Dave Simpson (ice hockey)

Dave Stewart Simpson (born March 3, 1962) is a Canadian former ice hockey player, now executive director of the Business Families Centre at the Richard Ivey School of Business at the University of Western Ontario and known as David Simpson.[1]

Dave Simpson
Born (1962-03-03) March 3, 1962 (age 62)
London, Ontario, Canada
Height6 ft 0 in (183 cm)
Weight190 lb (86 kg; 13 st 8 lb)
PositionCentre
ShotLeft
Played forIndianapolis Checkers
Baltimore Skipjacks
NHL draft59th overall, 1980
New York Islanders
Playing career1981–1986

He played junior hockey for the London Knights of the Ontario Hockey League, and recorded the best single season in team history when he recorded 155 points in 1981-82. He holds the record for most points by a rookie in a single game.[2] In that year he also won the Red Tilson Trophy, Bobby Smith Trophy, William Hanley Trophy and the Eddie Powers Memorial Trophy for his accomplishments in junior hockey, as well as being named the CHL Player of the Year. No other player in OHL history has won so many trophies in one season.

He was drafted in the third round (59th overall) of the 1980 NHL Entry Draft by NY Islanders. He played minor pro hockey in Indianapolis and Baltimore, but decided in 1984 that hockey was not for him and quit to concentrate on his schooling. He received a B.A. in 1985 from the University of Western Ontario, and an M.B.A. in 1988 from the Richard Ivey School of Business.

He is the older brother of former NHL player and assistant coach and current CBC hockey broadcaster Craig Simpson and MSG Plus sportscaster Christine Simpson. He is also the son of Canadian former Olympic athlete Marion Simpson.

Simpson's nephew, Dillon Simpson, was drafted by the Edmonton Oilers.

Career statistics

  Regular season Playoffs
SeasonTeamLeagueGPGAPtsPIMGPGAPtsPIM
1977–78London KnightsOMJHL10110
1979–80London KnightsOMJHL6829447338
1980–81London KnightsOHL6734569080
1981–82London KnightsOHL6867881551843362
1981–82Indianapolis CheckersCHL3011071674
1982–83Indianapolis CheckersCHL7029396869137132012
1983–84Indianapolis CheckersCHL7224436726101562
1985–86Baltimore SkipjacksAHL7913193256
CHL totals145538313695309243318

References

Preceded by CHL Player of the Year
1982
Succeeded by