Simon Nolet
Encyclopedia
Simon Laurent Nolet is a Canadian former professional ice hockey
player. He played ten seasons in the National Hockey League
(NHL), most notably for the Philadelphia Flyers
. He was a member of the 1974 Philadelphia Flyers championship team.
of the Quebec Major Junior Hockey League
that saw them in the Memorial Cup
playoffs, he played senior hockey in various leagues. His 1964 team, the Windsor Maple Leafs (of Windsor, Nova Scotia
), reached the Allan Cup
finals, led by Nolet, who scored 68 goals in 68 games and added ten goals in the Cup playoffs. Nolet sat out most of the following season, but joined the Sherbrooke Castors
for their own Allan Cup run in 1965, scoring 21 goals in 15 games to lead them to the national title.
Immediately after that, Nolet signed with the Quebec Aces
of the American Hockey League
, scoring two goals and an assist in his professional debut
. He would star with the Aces for three more seasons and part of two others, breaking out in 1968
to lead the league in scoring with 44 goals and 52 assists for 96 points and adding 15 points in ten playoff games as the Aces reached the Calder Cup
finals, a pinnacle Nolet would help them reach the following season as well.
In the meantime, however, the expansion Philadelphia Flyers of the NHL had purchased the Aces and the rights to its players in 1967. The Flyers' early years had a distinct Francophone flavor thereby, with ex-Aces Jean-Guy Gendron
, André Lacroix, Serge Bernier
, Rosaire Paiement
, Leon Rochefort
, Dick Sarrazin
and Jim Johnson
playing key roles with the fledgling franchise. Nolet made his NHL debut in 1968 and was a firm fixture by two seasons later, scoring 22 goals in only 56 games after his permanent promotion from Quebec and adding noteworthy two-way play and penalty killing. He was a regular in Philadelphia for four more years, earning a trip to the All-Star Game in the 1972 season.
Left exposed in the 1974 NHL Expansion Draft
, Nolet was selected fifth overall by the Kansas City Scouts
, and was named the team's first captain. Leading a weak squad in scoring that first season, he was Kansas City's sole representative in the All-Star Game. Halfway through the next year, he was dealt to the Pittsburgh Penguins
before being reacquired by the Scouts' franchise in the 1976 offseason - which had moved to Denver to become the Colorado Rockies
. Once again named to his former post as team captain, Nolet played out the 1977 campaign before retiring.
After Nolet's playing career was over, he worked as a scout for the Quebec Nordiques
of the World Hockey Association
, and later served as an assistant coach for the club from 1982 until 1987. He remains a scout in the Flyers' organization.
Ice hockey
Ice hockey, often referred to as hockey, is a team sport played on ice, in which skaters use wooden or composite sticks to shoot a hard rubber puck into their opponent's net. The game is played between two teams of six players each. Five members of each team skate up and down the ice trying to take...
player. He played ten seasons in the National Hockey League
National Hockey League
The National Hockey League is an unincorporated not-for-profit association which operates a major professional ice hockey league of 30 franchised member clubs, of which 7 are currently located in Canada and 23 in the United States...
(NHL), most notably for the Philadelphia Flyers
Philadelphia Flyers
The Philadelphia Flyers are a professional ice hockey team based in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. They are members of the Atlantic Division of the Eastern Conference of the National Hockey League...
. He was a member of the 1974 Philadelphia Flyers championship team.
Playing career
After a junior career with the Quebec CitadellesQuebec Citadelles
The Quebec Citadelles were an ice hockey team in the American Hockey League. They played in Quebec City, Quebec, Canada at the Colisée Pepsi...
of the Quebec Major Junior Hockey League
Quebec Major Junior Hockey League
The Quebec Major Junior Hockey League is one of the three major junior ice hockey leagues which constitute the Canadian Hockey League...
that saw them in the Memorial Cup
Memorial Cup
The Memorial Cup is a junior ice hockey club championship trophy awarded annually to the Canadian Hockey League champion. It is awarded following a four-team, round robin tournament between a host team and the champions of the CHL's three member leagues: the Ontario Hockey League , Quebec Major...
playoffs, he played senior hockey in various leagues. His 1964 team, the Windsor Maple Leafs (of Windsor, Nova Scotia
Windsor, Nova Scotia
Windsor is a town located in Hants County, Mainland Nova Scotia at the junction of the Avon and St. Croix Rivers. It is the largest community in western Hants County with a 2001 population of 3,779 and was at one time the shire town of the county. The region encompassing present day Windsor was...
