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Simon Watson (ice hockey)

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Role
  
Ice hockey

Positions
  
Centerman

Name
  
Simon Watson

Playing career
  
2006–2011

Weight
  
83 kg

NHL Draft
  
Undrafted

Height
  
1.83 m


Born
  
April 3, 1980 (age 44) Waterloo, ON, Canada (
1980-04-03
)

Played for
  
Missouri Mavericks, Rocky Mountain Rage, Lubbock Cotton Kings

Education
  
St. Lawrence University

Simon Watson (born April 3, 1980) is a retired Canadian ice hockey centre.

Watson played professionally in the Central Hockey League (CHL) for the Lubbock Cotton Kings, Rocky Mountain Rage, and finally the Missouri Mavericks. He played his Junior Hockey for the Waterloo Siskins of the MWJHL and his collegiate hockey at St. Lawrence University in Canton, New York. On August 5, 2011, Watson retired as a player and became the Mavericks' Assistant Director of Hockey Operations. On May 9, 2013, he was named to the coaching staff of the KC Mavs Elite Midget team.

In July 2014, Missouri Mavericks fans voted Watson the second-greatest Mavericks player in a poll of the Top-10 Mavericks players from the first 5 years of the team's existence.

Awards and honours

  • In July 2014, voted by Missouri Mavericks fans as the second-greatest Mavericks player in a poll of the Top-10 Mavericks players from the first 5 years of the team's existence.
  • CHL Man of the Year (2010–11)
  • References

    Simon Watson (ice hockey) Wikipedia