{{Short description|American ice hockey player (born 1988)}} {{Use mdy dates|date=March 2025}} {{Infobox ice hockey player | image ={{CSS image crop|Image = Shane Sims vs Michael Forney 2013-11-22.jpg|bSize = 800|cWidth = 230|cHeight = 310|oTop = 120|oLeft = 325|Location = center}} | image_size = 230px | position = Defense | played_for = New York Islanders<br>Aalborg Pirates<br>HC TWK Innsbruck<br>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 }} '''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.<ref>{{cite web|title=Shane Sims|url=http://www.hockeysfuture.com/prospects/shane_sims|publisher=Hockey'sfuture|accessdate=10 April 2011}}</ref>
==Playing career== Sims attended Ohio State University<!--Wikipedians do not use "The" as part of Ohio State's name; it is considered a marketing gimmick, and routinely deleted.-->.<ref>{{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 }}</ref> 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.<ref>{{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}}</ref> 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.<ref>{{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}}</ref>
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.<ref>{{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}}</ref>
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.<ref>{{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 }}</ref>
==Career statistics== {| border="0" cellpadding="1" cellspacing="0" style="text-align:center; width:60em" |- bgcolor="#e0e0e0" ! colspan="3" bgcolor="#ffffff" | ! rowspan="99" bgcolor="#ffffff" | ! colspan="5" | Regular season ! rowspan="99" bgcolor="#ffffff" | ! colspan="5" | Playoffs |- bgcolor="#e0e0e0" ! Season ! Team ! League ! GP ! G ! A ! Pts ! PIM ! GP ! G ! A ! Pts ! PIM |- | 2004–05 | Buffalo Lightning | OPJHL | 43 | 14 | 26 | 40 | 47 | — | — | — | — | — |- bgcolor="#f0f0f0" | 2005–06 | Des Moines Buccaneers | USHL | 59 | 10 | 12 | 22 | 80 | 11 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 12 |- | 2006–07 | Des Moines Buccaneers | USHL | 59 | 10 | 19 | 29 | 137 | 8 | 1 | 3 | 4 | 8 |- bgcolor="#f0f0f0" | 2007–08 | Ohio State University | CCHA | 39 | 1 | 10 | 11 | 45 | — | — | — | — | — |- | 2008–09 | Ohio State University | CCHA | 42 | 7 | 17 | 24 | 42 | — | — | — | — | — |- bgcolor="#f0f0f0" | 2009–10 | Ohio State University | CCHA | 34 | 5 | 12 | 17 | 22 | — | — | — | — | — |- | 2010–11 | Ohio State University | CCHA | 37 | 3 | 16 | 19 | 24 | — | — | — | — | — |- bgcolor="#f0f0f0" | 2010–11 | New York Islanders | NHL | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | — | — | — | — | — |- | 2011–12 | Gwinnett Gladiators | ECHL | 47 | 5 | 13 | 18 | 35 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |- bgcolor="#f0f0f0" | 2012–13 | Aalborg Pirates | DEN | 39 | 8 | 13 | 21 | 28 | 7 | 2 | 1 | 3 | 6 |- | 2013–14 | HC TWK Innsbruck | AUT | 47 | 1 | 9 | 10 | 28 | — | — | — | — | — |- bgcolor="#f0f0f0" | 2014–15 | Toledo Walleye | ECHL | 65 | 7 | 24 | 31 | 43 | 21 | 0 | 6 | 6 | 10 |- | 2015–16 | HC Gherdëina | ITA | 40 | 6 | 15 | 21 | 50 | 5 | 0 | 5 | 5 | 4 |- bgcolor="#e0e0e0" ! colspan="3" | ECHL totals ! 112 ! 12 ! 37 ! 49 ! 78 ! 22 ! 0 ! 6 ! 6 ! 10 |- bgcolor="#e0e0e0" ! colspan="3" | NHL totals ! 1 ! 0 ! 0 ! 0 ! 0 ! — ! — ! — ! — ! — |}
==Awards and honours== {| class="wikitable" ! Award ! Year ! |- ALIGN="center" bgcolor="#e0e0e0" ! colspan="3" |USHL |- | Clark Cup (Des Moines Buccaneers) | 2006 | |}
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==External links== *{{icehockeystats|elite = 12278 }}
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