), reached the Allan Cup
Allan Cup
The Allan Cup is the trophy awarded annually to the national senior amateur men’s ice hockey champions of Canada. It has been competed for since 1909. The current champion is the Clarenville Caribous hockey club of Newfoundland and Labrador.-History:...
finals, led by Nolet, who scored 68 goals in 68 games and added ten goals in the Cup playoffs. Nolet sat out most of the following season, but joined the Sherbrooke Castors
Sherbrooke Castors
The Sherbrooke Castors or Sherbrooke Beavers was the name of two different junior ice hockey teams in the Quebec Major Junior Hockey League. Both franchises played at the Palais des Sports in Sherbrooke, Quebec.-Original Castors:...
for their own Allan Cup run in 1965, scoring 21 goals in 15 games to lead them to the national title.
Immediately after that, Nolet signed with the Quebec Aces
Quebec Aces
The Quebec Aces, also known in French as Les As de Québec, were an amateur and later a professional men's ice hockey team from Quebec City, Quebec. The Aces were founded in 1928, and played until 1971. The team played home games at the Quebec Coliseum from 1930 to 1971.The Aces were Allan Cup...
of the American Hockey League
American Hockey League
The American Hockey League is a 30-team professional ice hockey league based in the United States and Canada that serves as the primary developmental circuit for the National Hockey League...
, scoring two goals and an assist in his professional debut
1964–65 AHL season
The 1964–65 AHL season was the 29th season of the American Hockey League. The league inaugurates the James H. Ellery Memorial Award for outstanding media coverage of the AHL.Nine teams played 72 games each in the schedule...
. He would star with the Aces for three more seasons and part of two others, breaking out in 1968
1967–68 AHL season
The 1967–68 AHL season was the 32nd season of the American Hockey League. Eight teams played 72 games each in the schedule. The league played a limited interlocking schedule with the Western Hockey League which was a repeat of the experiment two seasons earlier. The Louis A. R. Pieri Memorial...
to lead the league in scoring with 44 goals and 52 assists for 96 points and adding 15 points in ten playoff games as the Aces reached the Calder Cup
Calder Cup
The Calder Cup is awarded annually to the playoff champion of the American Hockey League. The trophy is the world's second oldest continuous professional ice hockey championship, having first been awarded in 1937 following the 1936-37 AHL season, and continuously being awarded every year.The cup...
finals, a pinnacle Nolet would help them reach the following season as well.
In the meantime, however, the expansion Philadelphia Flyers of the NHL had purchased the Aces and the rights to its players in 1967. The Flyers' early years had a distinct Francophone flavor thereby, with ex-Aces Jean-Guy Gendron
Jean-Guy Gendron
Jean-Guy "Smitty" Gendron is a retired Canadian professional ice hockey left winger who played 863 games in the National Hockey League for the New York Rangers, Boston Bruins, Montreal Canadiens and Philadelphia Flyers...
, André Lacroix, Serge Bernier
Serge Bernier
Serge Joseph Bernier is a retired Canadian professional ice hockey right winger who played seven seasons in the National Hockey League for the Philadelphia Flyers, Los Angeles Kings and Quebec Nordiques. He also played six seasons in the World Hockey Association for Quebec...
, Rosaire Paiement
Rosaire Paiement
Joseph Rosaire Wilfrid Paiement is a retired a Canadian professional ice hockey forward. He is the older brother of Wilf Paiement....
, Leon Rochefort
Leon Rochefort
Leon Joseph Fernand Rochefort is a retired Canadian professional ice hockey centerman who spent 15 seasons in the National Hockey League for seven clubs...
, Dick Sarrazin
Dick Sarrazin
Richard Andre "Dick" Sarrazin , is a retired professional ice hockey player. He played in the NHL with the Philadelphia Flyers and also played in the WHA with the New England Whalers and Chicago Cougars.-External links:...
and Jim Johnson
Jim Johnson (ice hockey b. 1942)
For the 1980s-1990s Pittsburgh Penguins and Minnesota North Stars defenseman, see Jim Johnson Norman James Johnson, is a retired Canadian professional ice hockey centre who played eight seasons in the National Hockey League for the New York Rangers, Philadelphia Flyers and Los Angeles Kings...
playing key roles with the fledgling franchise. Nolet made his NHL debut in 1968 and was a firm fixture by two seasons later, scoring 22 goals in only 56 games after his permanent promotion from Quebec and adding noteworthy two-way play and penalty killing. He was a regular in Philadelphia for four more years, earning a trip to the All-Star Game in the 1972 season.
Left exposed in the 1974 NHL Expansion Draft
1974 NHL Expansion Draft
The 1974 NHL Expansion Draft was held on June 12, 1974. The draft took place to fill the rosters of the league's two expansion teams for the 1974–75 season, the Kansas City Scouts and the Washington Capitals.-Draft desults:-See also:...
