Mario Simioni

Mario Simioni (born April 1, 1963) is a Canadian-Italian professional ice hockey coach and former professional ice hockey player. He has been serving as head coach of the Frederikshavn White Hawks since May 2016.
== Playing career ==
Born in Toronto, Ontario, Canada, Simioni was drafted by the Calgary Flames in the 1981 NHL Draft (5th round, 99th overall), but never played in the National Hockey League. However, he saw action for the Colorado Flames, then Calgary's CHL affiliate, in 1982-83 and 1983-84. He split the 1984-85 season between the Salt Lake Golden Eagles of the IHL and the Moncton Golden Flames of the AHL, before continuing his pro career in Europe. Simioni signed with Asiago of the Italian Serie A and would dominate the league in scoring during his seven-year stint. A Canadian of Italian descent, he was named to the Italian national team, representing the country at three World Championships (two in Group B, 1992 in the highest division).
From 1994 to 1998, Simioni played for Vojens IK, continuing his scoring prowess in the Danish league. He then spent the 1998-99 campaign with the Cardiff Devils of the British Ice Hockey Superleague and the 1999-00 season with the Odense Bulldogs of Denmark. In Odense, he served as player-coach and put an end to his playing career in the year 2000.
==Career statistics==
 	 	 		Regular season	Regular season	Regular season	Regular season	Regular season		Playoffs	Playoffs	Playoffs	Playoffs	Playoffs
Season 	Team 	League 		GP 	G 	A 	Pts 	PIM 		GP 	G 	A 	Pts 	PIM
1980–81 	Toronto Marlboros 	OHL 		63 	19 	27 	46 	63 		— 	— 	— 	— 	—
1981–82 	Toronto Marlboros 	OHL 		68 	58 	60 	118 	88 		— 	— 	— 	— 	—
1982–83 	Toronto Marlboros 	OHL 		66 	62 	59 	121 	67 		— 	— 	— 	— 	—
1982–83 	Colorado Flames 	CHL 		6 	3 	3 	6 	0 		4 	2 	0 	2 	2
1983–84 	Colorado Flames 	CHL 		54 	16 	21 	37 	35 		5 	0 	3 	3 	2
1984–85 	Salt Lake Golden Eagles	IHL 		10 	2 	9 	11 	2 		— 	— 	— 	— 	—
1984–85 	Moncton Golden Flames 	AHL 		38 	4 	8 	12 	6 		— 	— 	— 	— 	—
1985–86 	HC Asiago 	Italy 		36 	55 	60 	115 	36 		— 	— 	— 	— 	—
1986–87 	HC Asiago 	Italy 		42 	62 	39 	101 	52 		— 	— 	— 	— 	—
1987–88 	HC Asiago 	Italy 		36 	37 	52 	89 	40 		9 	16 	6 	22 	10
1988–89 	HC Asiago 	Italy 		44 	73 	58 	131 	44 		— 	— 	— 	— 	—
1989–90 	HC Asiago 	Italy 		41 	58 	52 	110 	27 		— 	— 	— 	— 	—
1990–91 	HC Asiago 	Italy 		36 	41 	34 	75 	4 		6 	5 	9 	14 	2
1991–92 	HC Asiago 	Italy 		17 	21 	12 	33 	4 		11 	8 	12 	20 	10
1991–92 	HC Asiago 	Alpenliga 		18 	25 	29 	54 	6 		— 	— 	— 	— 	—
1994–95 	Vojens IK 	Denmark 		41 	46 	39 	85 	36 		— 	— 	— 	— 	—
1995–96 	Vojens IK 	Denmark 		40 	43 	46 	89 	75 		— 	— 	— 	— 	—
1996–97 	Vojens IK 	Denmark 		40 	53 	34 	87 	139 		— 	— 	— 	— 	—
1997–98 	Vojens Lions 	Denmark 		38 	34 	21 	55 	85 		— 	— 	— 	— 	—
1997–98 	HC Asiago 	Italy 		5 	2 	1 	3 	6 		— 	— 	— 	— 	—
1998–99 	Cardiff Devils 	BISL 		36 	15 	12 	27 	16 		8 	2 	2 	4 	2
1999–00 	Odense Bulldogs 	Denmark 		36 	32 	36 	68 	84 		— 	— 	— 	— 	—
Italy totals	Italy totals 	Italy totals		257 	349 	308 	657 	213 		26 	29 	27 	56 	22
 	 	 		 	 	 	 	 		 	 	 	 	
 	 	 		 	 	 	 	 		 	 	 	 	
 	 	 		 	 	 	 	 		 	 	 	 	
 	 	 		 	 	 	 	 		 	 	 	 	
 	 	 		 	 	 	 	 		 	 	 	 	
 	 	 		 	 	 	 	 		 	 	 	 	
 	 	 		 	 	 	 	 		 	 	 	 	
 	 	 		 	 	 	 	 		 	 	 	 	
 	 	 		 	 	 	 	 		 	 	 	 	
 	 	 		 	 	 	 	 		 	 	 	 	
 	 	 		 	 	 	 	 		 	 	 	 	
 	 	 		 	 	 	 	 		 	 	 	 	
 	 	 		 	 	 	 	 		 	 	 	 	
 	 	 		 	 	 	 	 		 	 	 	 	
 	 	 		 	 	 	 	 		 	 	 	 	
