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Canada Simon Després
#4 Nottingham Panthers / EIHL - 23/24
1-time U20 WJC Silver Medal 1
1-time CHL Memorial Cup Champion 1
2-time DEL Champion 2
1-time QMJHL All-Rookie Team 1
1-time QMJHL Champion 1
1-time QMJHL Defenseman of the Year (Emile Bouchard Trophy) 1
1-time QMJHL First All-Star Team 1
Date of Birth
Jul 27, 1991
Position
D
Age
32
Height
6'4" / 194 cm
Place of Birth
Laval, QC, CAN
Weight
218 lbs / 99 kg
Nation
Canada
Shoots
L
Youth Team
AHM Laval
Contract
23/24
Drafted
2009 round 1 #30 overall by Pittsburgh Penguins

Simon Després is known as a big, and mobile, defenseman. He can deliver a decent first pass, but also play a physical game from the backend.
Concussion issues and upper body injuries kept him out of the line-up for most of 2015 through 2017.
Erik K. Piri, EP (2017)

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Simon Després Statistics

S Team League GP G A TP PIM +/-   POST GP G A TP PIM +/-
2005-06 Laval Patriotes Midget Espoir QMEAA 37* 4* 9* 13* 23* -* |
2006-07 Laval-Bourassa Rousseau Sports QMAAA 42* 8* 31* 39* 36* -* | Playoffs 5 0 2 2 8 0
2007-08 Saint John Sea Dogs QMJHL 64* 1* 13* 14* 30* 18* | Playoffs 14 0 4 4 18 7
Canada Québec U17 WHC-17 5* 0* 0* 0* 10* -* |
2008-09 Saint John Sea Dogs QMJHL 66* 2* 30* 32* 74* 16* | Playoffs 4 0 4 4 2 -5
Canada U18 WJC-18 6* 0* 2* 2* 8* 5* |
2009-10 Saint John Sea Dogs QMJHL 63* 9* 38* 47* 87* 26* | Playoffs 21 2 17 19 18 14
2010-11 Saint John Sea Dogs “A” QMJHL 47* 13* 28* 41* 54* 29* | Playoffs 19 4 8 12 16 11
Canada U20 WJC-20 7* 0* 3* 3* 0* 7* |
2011-12 Pittsburgh Penguins NHL 18* 1* 3* 4* 10* 5* | Playoffs 3 0 0 0 2 2
Wilkes-Barre/Scranton Penguins AHL 44* 5* 10* 15* 45* -5* | Playoffs 10 1 1 2 2 1
2012-13 Pittsburgh Penguins NHL 33* 2* 5* 7* 20* 9* | Playoffs 3 0 0 0 0 0
Wilkes-Barre/Scranton Penguins AHL 27* 4* 3* 7* 28* -5* |
2013-14 Pittsburgh Penguins NHL 34* 0* 5* 5* 26* 4* |
Wilkes-Barre/Scranton Penguins AHL 36* 6* 16* 22* 39* 19* | Playoffs 17 2 7 9 32 5
2014-15 Pittsburgh Penguins NHL 59* 2* 15* 17* 64* 9* |
Anaheim Ducks NHL 16* 1* 5* 6* 22* 2* | Playoffs 16 1 6 7 6 4
2015-16 Anaheim Ducks NHL 32* 0* 4* 4* 8* 2* | Playoffs 7 0 0 0 6 -5
San Diego Gulls AHL 4* 1* 1* 2* 6* -4* |
2016-17 Anaheim Ducks NHL 1* 0* 0* 0* 0* 0* |
2017-18 HC Slovan Bratislava KHL 44* 4* 7* 11* 84* -13* |
2018-19 Laval Rocket AHL 5* 1* 1* 2* 4* -2* |
Kölner Haie DEL 7* 0* 3* 3* 6* -3* | Playoffs 10 1 3 4 43 0
2019-20 IK Oskarshamn SHL 41* 4* 13* 17* 55* -25* |
2020-21 Eisbären Berlin DEL 19* 3* 7* 10* 14* 6* | Playoffs 9 1 4 5 6 10
2021-22 Eisbären Berlin DEL 52* 2* 17* 19* 23* 17* | Playoffs 11 0 2 2 12 -3
2022-23 Villacher SV ICEHL 43* 3* 12* 15* 26* 1* | Playoffs 5 0 0 0 4 -4
2023-24 Nottingham Panthers EIHL 44* 2* 10* 12* 24* -3* |