, Nolet was selected fifth overall by the Kansas City Scouts
Kansas City Scouts
The Kansas City Scouts was a professional ice hockey team in the National Hockey League from 1974–76. In 1976, the franchise relocated to Denver, Colorado and became the Colorado Rockies...
, and was named the team's first captain. Leading a weak squad in scoring that first season, he was Kansas City's sole representative in the All-Star Game. Halfway through the next year, he was dealt to the Pittsburgh Penguins
Pittsburgh Penguins
The Pittsburgh Penguins are a professional ice hockey team based in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania. They are members of the Atlantic Division of the Eastern Conference of the National Hockey League . The franchise was founded in 1967 as one of the first expansion teams during the league's original...
before being reacquired by the Scouts' franchise in the 1976 offseason - which had moved to Denver to become the Colorado Rockies
Colorado Rockies (NHL)
The Colorado Rockies were an American professional ice hockey team in the National Hockey League that played in Denver, Colorado, from 1976 to 1982. They were a relocation of the Kansas City Scouts, a 1974 expansion team. The franchise moved to East Rutherford, New Jersey, in 1982 and was...
. Once again named to his former post as team captain, Nolet played out the 1977 campaign before retiring.
Retirement
He finished his NHL career having scored 150 goals and 182 assists for 332 points in 562 games.After Nolet's playing career was over, he worked as a scout for the Quebec Nordiques
Quebec Nordiques
The Quebec Nordiques were a professional ice hockey team based in Quebec City, Quebec, Canada. The Nordiques played in the World Hockey Association and the National Hockey League...
of the World Hockey Association
World Hockey Association
The World Hockey Association was a professional ice hockey league that operated in North America from 1972 to 1979. It was the first major competition for the National Hockey League since the collapse of the Western Hockey League in 1926...
, and later served as an assistant coach for the club from 1982 until 1987. He remains a scout in the Flyers' organization.
Achievements and facts
- Won the John B. Sollenberger TrophyJohn B. Sollenberger TrophyThe John B. Sollenberger Trophy is given to American Hockey League's leading scorer for the season.The award was named for John B. Sollenberger in 1955. Sollenberger was a long-time contributor to the league as manager and president of the Hershey Bears and former Chairman of the Board of Governors...
as the AHL's leading scorer in 1968. - Named to the AHLAmerican Hockey LeagueThe American Hockey League is a 30-team professional ice hockey league based in the United States and Canada that serves as the primary developmental circuit for the National Hockey League...
Second All-Star Team in 1968. - Played in the NHL All-Star Game in 197225th National Hockey League All-Star GameThe 25th National Hockey League All-Star Game was held in the Met Center in Bloomington, MN, home of the Minnesota North Stars, on January 25, 1972. It was the first and only time the All-Star Game was held at the Met Center. The East Division All-Stars defeated the West Division All-Stars 3–2...
and 197528th National Hockey League All-Star GameThe 28st National Hockey League All-Star Game was held in the Montreal Forum in Montreal, home to the Montreal Canadiens, on January 21, 1975. The NHL expansion changed the format of the NHL All-Star game into a battle of conferences. The Wales Conference All-Star team easily won the initial...
. - Scored the first goal in Kansas City Scouts' history, and therefore the first goal for the New Jersey DevilsNew Jersey DevilsThe New Jersey Devils are a professional ice hockey team based in Newark, New Jersey, United States. They are members of the Atlantic Division of the Eastern Conference of the National Hockey League...
' franchise. - Was on a Stanley CupStanley CupThe Stanley Cup is an ice hockey club trophy, awarded annually to the National Hockey League playoffs champion after the conclusion of the Stanley Cup Finals. It has been referred to as The Cup, Lord Stanley's Cup, The Holy Grail, or facetiously as Lord Stanley's Mug...
-winning team with the Flyers in 1974.
