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Wayne Simmonds

Wayne Simmonds

Bio
Height/Weight: 6' 2"/184 lbs
Born: Scarborough, Canada
Draft: 2007 2nd round (61st pick) by the
Los Angeles Kings
Shoots: R
  • ESPN.com

    Smith among starstruck All-Stars

    Scott Burnside, ESPN Senior Writer Apr 22, 2024, 01:42 PM ET Close Covers hockey for ESPN.com 10 years at Toronto Sun, Windsor Star and National Post Wrote best-selling true crime book "Deadly Innocence" Follow on X Email Print LOS ANGELES -- For Mike Smith , it was running into Hall of Famer Patrick Roy in the elevator. For Wayne Simmonds , it was an impromptu conversation with Larry Robinson. And for Cam Atkinson , it was happily canceling a planned trip to New York City. And maybe that's at the crux of why the All-Star weekend remains a welcome part of the NHL schedule as much for the players as the fans who have swarmed to Los Angeles for this weekend's event. "It's still kind of surreal

  • https://www.inquirer.com

    Wayne Simmonds officially retires as a Flyer: 'Greatest eight years of my life'

    The smile on Wayne Simmonds' face was as wide as the span of the Walt Whitman and Ben Franklin if you placed the two bridges end to end. After 15 NHL seasons, Simmonds officially hung up his skates as a member of the Flyers after signing a one-day contract with the team on Friday. The power forward not only registered 526 career points (263 goals, 263 assists) but 1,315 penalty minutes across 1,037 regular-season games with Philly, the Los Angeles Kings, Toronto Maple Leafs, Buffalo Sabres, Nashville Predators, and the Flyers' opponent on Saturday, the New Jersey Devils.