Simon Gagné
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Simon Gagné is a Canadian former professional ice hockey left winger who played in the National Hockey League (NHL) for the Philadelphia Flyers, Tampa Bay Lightning, Los Angeles Kings, and Boston Bruins. He is notable for winning the Stanley Cup with the Los Angeles Kings in 2012, representing Canada at the 2002 Winter Olympics (gold medal) and 2004 World Cup (championship), and being named to the NHL All-Rookie Team in his first season.
Background
Gagné began his major junior career in the Quebec Major Junior Hockey League (QMJHL) with the Beauport Harfangs at age 16, then played for the Quebec Remparts, where he totaled 189 points in 114 games over two seasons. He was drafted 22nd overall by the Philadelphia Flyers in 1998 and made the NHL team out of training camp in 1999. In his rookie season, he scored 20 goals and 28 assists in 80 games, earning a spot on the NHL All-Rookie Team. He was later converted from centre to wing and played on a line with Mark Recchi and Keith Primeau, scoring 27 goals in 2000–01 and appearing in his first NHL All-Star Game.
Philadelphia Flyers (1999–2010)
Gagné's best statistical season came in 2005–06, when he scored 47 goals and 79 points in 72 games, winning the Bobby Clarke Trophy as Flyers team MVP. He repeated as Bobby Clarke Trophy winner the following season with 41 goals. Concussion issues limited him in 2007–08, but he returned strongly in 2008–09 with 34 goals. In the 2010 playoffs, after missing the first three games of a second-round series against Boston due to injury, Gagné returned to score the game-winning goal in overtime of game four and later the series-winning goal in game seven, completing a comeback from a 3–0 series deficit.
Los Angeles Kings (2011–2013)
After being traded to Tampa Bay in 2010, Gagné recorded 17 goals and 23 assists in the regular season and five playoff goals as the Lightning reached the Eastern Conference Final. He signed with Los Angeles as a free agent in 2011 and won the Stanley Cup with the Kings in 2012, though he appeared in only four playoff games without a point. He underwent surgery to remove a 5 cm mass from his neck during the off-season. After a brief return to Philadelphia in 2013, he signed with Boston and played briefly before retiring in 2015.
Career statistics and honours
Regular season and playoffs
| Regular season | Playoffs | |||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Season | Team | League | GP | G | A | Pts | PIM | GP | G | A | Pts | PIM |
| 1995–96 | Sainte-Foy Gouverneurs | QMAAA | 27 | 13 | 9 | 22 | 18 | 15 | 7 | 8 | 15 | 8 |
| 1996–97 | Beauport Harfangs | QMJHL | 51 | 9 | 22 | 31 | 39 | — | — | — | — | — |
| 1997–98 | Quebec Remparts | QMJHL | 53 | 30 | 39 | 69 | 26 | 12 | 11 | 5 | 16 | 23 |
| 1998–99 | Quebec Remparts | QMJHL | 61 | 50 | 70 | 120 | 42 | 13 | 9 | 8 | 17 | 4 |
| 1999–2000 | Philadelphia Flyers | NHL | 80 | 20 | 28 | 48 | 22 | 17 | 5 | 5 | 10 | 2 |
| 2000–01 | Philadelphia Flyers | NHL | 69 | 27 | 32 | 59 | 18 | 6 | 3 | 0 | 3 | 0 |
| 2001–02 | Philadelphia Flyers | NHL | 79 | 33 | 33 | 66 | 32 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 |
| 2002–03 | Philadelphia Flyers | NHL | 46 | 9 | 18 | 27 | 16 | 13 | 4 | 1 | 5 | 6 |
| 2003–04 | Philadelphia Flyers | NHL | 80 | 24 | 21 | 45 | 29 | 18 | 5 | 4 | 9 | 12 |
| 2005–06 | Philadelphia Flyers | NHL | 72 | 47 | 32 | 79 | 46 | 6 | 3 | 1 | 4 | 2 |
| 2006–07 | Philadelphia Flyers | NHL | 76 | 41 | 27 | 68 | 30 | — | — | — | — | — |
| 2007–08 | Philadelphia Flyers | NHL | 25 | 7 | 11 | 18 | 4 | — | — | — | — | — |
| 2008–09 | Philadelphia Flyers | NHL | 79 | 34 | 40 | 74 | 42 | 6 | 3 | 1 | 4 | 2 |
| 2009–10 | Philadelphia Flyers | NHL | 58 | 17 | 23 | 40 | 47 | 19 | 9 | 3 | 12 | 0 |
| 2010–11 | Tampa Bay Lightning | NHL | 63 | 17 | 23 | 40 | 20 | 15 | 5 | 7 | 12 | 4 |
| 2011–12 | Los Angeles Kings | NHL | 34 | 7 | 10 | 17 | 18 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 |
| 2012–13 | Los Angeles Kings | NHL | 11 | 0 | 5 | 5 | 2 | — | — | — | — | — |
| 2012–13 | Philadelphia Flyers | NHL | 27 | 5 | 6 | 11 | 6 | — | — | — | — | — |
| 2014–15 | Boston Bruins | NHL | 23 | 3 | 1 | 4 | 4 | — | — | — | — | — |
| NHL totals | 822 | 291 | 310 | 601 | 328 | 109 | 37 | 22 | 59 | 32 | ||
International
| Year | Team | Event | GP | G | A | Pts | PIM |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1999 | Canada | WJC | 7 | 7 | 1 | 8 | 2 |
| 2002 | Canada | OG | 6 | 1 | 3 | 4 | 0 |
| 2004 | Canada | WCH | 6 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 0 |
| 2005 | Canada | WC | 9 | 3 | 7 | 10 | 0 |
| 2006 | Canada | OG | 5 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 |
| Junior totals | 7 | 7 | 1 | 8 | 2 | ||
| Senior totals | 26 | 6 | 13 | 19 | 4 | ||
All-Star Games
| Year | Location | G | A | P |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2001 | Colorado | 2 | 0 | 2 |
| 2007 | Dallas | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| All-Star totals | 2 | 0 | 2 | |
Tables copied from the source article, totals included as the source gives them: Wikipedia: Simon Gagné (CC BY-SA 4.0). Wide tables scroll sideways.
Did You Know?
- Gagné was born on February 29, 1980, a leap day.
- He scored a natural hat trick on December 30, 2009, just 11 days after returning from double hernia surgery.
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