1983-84 O-Pee-Chee 162 Charlie Simmer Hockey Card (Front)
1983-84 O-Pee-Chee 162 Charlie Simmer Hockey Card (Back)
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Simmer was first team All-Star and led NHL in goals (56) in 1979-80.
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En 1979-80, Simmer fit partie de la première équipe d’étoiles et mena la LNH pour les buts (56).
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Charlie Simmer’s 56 goals in 1979-80 were scored over just 64 games with the Los Angeles Kings. This total put him in a three way tie for the NHL lead, equaling Danny Gare of the Buffalo Sabres and Blaine Stoughton of the Hartford Whalers. Teammate Marcel Dionne was just three goals behind.
The following year, Charlie scored 56 goals again, this time while only playing 65 games for the Kings. This time, the total was good enough for just third in the NHL, 12 behind leader Mike Bossy and two behind Dionne. Wayne Gretzky and Rick Kehoe were just one goal behind Simmer.
It was a long journey for Simmer before becoming an “overnight success” with the Kings in that 1979-80 season. After just a single year of major junior hockey in 1973-74 with the Sault Ste. Marie Greyhounds, Charlie was a third round pick by the California Seals at the 1974 NHL Amateur Draft. For the first five years of his pro career, he spent much of his time in the CHL, scoring a total of 32 goals in the NHL over that time.
Simmer would never reach the 50 goal plateau again over his NHL career but would continue to put pucks in the net with five more seasons with at least 29 goals. 1983-84 would be a bit of a renaissance with 44 goals and 92 points. However, after playing just five games for the Kings in 1984-85, he was off to the Atlantic coast to play for the Boston Bruins.
Between 1974-75 and 1987-88, Charlie Simmer appeared in 712 regular season and 24 playoff games in the National Hockey League with the California Seals, Cleveland Barons, Los Angeles Kings, Boston Bruins and Pittsburgh Penguins. In 1985-86, he was awarded the Bill Masterton Trophy.