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Regg Simon

Regg Simon

Former Seawolves defenseman Regg Simon served two seasons on the Alaska Anchorage hockey staff from 2008-10 as an assistant coach to Dave Shyiak.

Prior to returning to UAA, Simon was a coach and general manager of the St. Louis Bandits of the North American Hockey League. He has extensive coaching experience in the junior ranks, beginning in 2002-2003 with the United States Hockey League’s Tri-City Storm of Kearney, Neb. Simon started as an assistant with Tri-City before he took the reins halfway through the season as interim head coach and general manager and led the team to the playoffs.

He then moved on to the Des Moines Buccaneers of the USHL where he coached five seasons, including the last three and a half as head coach and general manager. In 2005-2006, his first full season at the helm, Simon directed the Buccaneers to the USHL’s Clark Cup with a record of 33-21-6, an improvement of 16 wins over the previous year. He earned the USHL’s GM of the Year award for his efforts.

Simon also played for Des Moines from 1994-1996 and helped lead the Buccaneers to both a USHL Anderson Cup for the best regular-season record, the Clark Cup and the Gold Cup – junior hockey’s national championship – in 1995.

The Minnesota native graduated from Elk River (Minn.) Area High School, where he led the hockey team to a 67-7-3 record, three conference titles and one section crown. Simon, who also played football for Elk River, posted 61 goals and 75 assists during his prep career.

As a forward, Simon skated for the Seawolves in 133 career games from 1996-2001 and finished with 12 goals and 21 assists. A team captain his final two seasons, he was a three-time pick for the Western Collegiate Hockey Association’s All-Academic team and volunteered as the hockey team’s representative on the Student-Athlete Advisory Committee, including a year as SAAC vice president.