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| 1973 NHL DRAFT PICK |
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Al Sims
Selected in third round
No.
47 overall by Boston Bruins
Born April 18, 1953
 | Position:
Defense
Height: 6-0 Weight: 182
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| BEFORE THE DRAFT |
Last Team:
Cornwall (QMJHL)
Birthplace: Toronto, Ontario (Canada)
Hometown:
Toronto, Ontario |
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| PRE-DRAFT
STATISTICS | | Year |
Team | League |
GP | G |
A | TP |
PIM | | 1971-72 |
Cornwall | QMJHL |
58 |
6 | 24 |
30 | 65 | | 1972-73 |
Cornwall | QMJHL |
62 | 13 |
62 | 75 |
54 |
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PRE-DRAFT AWARDS AND HONORS
Memorial Cup: 1972 (Cornwall)
QMJHL All-Star First Team: 1972-73 (Cornwall) |
| NHL CAREER |
Debut: October 10, 1973 (Vancouver at
Boston)
Numbers: 23, 20, 29 (Boston); 3
(Hartford); 2, 3 (Los Angeles)
Stanley Cup: Never won.
Playing Status: Retired 1989 |
| CAREER NHL STATISTICS | | Years | Teams | GP | G | A | TP | PIM | | 1973-1983 |
Boston, Hartford, L.A. | 475 |
49 | 116 | 165 |
286 |
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| CAREER NHL PLAYOFF STATISTICS | | Years | Teams | GP | G | A | TP | PIM | | 1974-1980 |
Boston, Hartford | 41 |
0 | 2 | 2 |
14 |
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NHL
AWARDS AND HONORS
Stanley Cup Finals (Lost): 1974, 1977, 1978 (Boston)
Boston Shore
Trophy (Most Popular): 1978-79
1979-80: Played on first Hartford Whalers NHL team.
Coaching
Career: Named Anaheim assistant coach on July 19, 1993, and remained in
position until June 6, 1996. ... Named San Jose head coach on June 6,
1996, remaining in position until May 9, 1997.
Miscellaneous: Paired on defense with Bobby Orr during 1973-74 season.
... Missed part of 1974-75 season with tonsillitis. ... Missed part of 1975-76
season with injured right thumb. ... Was a finalist to become Anaheim's
first head coach in 1993, but lost job to Ron Wilson, who later hired him as
an assistant. |
| NON-NHL CAREER |
Post-Draft Teams: Rochester (AHL); New Haven
(AHL); Geneva (Switzerland); Landshut (Germany); Berlin Preussen (Germany);
Fife (Great Britain); Fort Wayne (IHL)
NON-NHL
AWARDS AND HONORS
IHL Turner Cup: 1993 (Fort Wayne) (as coach)
IHL Commissioners' Trophy (Coach of Year): 1992-93 (Fort Wayne)
AHL All-Star Second Team: 1976-77
(Roch.), 1982-83 (New Haven)
WHA Draft Pick: 1973 (by New York,
No. 16 overall in Round 2)
Coaching Career: Served as Fort
Wayne (IHL) player-assistant coach in 1988-89. ... Named Fort Wayne (IHL) head
coach on June 29, 1989, and remained in that position until July 19, 1993. ...
Named Milwaukee (IHL) head coach in August 1997 and remained in position until May 23, 2000.
... Became first head coach of Reading (ECHL) on June 19, 2001, and remained
in that position until May 1, 2002. ... Named Corpus Christi (CHL) head coach
on Sept. 12, 2002, and remained in that position until Nov. 18, 2003. ...
Named Fort Worth (CHL) head coach on Dec. 3, 2003, and remained in that
position through 2004-05 season.
Management Career:
Named Fort Wayne General Manager and Director of Hockey Operations on June 29, 1989, and
held position until July 19, 1993. ... Named Corpus Christi (CHL) interim
general manager on Dec. 12, 2002, and held position until Dec. 17, 2002.
Miscellaneous: Dabbled as a
magician during off-seasons of his playing days. ... Tied IHL record by
winning 10 consecutive road games as coach of Fort Wayne (IHL) in 1992-93. ...
Was first IHL coach to lead team to a championship with a 12-0 postseason
record, a feat he accomplished with Fort Wayne in 1993. ... Named coach on
all-time Fort Wayne team by Fort Wayne News-Sentinel in 2001.
Personal: Full name is Allan Eugene
Sims. |
| HOW HE GOT AWAY |
| EXPANSION: Boston left Sims unprotected for
the 1979 NHL Expansion Draft, and he was claimed by Hartford on June 13, 1979. |
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SNAPSHOT '73 | | Total Selected: |
168 | | Forwards: |
103 | | Defense: |
53 | | Goaltenders: |
12 | | Major Junior: |
131 | | College Players: |
28 |
| Canadian: |
151 |
| Euro-Canadian: |
3 | | USA Citizens: |
14 | | U.S.-Born: |
14 |
| European: |
0 |
| Reached NHL: |
70 |
| Won Stanley Cup: |
8 | | Hall of Fame: |
3 |
| All-Star Game: |
13 |
| Year-end All-Star: |
3 |
| Olympians: |
4 |
| Picks Traded: |
35 |
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