 1987–88 | Hamilton Steelhawks | OHL | 29 | 5 | 13 | 18 | 124 | 11 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 15 | ||
| 1988–89 | Kingston Raiders | OHL | 17 | 7 | 12 | 19 | 58 | — | — | — | — | — | ||
| 1988–89 | Windsor Spitfires | OHL | 45 | 16 | 27 | 43 | 135 | 4 | 1 | 4 | 5 | 13 | ||
| 1989–90 | Utica Devils | AHL | 16 | 3 | 4 | 7 | 28 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 12 | ||
| 1989–90 | Nashville Knights | ECHL | 13 | 4 | 3 | 7 | 81 | 5 | 1 | 3 | 4 | 17 | ||
| 1990–91 | Utica Devils | AHL | 50 | 2 | 12 | 14 | 189 | — | — | — | — | — | ||
| 1990–91 | Johnstown Chiefs | ECHL | 22 | 11 | 9 | 20 | 55 | — | — | — | — | — | ||
| 1991–92 | Utica Devils | AHL | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 12 | — | — | — | — | — | ||
| 1991–92 | San Diego Gulls | IHL | 13 | 1 | 4 | 5 | 45 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 9 | ||
| 1992–93 | Flint Bulldogs | CoHL | 44 | 17 | 32 | 49 | 202 | — | — | — | — | — | ||
| 1992–93 | Detroit Falcons | CoHL | 11 | 7 | 13 | 20 | 38 | 6 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 40 | ||
| 1993–94 | New York Islanders | NHL | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 34 | — | — | — | — | — | ||
| 1993–94 | Salt Lake Golden Eagles | IHL | 50 | 7 | 7 | 14 | 323 | — | — | — | — | — | ||
| 1993–94 | Detroit Falcons | CoHL | 13 | 9 | 16 | 25 | 87 | — | — | — | — | — | ||
| 1994–95 | Denver Grizzlies | IHL | 61 | 3 | 6 | 9 | 300 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 12 | ||
| 1995–96 | Springfield Falcons | AHL | 18 | 2 | 2 | 4 | 90 | 7 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 26 | ||
| 1996–97 | Phoenix Coyotes | NHL | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | — | — | — | — | — | ||
| 1996–97 | Las Vegas Thunder | IHL | 64 | 4 | 3 | 7 | 402 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 17 | ||
| (1997-98) | Hershey Bears | AHL | 26 | 0 | 1 | 170 | ||||||||
| AHL totals | 122 | 8 | 19 | 27 | 517 | 9 | 1 | 1 | 38 | |||||
| NHL totals | 5 | 34 | — | — | — | — | — | |||||||
Awards and Recognitions
- 1994–95: Turner Cup winner with the Denver Grizzlies
- 2007–08: Allan Cup victor representing the Brantford Blast
External links
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- 1969 births
- Living people
- Anchorage Aces players
- Canadian expatriate ice hockey players in the United States
- Canadian ice hockey forwards
- Colorado Gold Kings players
- Denver Grizzlies players
- Detroit Falcons (CoHL) players
- Flint Bulldogs players
- Hamilton Steelhawks players
- Hershey Bears players
- Huntsville Havoc players
- Jacksonville Barracudas (SPHL) players
- Johnstown Chiefs players
- Kingston Raiders players
- Las Vegas Thunder players
- London Knights players
- Louisville Panthers players
- Memphis RiverKings players
- Nashville Knights players
- New Jersey Devils draft picks
- New York Islanders players
- Port Huron Beacons players
- Port Huron Border Cats players
- Phoenix Coyotes players
- Quebec Rafales players
- Salt Lake Golden Eagles (IHL) players
- San Diego Gulls (IHL) players
- Ice hockey people from Sarnia
- Springfield Falcons players
- Sudbury Wolves players
- Utica Devils players
- Windsor Spitfires players
- First Nations sportspeople
- 20th-century Canadian sportsmen