Simon played 782 games as a feared enforcer and claimed in 2017 to have symptoms linked to CTE.
Chris Simon, a veteran of 782 games across 15 seasons, has passed away at age 52, as confirmed Tuesday by Daily Faceoff’s Frank Seravalli.The Wawa, Ont., native racked up 1,824 PIM and 101 fighting majors in his 15-year NHL career. Simon won a Stanley Cup with the— Frank Seravalli Simon leaves behind a legacy as one of the toughest players of his era – and one of the most complicated.
Still, while Simon’s skill was overlooked, his penchant for violence was the defining characteristic of his legacy. He was suspended eight times in his career, sitting out a total of 65 games. He’s the only player in NHL history. While playing for the Islanders, Simon got a 30-game ban in 2007 for stomping on the leg of Pittsburgh’s Jarkko Ruutu and agreed to seek counselling afterward.
Simon struggled with addiction as a teenager but got sober as an adult. Later in his career, Simon, who is of Ojibwa descent, became a counsellor for First Nations youth struggling with alcoholism.
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