Charlie Simmer

Charles Robert Simmer (born March 20, 1954) is a Canadian former professional ice hockeyleft winger. He played for 14 seasons in the National Hockey League (NHL) for the California Golden Seals, Cleveland Barons, Los Angeles Kings, Boston Bruins, and Pittsburgh Penguins.

Selected in the third round in the 1974 draft by the Golden Seals, he played a total of 80 games in his first three NHL seasons. Traded to the Los Angeles Kings, he was given significant ice time in the 1978–79 season that saw him score 21 goals in 38 games. He came alive in the following two seasons, scoring 56 goals in both the 1979–80 and 1980–81 seasons while becoming part of a "Triple Crown Line" with Marcel Dionne and Dave Taylor; he shared the NHL goal scoring title in 1980 to become the first (and so far only) Kings player to lead the NHL in goals. A horrific leg injury in March 1981 saw him score just 15 goals in 50 games the following season, but he recorded back-to-back 80-point seasons, even being named to the All-Star Game in 1984. He was traded five games into the 1984–85 season to the Boston Bruins, where he had three straight 60-point seasons. Placed on waivers in 1987 and claimed by Pittsburgh, he recorded 11 goals in 50 games in what ended up being his final NHL season at the age of 34. In 712 games, Simmer recorded 342 goals and 369 assists.