Shane Sims

{{Infobox ice hockey player

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| image_size = 230px

| position = Defense

| played_for = New York Islanders
Aalborg Pirates
HC TWK Innsbruck
HC Gherdëina

| shoots = Right

| height_ft = 6

| height_in = 1

| weight_lb = 196

| birth_date = {{Birth date and age|1988|04|30}}

| birth_place = East Amherst, New York, U.S.

| draft = 126th overall

| draft_year = 2006

| draft_team = New York Islanders

| career_start = 2011

| career_end = 2016

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Shane Sims (born April 30, 1988) is an American former professional ice hockey defenseman who played one game in the National Hockey League (NHL) for the New York Islanders.{{cite web|title=Shane Sims|url=http://www.hockeysfuture.com/prospects/shane_sims|publisher=Hockey'sfuture|accessdate=10 April 2011}}

Playing career

Sims attended Ohio State University.{{cite web|title=OSU PLAYER PROFILE:SHANE SIMS|url=http://www.ohiostatebuckeyes.com/ViewArticle.dbml?DB_OEM_ID=17300&ATCLID=1249170|publisher=Ohio State Profile|accessdate=10 April 2011}}{{dead link|date=May 2018 |bot=InternetArchiveBot |fix-attempted=yes }} Sims was drafted 126th overall by the New York Islanders in the 2006 NHL Entry Draft. On April 9, 2011 he signed a one-day NHL regular season amateur tryout agreement.{{cite web|title=Islanders Press Release: 9 April 2011|url=http://islanders.nhl.com/club/news.htm?id=558856|publisher=islanders.nhl.com|accessdate=10 April 2011}} On April 9, 2011, Sims made his NHL debut as he appeared in the final game of the 2010–2011 season against the Philadelphia Flyers.{{cite web|title=Flyers 7 (EN), Islanders 4: Wild finish to a wild season|date=10 April 2011 |url=http://www.lighthousehockey.com/2011/4/10/2101373/flyers-7-en-islanders-4-wild-finish-to-a-wild-season|publisher=Lighthousehockey.com|accessdate=10 April 2011}}

After two seasons abroad in Denmark and Austria, with Aalborg Pirates and HC TWK Innsbruck respectively, Sims returned to North America as a free agent to sign a one-year contract with the Toledo Walleye of the ECHL on September 22, 2014.{{cite web| url = http://www.oursportscentral.com/services/releases/?id=4876205 | title = Walleye ink defenseman | website = oursportscentral.com | date = 2014-09-22 | accessdate = 2014-09-22}}

On August 4, 2015, Sims returned to Europe in agreeing to a one-year contract to end his career with Italian club, HC Gherdëina of the Serie A.{{cite web | url = http://www.hcgherdeina.com/de/detail/ein-weiterer-neuzugang.html | title = HCG sign American defenseman | publisher = HC Gherdëina | date = 2015-08-04 | accessdate = 2015-08-04 | language = Italian }}{{Dead link|date=May 2019 |bot=InternetArchiveBot |fix-attempted=yes }}