Simon Després Tournament Statistics

S Team League GP G A TP PIM +/-   POST GP G A TP PIM +/-
2003-04 Laval Rocket PW QC Int PW -* -* -* -* -* -* |
2006-07 Team Québec CWG 5* 0* 1* 1* 6* -* |
2007-08 QMJHL All-Stars CHL Challenge 2* 0* 0* 0* 0* -* |
2008-09 Canada U18 Ivan Hlinka Memorial 4* 2* 0* 2* 8* -* |
QMJHL All-Stars CHL Challenge 2* 0* 0* 0* 0* -* |
2009-10 QMJHL All-Stars Jr Super Series 2* 0* 0* 0* 4* -* |
2010-11 Saint John Sea Dogs Memorial Cup 3* 1* 0* 1* 8* 3* |
2017-18 Team Canada International 6* 0* 1* 1* 8* -* |
2018-19 Team Canada Spengler Cup 4* 0* 1* 1* 0* 4* |
2021-22 Eisbären Berlin Champions HL 6* 1* 1* 2* 6* -1* |
2022-23 Villacher SV Champions HL 5* 0* 3* 3* 0* -3* |

Simon Després Career Totals

League Years GP G A TP PPG PIM +/- | Years GP G A TP PPG PIM +/-
AHL 5 116* 17* 31* 48* 0.41* 122* 3* | 2 27 3 * 8 * 11 * 0.41 * 34 * 6 *
Champions HL 2 11* 1* 4* 5* 0.45* 6* -4* | 0 * * * * * *
CHL Challenge 2 4* 0* 0* 0* 0.00* 0* -* | 0 * * * * * *
CWG 1 5* 0* 1* 1* 0.20* 6* -* | 0 * * * * * *
DEL 3 78* 5* 27* 32* 0.41* 43* 20* | 3 30 2 * 9 * 11 * 0.37 * 61 * 7 *
EIHL 1 44* 2* 10* 12* 0.27* 24* -3* | 0 * * * * * *
Ivan Hlinka Memorial (Hlinka Gretzky Cup) 1 4* 2* 0* 2* 0.50* 8* -* | 0 * * * * * *
ICEHL 1 43* 3* 12* 15* 0.35* 26* 1* | 1 5 0 * 0 * 0 * 0.00 * 4 * -4 *
International 1 6* 0* 1* 1* 0.17* 8* -* | 0 * * * * * *
Jr Super Series 1 2* 0* 0* 0* 0.00* 4* -* | 0 * * * * * *
KHL 1 44* 4* 7* 11* 0.25* 84* -13* | 0 * * * * * *
Memorial Cup 1 3* 1* 0* 1* 0.33* 8* 3* | 0 * * * * * *
NHL 6 193* 6* 37* 43* 0.22* 150* 31* | 4 29 1 * 6 * 7 * 0.24 * 14 * 1 *
QC Int PW 1 -* -* -* -* -* -* -* | 0 * * * * * *
QMEAA (QM17AAA) 1 37* 4* 9* 13* 0.35* 23* -* | 0 * * * * * *
QMAAA (QM18AAA) 1 42* 8* 31* 39* 0.93* 36* -* | 1 5 0 * 2 * 2 * 0.40 * 8 * 0 *
QMJHL 4 240* 25* 109* 134* 0.56* 245* 89* | 4 58 6 * 33 * 39 * 0.67 * 54 * 27 *
SHL 1 41* 4* 13* 17* 0.41* 55* -25* | 0 * * * * * *
Spengler Cup 1 4* 0* 1* 1* 0.25* 0* 4* | 0 * * * * * *
WHC-17 1 5* 0* 0* 0* 0.00* 10* -* | 0 * * * * * *
WJC-18 1 6* 0* 2* 2* 0.33* 8* 5* | 0 * * * * * *
WJC-20 1 7* 0* 3* 3* 0.43* 0* 7* | 0 * * * * * *

Simon Després Career Highlights

Season
Awards by season
Transactions
DATE STATUS FROM TO SOURCE
11/20/2023
11/20/2023 Confirmed No team Nottingham Panthers
07/22/2022
07/22/2022 Confirmed Eisbären Berlin Villacher SV
06/09/2021
06/09/2021 Extension Eisbären Berlin Eisbären Berlin
02/21/2021
02/21/2021 Confirmed No team Eisbären Berlin
07/05/2019
07/05/2019 Confirmed Kölner Haie IK Oskarshamn
02/11/2019
02/11/2019 Confirmed Laval Rocket Kölner Haie
01/03/2019
01/03/2019 Confirmed Laval Rocket Unknown
12/03/2018
12/03/2018 Confirmed No team Laval Rocket
08/24/2017
08/24/2017 Confirmed Anaheim Ducks HC Slovan Bratislava
06/16/2017
06/16/2017 Confirmed Anaheim Ducks Unknown
10/09/2015
10/09/2015 Extension Anaheim Ducks Anaheim Ducks
03/02/2015
03/02/2015 Confirmed Pittsburgh Penguins Anaheim Ducks
07/18/2014
07/18/2014 Extension Pittsburgh Penguins Pittsburgh Penguins
10/07/2009
10/07/2009 Confirmed Saint John Sea Dogs Pittsburgh Penguins
Player Biography and Trivia

Drafted 2021, 10 #57 overall by Rivière-du-Loup 3L in the LNAH Draft

Drafted 2007, 1 #1 overall by Saint John Sea Dogs in the QMJHL Entry Draft