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Al Sims

Position: D
Shoots: Left
Height: 6-0    Weight: 182 lbs.
Born: April 18, 1953 in Toronto, Ontario

Drafted by the Boston Bruins in the 3rd round (47th overall) of the 1973 NHL Amateur Draft.

Coaching Record

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NHL Standard

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Season Age Tm Lg GP G A PTS GC +/- PIM EV PP SH GW S S% TOI ATOI
1973-74 20 BOS NHL 76 3 9 12 4 64 22 3 0 0 1 111 2.7
1974-75 21 BOS NHL 75 4 8 12 4 29 73 4 0 0 0 102 3.9
1975-76 22 BOS NHL 48 4 3 7 3 6 43 4 0 0 0 61 6.6
1976-77 23 BOS NHL 1 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 1 0.0
1977-78 24 BOS NHL 43 2 8 10 3 11 6 2 0 0 1 55 3.6
1978-79 25 BOS NHL 67 9 20 29 10 22 28 9 0 0 2 128 7.0
1979-80 26 HAR NHL 76 10 31 41 14 9 30 8 2 0 1 141 7.1
1980-81 27 HAR NHL 80 16 36 52 19 -20 68 11 5 0 1 182 8.8
1981-82 28 LAK NHL 8 1 1 2 1 -3 16 1 0 0 0 14 7.1
1982-83 29 LAK NHL 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0.0
Career NHL 475 49 116 165 59 119 286 42 7 0 6 796 6.2

NHL Miscellaneous

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Per Game Adjusted Plus/Minus Point Shares
Season Age Tm Lg GP G A PTS GC PIM S G A PTS GC TGF PGF TGA PGA +/- OPS DPS PS
1973-74 20 BOS NHL 76 0.04 0.12 0.16 0.05 0.29 1.46 3 9 12 4 116 1 69 18 64 -0.3 6.5 6.2
1974-75 21 BOS NHL 75 0.05 0.11 0.16 0.06 0.97 1.36 3 7 10 4 97 3 85 20 29 -0.2 5.1 4.9
1975-76 22 BOS NHL 48 0.08 0.06 0.15 0.06 0.90 1.27 3 3 6 2 41 5 47 17 6 -0.1 2.8 2.8
1976-77 23 BOS NHL 1 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 1.00 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 1 0.0 0.1 0.1
1977-78 24 BOS NHL 43 0.05 0.19 0.23 0.08 0.14 1.28 2 7 9 3 28 0 20 3 11 0.1 2.2 2.3
1978-79 25 BOS NHL 67 0.13 0.30 0.43 0.16 0.42 1.91 7 17 24 8 91 16 92 39 22 1.5 4.1 5.6
1979-80 26 HAR NHL 76 0.13 0.41 0.54 0.18 0.39 1.86 8 26 34 11 125 19 131 34 9 2.4 3.4 5.7
1980-81 27 HAR NHL 80 0.20 0.45 0.65 0.24 0.85 2.28 12 28 40 14 133 40 153 40 -20 3.2 3.1 6.4
1981-82 28 LAK NHL 8 0.13 0.13 0.25 0.10 2.00 1.75 1 1 2 1 11 0 18 4 -3 0.0 0.2 0.3
1982-83 29 LAK NHL 1 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 1.00 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.0 0.0 0.0
Career NHL 475 0.10 0.24 0.35 0.12 0.60 1.68 39 98 137 48 643 84 615 175 119 6.6 27.6 34.2

NHL Playoffs

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Season Age Tm Lg GP G A PTS GC +/- PIM EV PP SH GW S S% TOI ATOI
1973-74 20 BOS NHL 16 0 0 0 12 0 0 0 0
1975-76 22 BOS NHL 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
1976-77 23 BOS NHL 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
1977-78 24 BOS NHL 8 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
1978-79 25 BOS NHL 11 0 2 2 0 0 0 0 0
1979-80 26 HAR NHL 3 0 0 0 2 0 0 0 0
Career NHL 41 0 2 2 14 0 0 0 0

Other Standard

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Season Age Team Lg GP G A PTS GC +/- PIM EV PP SH GW S S% TOI ATOI
1971-72 18 Cornwall Royals QMJHL 58 6 24 30 65 6 0 0 2
1972-73 19 Cornwall Royals QMJHL 62 13 62 75 54 6 6 1 2
1975-76 22 Rochester Americans AHL 21 4 5 9 12
1976-77 23 Rochester Americans AHL 80 10 32 42 42
1977-78 24 Rochester Americans AHL 31 6 13 19 12
1978-79 25 Rochester Americans AHL 3 0 1 1 4
1981-82 28 New Haven Nighthawks AHL 51 4 27 31 53
1982-83 29 New Haven Nighthawks AHL 76 18 50 68 46
1984-85 31 EV Landshut W.Ger-2 16 8 12 20 28
1984-85 31 New Haven Nighthawks AHL 13 3 6 9 2
1985-86 32 Berliner SC Preussen W.Ger-2 17 7 11 18 29
1986-87 33 Fife Flyers Britain 36 52 86 138 95
1987-88 34 Fife Flyers Britain 30 33 42 75 51
1988-89 35 Fort Wayne Komets IHL 61 7 30 37 32
Career 7 Seasons AHL 275 45 134 179 171
Career 2 Seasons Britain 66 85 128 213 146
Career 1 Season IHL 61 7 30 37 32
Career 2 Seasons QMJHL 120 19 86 105 119 12 6 1 4
Career 2 Seasons W.Ger-2 33 15 23 38 57

