Wayne Simmonds
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With the Flyers in 2012 playoffs.
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August 26, 1988 Scarborough, Ontario, Canada |
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| Height | 6 ft 2 in (188 cm) | ||
| Weight | 198 lb (90 kg; 14 st 2 lb) | ||
| Position | Right Wing | ||
| Shoots | Right | ||
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NHL team Former teams |
Philadelphia Flyers Los Angeles Kings |
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| National team |
 Canada
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| NHL Draft | 61st overall, 2007 Los Angeles Kings |
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| Playing career | 2008–present | ||
Wayne Simmonds (born August 26, 1988) is a Canadian professional ice hockey player and alternate captain for the Philadelphia Flyers of the National Hockey League (NHL). He is known to his teammates by the nickname "Wayne Train".
Simmonds grew up in Scarborough, Ontario, the third of four sons, in addition to one daughter, born to Cyril Simmonds and Wanda Mercury-Simmonds. Despite his proximity to the Toronto Maple Leafs, Simmonds has said that he grew up a fan primarily of the Detroit Red Wings. His favourite player growing up was Sergei Fedorov.
Simmonds spent the majority of his minor hockey career playing A and AA hockey in the east end of Toronto, including the Minor Midget Toronto Aces in 2003–04 season of the Greater Toronto Hockey League. After several GTHL AAA players graduated the following summer to junior hockey, Simmonds moved up to the AAA level for the first time with the Toronto Jr. Canadians Midgets of the Greater Toronto Hockey League in 2004–05.
After Simmonds was scouted at the Telus Cup Regional Midget tournament in the spring of 2005, Mike McCourt noticed him and signed him for the following season with the Brockville Braves of the Central Junior A Hockey League for the 2005–06 season. McCourt was GM and Coach of the Braves and added Simmonds to his club.
Two years after being passed over in the OHL Draft, Simmonds was selected as an 18-year-old by the Owen Sound Attack in the 6th round (114th overall) in the 2006 OHL Priority Selection.
He spent his major junior career playing two seasons in the Ontario Hockey League from 2006 until 2008, with the Owen Sound Attack and the Sault Ste. Marie Greyhounds. He also played for Team Canada at the 2008 World Junior Ice Hockey Championships. While playing with the Jr. Canadiens, Simmonds became friends with Chris Stewart, another black player who went on to an NHL career. The two would later purchase a house together in Toronto, where they live during the off-season.
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