 	 	 		 	 	 	 	 		 	 	 	 	
 	 	 		 	 	 	 	 		 	 	 	 	
 	 	 		 	 	 	 	 		 	 	 	 	
 	 	 		 	 	 	 	 		 	 	 	 	
 	 	 		 	 	 	 	 		 	 	 	 	
 	 	 		 	 	 	 	 		 	 	 	 	
 	 	 		 	 	 	 	 		 	 	 	 	
 	 	 		 	 	 	 	 		 	 	 	 	
 	 	 		 	 	 	 	 		 	 	 	 	
 	 	 		 	 	 	 	 		 	 	 	 	
 	 	 		 	 	 	 	 		 	 	 	 	
 	 	 		 	 	 	 	 		 	 	 	 	
 	 	 		 	 	 	 	 		 	 	 	 	
 	 	 		 	 	 	 	 		 	 	 	 	
 	 	 		 	 	 	 	 		 	 	 	 	
 	 	 		 	 	 	 	 		 	 	 	 	
 	 	 		 	 	 	 	 		 	 	 	 	
 	 	 		 	 	 	 	 		 	 	 	 	
 	 	 		 	 	 	 	 		 	 	 	 	
 	 	 		 	 	 	 	 		 	 	 	 	
 	 	 		 	 	 	 	 		 	 	 	 	
 	 	 		 	 	 	 	 		 	 	 	 	
 	 	 		 	 	 	 	 		 	 	 	 	
 	 	 		 	 	 	 	 		 	 	 	 	
 	 	 		 	 	 	 	 		 	 	 	 	
 	 	 		 	 	 	 	 		 	 	 	 	
 	 	 		 	 	 	 	 		 	 	 	 	
 	 	 		 	 	 	 	 		 	 	 	 	
 	 	 		 	 	 	 	 		 	 	 	 	
 	 	 		 	 	 	 	 		 	 	 	 	
 	 	 		 	 	 	 	 		 	 	 	 	
 	 	 		 	 	 	 	 		 	 	 	 	
 	 	 		 	 	 	 	 		 	 	 	 	
 	 	 		 	 	 	 	 		 	 	 	 	
 	 	 		 	 	 	 	 		 	 	 	 	
 	 	 		 	 	 	 	 		 	 	 	 	
 	 	 		 	 	 	 	 		 	 	 	 	
 	 	 		 	 	 	 	 		 	 	 	 	
 	 	 		 	 	 	 	 		 	 	 	 	
 	 	 		 	 	 	 	 		 	 	 	 	
 	 	 		 	 	 	 	 		 	 	 	 	
 	 	 		 	 	 	 	 		 	 	 	 	
 	 	 		 	 	 	 	 		 	 	 	 	
 	 	 		 	 	 	 	 		 	 	 	 	
 	 	 		 	 	 	 	 		 	 	 	 	
 	 	 		 	 	 	 	 		 	 	 	 	
 	 	 		 	 	 	 	 		 	 	 	 	
 	 	 		 	 	 	 	 		 	 	 	 	
 	 	 		 	 	 	 	 		 	 	 	 	
 	 	 		 	 	 	 	 		 	 	 	 	
 	 	 		 	 	 	 	 		 	 	 	 	
 	 	 		 	 	 	 	 		 	 	 	 	
 	 	 		 	 	 	 	 		 	 	 	 	
 	 	 		 	 	 	 	 		 	 	 	 	
 	 	 		 	 	 	 	 		 	 	 	 	
 	 	 		 	 	 	 	 		 	 	 	 	
 	 	 		 	 	 	 	 		 	 	 	 	
 	 	 		 	 	 	 	 		 	 	 	 	
 	 	 		 	 	 	 	 		 	 	 	 	
== Coaching career ==
Simioni focused on coaching at Odense after serving as player-coach in 1999-00. In his five-year stint with the Bulldogs, he guided the team to the playoff-finals in 2002 and 2003, while winning the 2003 Danish Cup competition.
In April 2004, Simioni was appointed head coach of German first-division side Krefeld Pinguine, but was sacked only some months later, in October, after having won only three of the ten opening games of the 2004-05 season. He returned to Denmark and took over head coaching duties at SønderjyskE in December 2005, kicking off a "golden era". Under Simioni's guidance, the club which he had played for in the late 1990s (named Vojens IK back then) won four Danish championships (2006, 2009, 2010, 2013), four bronze medals (2007, 2008, 2011, 2012), three Danish Cup titles (2010, 2011, 2013) and one bronze medal in the 2010-11 IIHF Continental Cup. He parted ways with SønderjyskE following the 2012-13 season.
In August 2014, Simioni accepted the head coaching job at HC Bozen of the Austrian Hockey League, he was released in February 2015. In April 2015, he was named head coach of Danish outfit Herning Blue Fox and led the team to a finals appearance in the 2015-16 season, where they fell short to Esbjerg Energy. Simioni left Herning after one year to join the coaching staff of the Hamburg Freezers of the Deutsche Eishockey Liga (DEL) in Germany as an assistant to Serge Aubin. However, the Hamburg team folded in May 2016 and a couple of days after this announcement had been made, Simioni was named head coach of the Frederikshavn White Hawks of the Danish top-flight Metal Ligaen.
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