Other Playoffs

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Season Age Team Lg GP G A PTS GC +/- PIM EV PP SH GW S S% TOI ATOI
1971-72 18 Cornwall Royals QMJHL 16 2 9 11 15 2 0 0 0
1971-72 18 Cornwall Royals M-Cup 3 0 0 0 2
1972-73 19 Cornwall Royals QMJHL 12 2 5 7 8 2 0 0 0
1975-76 22 Rochester Americans AHL 7 1 4 5 11
1976-77 23 Rochester Americans AHL 12 2 9 11 12
1982-83 29 New Haven Nighthawks AHL 12 3 3 6 10
1984-85 31 EV Landshut W.Ger-2 4 0 4 4 8
1986-87 33 Fife Flyers Britain 5 6 11 17 0
1987-88 34 Fife Flyers Britain 6 5 11 16 2
1988-89 35 Fort Wayne Komets IHL 6 2 2 4 2
Career 3 Seasons AHL 31 6 16 22 33
Career 2 Seasons Britain 11 11 22 33 2
Career 1 Season IHL 6 2 2 4 2
Career 1 Season M-Cup 3 0 0 0 2
Career 2 Seasons QMJHL 28 4 14 18 23 4 0 0 0
Career 1 Season W.Ger-2 4 0 4 4 8

Similarity Scores

Explanation ▪ Players with careers of similar quality and shape (thru 2010-11)
Thru 10 Years Adjusted Point Shares (Best to Worst)
Player 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10
Al Sims 6.4 6.2 5.7 5.6 4.9 2.8 2.3 0.3 0.1 0.0
Leo Bourgeault 92.2 5.2 4.3 4.2 3.9 3.4 2.2 1.8 -0.2
Kent Douglas 90.8 6.6 6.6 6.0 5.6 5.1 2.9 2.3
Fedor Tyutin 89.5 6.4 5.6 5.4 4.8 4.1 2.7 0.9
Ted Green 89.0 6.8 6.3 6.2 5.2 3.6 2.8 2.4 1.5 0.8 0.0
Murray Henderson 89.0 5.0 4.4 4.3 4.1 3.9 3.1 3.0 0.2
Jordan Leopold 88.5 7.9 5.6 5.5 5.5 4.1 3.0 2.2 0.6
Anders Eriksson 88.4 6.2 5.5 5.4 4.5 4.5 4.2 1.8 0.5 0.2 0.1
Norm Maciver 88.0 6.5 6.3 5.8 4.3 4.2 3.0 1.8 1.3 0.0 -0.1
Ted Graham 87.9 5.1 4.4 3.9 3.6 3.2 2.3 2.0 1.0 -0.3
Marek Malik 87.8 6.4 5.8 5.7 5.5 4.4 4.4 2.6 1.8 0.2 0.0
Career Adjusted Point Shares (Best to Worst)
Player 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13
Al Sims 6.4 6.2 5.7 5.6 4.9 2.8 2.3 0.3 0.1 0.0
Leo Bourgeault 92.2 5.2 4.3 4.2 3.9 3.4 2.2 1.8 -0.2
Kent Douglas 90.8 6.6 6.6 6.0 5.6 5.1 2.9 2.3
Fedor Tyutin 89.5 6.4 5.6 5.4 4.8 4.1 2.7 0.9
Murray Henderson 89.0 5.0 4.4 4.3 4.1 3.9 3.1 3.0 0.2
Jordan Leopold 88.5 7.9 5.6 5.5 5.5 4.1 3.0 2.2 0.6
Ted Graham 87.9 5.1 4.4 3.9 3.6 3.2 2.3 2.0 1.0 -0.3
Darryl Shannon 87.2 6.5 6.2 5.4 4.5 3.3 2.5 1.8 0.9 0.5 0.4 0.4 0.0 -0.4
Dave Langevin 86.2 5.7 5.4 5.1 4.6 4.3 1.9 1.7 0.3
Yves Racine 85.9 6.2 5.6 5.5 3.6 3.0 2.8 2.4 1.7 0.8
Walt Buswell 85.4 4.1 4.1 3.7 3.4 3.3 2.4 1.4 0.3

Appearances on Leaderboards, Awards, and Honors

Glossary ▪ Rate Statistic Requirements

Games Played

1980-81 NHL 80 (2)

Plus/Minus

1973-74 NHL 64 (2)

Total Goals On-Ice Against

1980-81 NHL 153 (9)

Power Play Goals On-Ice Against

1978-79 NHL 39 (10)

Defensive Point Shares

1973-74 NHL 6.5 (5)
      

Transactions

Glossary ▪ Transaction information may be incomplete.

June 13, 1979: Claimed by Hartford from Boston in Expansion Draft, June 13, 1979.

October 5, 1981: Claimed by Los Angeles from Hartford in Waiver Draft, October 5, 1981.

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