Sean Simpson

Sean Simpson (born May 4, 1960) is a Canadian ice hockey coach and former professional ice hockey player. He is currently serving as head coach of Adler Mannheim in the Deutsche Eishockey Liga (DEL) in Germany.

As a player, Simpson played two AHL seasons before embarking upon a career playing in Europe.

Simpson played major junior briefly for the Kingston Canadians and then for four seasons with the Ottawa 67's. Drafted by the Chicago Blackhawks in the 7th round in the 1980 NHL Entry Draft, he played a season with the New Brunswick Hawks. He then played the following season for the Springfield Indians, also of the AHL.

Simpson joined Tilburg Trappers in 1983, for whom he played four seasons. In 1988 he joined Rotterdam Panda's. He was the Eredivisie's top scorer in both 1983–4 and 1988–9.

In 1989, he joined Nationalliga A side EHC Olten. He played the following season in Serie A with HC Fiemme Cavalese.

Simpson began his coaching career in 1992 as assistant coach to Björn Kindling and later Jim Koleff at EV Zug in the Swiss elite league National League A. Prior to the 1997-98, Simpson was promoted to the head coach position and guided EVZ to the NLA championship in his first year at the helm. Zug had also finished the regular season on top of the NLA table.

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