Career statistics
| Regular season | Playoffs | |||||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Season Season (sports) In an organized sports league, a season is the portion of one year in which regulated games of the sport are in session. For example, in Major League Baseball, one season lasts approximately from April 1 through October 1; in Association football, it is generally from August until May In an... |
Team | League | GP | G Goal (ice hockey) In ice hockey, a goal is scored when the puck completely crosses the goal line between the two goal posts and below the goal crossbar. A goal awards one point to the team attacking the goal scored upon, regardless of which team the player who actually deflected the puck into the goal belongs to... |
A Assist (ice hockey) In ice hockey, an assist is attributed to up to two players of the scoring team who shot, passed or deflected the puck towards the scoring teammate, or touched it in any other way which enabled the goal, meaning that they were "assisting" in the goal. There can be a maximum of two assists per goal... |
Pts Point (ice hockey) Point in ice hockey has three official meanings:* A point is awarded to a player for each goal scored or assist earned. The total number of goals plus assists equals total points. In some European leagues, a goal counts as two points, and an assist counts as one... |
PIM Penalty (ice hockey) A penalty in ice hockey is a punishment for inappropriate behavior. Most penalties are enforced by detaining the offending player within a penalty box for a set number of minutes, during which, the player can not participate in play. The offending team usually may not replace the player on the ice,... |
GP | G | A | Pts | PIM | ||
| 1960–61 | Quebec Citadelles Quebec Citadelles The Quebec Citadelles were an ice hockey team in the American Hockey League. They played in Quebec City, Quebec, Canada at the Colisée Pepsi... |
QJHL Quebec Major Junior Hockey League The Quebec Major Junior Hockey League is one of the three major junior ice hockey leagues which constitute the Canadian Hockey League... |
11 | 2 | 1 | 3 | 0 | — | — | — | — | — | ||
| 1961–62 | Quebec Citadelles | QJHL | 39 | 25 | 27 | 52 | 22 | 10 | 4 | 4 | 8 | 12 | ||
| 1961–62 1961–62 AHL season The 1961–62 AHL season was the 26th season of the American Hockey League. The league initiates the James C. Hendy Memorial Award for outstanding team or league executives. The league resumes East and West Divisions. The John D. Chick Trophy is first awarded for the West Division champions of the... |
Quebec Aces Quebec Aces The Quebec Aces, also known in French as Les As de Québec, were an amateur and later a professional men's ice hockey team from Quebec City, Quebec. The Aces were founded in 1928, and played until 1971. The team played home games at the Quebec Coliseum from 1930 to 1971.The Aces were Allan Cup... |
AHL American Hockey League The American Hockey League is a 30-team professional ice hockey league based in the United States and Canada that serves as the primary developmental circuit for the National Hockey League... |
1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | — | — | — | — | — | ||
| 1961–62 | Quebec Citadelles | M-Cup 1962 Memorial Cup The 1962 Memorial Cup final was the 44th junior ice hockey championship of the Canadian Amateur Hockey Association. The George Richardson Memorial Trophy champions Hamilton Red Wings of the Ontario Hockey Association in Eastern Canada competed against the Abbott Cup champions Edmonton Oil Kings of... |
— | — | — | — | — | 9 | 2 | 4 | 6 | 2 | ||
| 1962–63 | Windsor Maple Leafs | NSSHL | 55 | 53 | 55 | 108 | 30 | 7 | 5 | 6 | 11 | 14 | ||
| 1962–63 | Moncton Hawks Moncton Hawks The Moncton Hawks were a professional ice hockey team based in Moncton, New Brunswick. They played in the American Hockey League between 1987 and 1994 operated as a minor league affiliate of the Winnipeg Jets. Home games were played at the Moncton Coliseum... |
NSSHL | — | — | — | — | — | 12 | 4 | 5 | 9 | 2 | ||
| 1963–64 | Windsor Maple Leafs | NSSHL | 68 | 68 | 65 | 133 | 19 | 8 | 2 | 6 | 8 | 4 | ||
| 1963–64 | Windsor Maple Leafs | Al-Cup 1964 Allan Cup The 1964 Allan Cup was the Canadian national senior ice hockey championship for the 1963-64 Senior "A" season. The event was hosted by the Winnipeg Maroons and Winnipeg, Manitoba... |
— | — | — | — | — | 11 | 10 | 8 | 18 | 8 | ||
| 1964–65 1964–65 AHL season The 1964–65 AHL season was the 29th season of the American Hockey League. The league inaugurates the James H. Ellery Memorial Award for outstanding media coverage of the AHL.Nine teams played 72 games each in the schedule... |
Quebec Aces | AHL | 2 | 2 | 1 | 3 | 2 | — | — | — | — | — | ||
