Simon Watson (born April 3, 1980) is a

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retired

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. After retiring as a player, he became a coach.

Early life

Watson was born in

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. He played

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with the

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of the Mid-Western Junior Hockey League and collegiate hockey at St. Lawrence University in

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Career

Watson played professionally in the

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(CHL) for the

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, Rocky Mountain Rage, and finally the

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. On August 5, 2011, Watson retired as a player and became the Mavericks' assistant director of hockey operations. On May 9, 2013, he was named to the coaching staff of the KC Mavs Elite Midget team. In July 2014, Missouri Mavericks fans voted Watson the second-greatest Mavericks player in a poll of the Top-10 Mavericks players from the first 5 years of the team's existence. On April 18, 2018, he continued his association with the Mavericks and was hired as the head coach and general manager of the recently purchased

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junior team in the North American Hockey League.

Awards and honors

*In July 2014, voted by Missouri Mavericks fans as the second-greatest Mavericks player from the first five years of the team's existence. * CHL Man of the Year (

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)The Center Of Hockey: CHL Award Winners

References

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* * Living people 1980 births Canadian ice hockey centres Lubbock Cotton Kings players Missouri Mavericks players Rocky Mountain Rage players St. Lawrence Saints men's ice hockey players {{Canada-icehockey-centre-1980s-stub