Niagara University Athletics

2006-07

Named to the CHA All-Academic Team for the second-straight season…Saw time in 12 games while getting off six shots...Team went 7-3-2 while Simpson was on the ice, including a perfect 5-0-0 at home...Used primarily on the fourth line.

2005-06

CHA All-Academic...Played in 19 games, notching a goal and 12 penalty minutes while taking 13 shots...Posted one shot on goal vs. Alabama-Huntsville (11/12)...Sprinted off the bench, collected a loose puck and hit the back of the net in the third period at Cornell (11/25)...Recorded two penalty minutes and three shots on goal while playing on the top line vs. Cornell (11/26)...Had two shots on goal at Bemidji State (12/2)...Made first appearance at center vs. Robert Morris (12/9), winning five of eight face-offs in the victory...Racked up four penalty minutes vs. Air Force (2/10)...Had a shot on goal and two penalty minutes vs. Air Force (2/11).

2004-05

Saw action in 12 games, hitting the back of the net once on three shots...Posted first career goal against Air Force (1/22).

Before Niagara

Played for the St. Michael’s Buzzers of the Ontario Provincial Junior Hockey League (OPJHL)...Appeared in 44 games...Scored 19 goals and had 19 assists for 38 points...Ranked seventh on the team in points...Had 40 penalty minutes...Earned Buzzers’ Spirit Award in 2004...Helped lead St. Michael’s to 2004 South Conference Championship and 2004 Southeast Division Championship...Buzzers reached 2004 OPJHL league finals...Graduated from St. Michael’s College in 2003...Played baseball and lacrosse.

Personal

Born Feb. 12, 1985, in Ottawa, Ont....Son of Gordon and Susan Simpson...Has an older sister, Megan, and two older brothers, Shane and Jeff...Majoring in finance/economics...Left shot