| 1964–65 | Sherbrooke Castors Sherbrooke Castors The Sherbrooke Castors or Sherbrooke Beavers was the name of two different junior ice hockey teams in the Quebec Major Junior Hockey League. Both franchises played at the Palais des Sports in Sherbrooke, Quebec.-Original Castors:... |
Al-Cup 1965 Allan Cup The 1965 Allan Cup was the Canadian national senior ice hockey championship for the 1964-65 Senior "A" season. The event was hosted by the Sherbrooke Beavers and Sherbrooke, Quebec... |
— | — | — | — | — | 15 | 21 | 14 | 35 | 4 | ||
| 1965–66 1965–66 AHL season The 1965–66 AHL season was the 30th season of the American Hockey League. Nine teams played 72 games each in the schedule. The league played a limited interlocking schedule with the Western Hockey League which was repeated two seasons later. The Quebec Aces finished first overall in the regular... |
Quebec Aces | AHL | 61 | 16 | 17 | 33 | 12 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | ||
| 1966–67 1966–67 AHL season The 1966–67 AHL season was the 31st season of the American Hockey League. Nine teams played 72 games each in the schedule. The Pittsburgh Hornets finished first overall in the regular season, and won their first Calder Cup championship since being resurrected in 1961–62... |
Quebec Aces | AHL | 66 | 32 | 24 | 56 | 28 | 5 | 1 | 4 | 5 | 4 | ||
| 1967–68 | Philadelphia Flyers Philadelphia Flyers The Philadelphia Flyers are a professional ice hockey team based in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. They are members of the Atlantic Division of the Eastern Conference of the National Hockey League... |
NHL National Hockey League The National Hockey League is an unincorporated not-for-profit association which operates a major professional ice hockey league of 30 franchised member clubs, of which 7 are currently located in Canada and 23 in the United States... |
4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| 1967–68 1967–68 AHL season The 1967–68 AHL season was the 32nd season of the American Hockey League. Eight teams played 72 games each in the schedule. The league played a limited interlocking schedule with the Western Hockey League which was a repeat of the experiment two seasons earlier. The Louis A. R. Pieri Memorial... |
Quebec Aces | AHL | 70 | 44 | 52 | 96 | 45 | 10 | 5 | 10 | 15 | 10 | ||
| 1968–69 | Philadelphia Flyers | NHL | 35 | 4 | 10 | 14 | 8 | — | — | — | — | — | ||
| 1968–69 1968–69 AHL season The 1968–69 AHL season was the 33rd season of the American Hockey League. Eight teams played 74 games each in the schedule. The Buffalo Bisons finished first overall in the regular season... |
Quebec Aces | AHL | 33 | 11 | 21 | 32 | 28 | 15 | 5 | 3 | 8 | 28 | ||
| 1969–70 | Philadelphia Flyers | NHL | 56 | 22 | 22 | 44 | 36 | — | — | — | — | — | ||
| 1969–70 1969–70 AHL season The 1969–70 AHL season was the 34th season of the American Hockey League. Nine teams played 72 games each in the schedule. The Montreal Voyageurs became the second Canadian-based team in the league, and finished first overall in the regular season... |
Quebec Aces | AHL | 22 | 13 | 18 | 31 | 14 | — | — | — | — | — | ||
| 1970–71 | Philadelphia Flyers | NHL | 74 | 9 | 19 | 28 | 42 | 4 | 2 | 1 | 3 | 0 | ||
| 1971–72 | Philadelphia Flyers | NHL | 67 | 23 | 20 | 43 | 22 | — | — | — | — | — | ||
| 1972–73 | Philadelphia Flyers | NHL | 70 | 16 | 20 | 36 | 6 | 11 | 3 | 1 | 4 | 4 | ||
| 1973–74 | Philadelphia Flyers | NHL | 52 | 19 | 17 | 36 | 13 | 15 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 4 | ||
| 1974–75 | Kansas City Scouts Kansas City Scouts The Kansas City Scouts was a professional ice hockey team in the National Hockey League from 1974–76. In 1976, the franchise relocated to Denver, Colorado and became the Colorado Rockies... |
NHL | 72 | 26 | 32 | 58 | 30 | — | — | — | — | — | ||
| 1975–76 | Kansas City Scouts | NHL | 41 | 10 | 15 | 25 | 16 | — | — | — | — | — | ||
| 1975–76 | Pittsburgh Penguins Pittsburgh Penguins The Pittsburgh Penguins are a professional ice hockey team based in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania. They are members of the Atlantic Division of the Eastern Conference of the National Hockey League . The franchise was founded in 1967 as one of the first expansion teams during the league's original... |
NHL | 39 | 9 | 8 | 17 | 2 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| 1976–77 | Colorado Rockies Colorado Rockies (NHL) The Colorado Rockies were an American professional ice hockey team in the National Hockey League that played in Denver, Colorado, from 1976 to 1982. They were a relocation of the Kansas City Scouts, a 1974 expansion team. The franchise moved to East Rutherford, New Jersey, in 1982 and was... |
NHL | 52 | 12 | 19 | 31 | 10 | — | — | — | — | — | ||
| NHL totals | 562 | 150 | 182 | 332 | 187 | 34 | 6 | 3 | 9 | 8 | ||||