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Stats:
Simon Gagne #12
(pronounced Seeemoan Goneyay)
BORN: Ste-Foy, PQ; February 29, 1980
JUNIOR CLUB: Quebec Remparts (QMJHL)
POSITION: Left Wing
HEIGHT: 6 foot 0
WEIGHT: 185 lbs.
DRAFTED: Philadelphia Flyers (22nd overall, 1998)
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Personal...
Was ranked 15th on the CSS Mid-Term report, his final ranking is 17th ... selected 10th overall in the 1996 QMJHL draft ... won a Gold Medal with Team Canada at the Under-18 Three Nations Cup in the Czech Republic ... was coached by Montreal Canadiens' Alain Vigneault in Beauport... was named Beauport's Rookie of the Year for 1997... admires the style of Anaheim's Paul Kariya ... participated in the 1998 Top Prospects Game where he place 2nd in the agility with the puck drill... was sidelined mid-season with a broken finger...Tied Mario Lemieux's record for most goals (4) in one game by a Canadian player in the World Junior Hockey Championship ... Top goalscorer in 1999 WJHC where Team Canada won the silver medal.
Other...
His last name, Gagne, means to earn or win in French.
Simon has a few nicknames such as Gags. He was known as The Kid when he was a youth
His favorite food is chinese
He loves The Simpson
Simon rooms with Eric Desjardins, Rico the captain of the Flyers. Desjardins has also become a sort of hockey dad. Once, when in public, Simon was actually mistaken for Eric's son.
Simon's favorite sport, other than hockey of course, is golf.
Simon's favorite season is summer
He loves Porches.
Simon's father, Pierre, is a police officer and his mother, Nicole is an administrator. He has a younger brother, Jean-Francois.
Simon was so skinny when he was younger that he was cut from his Bantam team. But luckily for him, the coach took him back two weeks later because of a goal scorer shortage and Simon actually led that team in goals and points that year. A similar thing happened the next year but the coach took two months to take him back. Even the Flyers were a little nervous about signing him because of his size, but his skills obviously shone through his size because he is still with the Flyers!
Simon says that if he was not a hockey player, he would be a Phys. Ed. teacher.
His first job was a furniture mover.
Fave non-hockey team is the Montreal Expos.
Loved Frosted Flakes as a kid
His fave all-time movie is American Pie!
His fave charities are those that help children
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