Wayne Simmonds (born August 26, 1988) is a Canadian professional ice hockey player for the New Jersey Devils of the National Hockey League (NHL). Simmonds had previously played for the Los Angeles Kings, Philadelphia Flyers and Nashville Predators. He is known to his teammates and fans by the nickname "Wayne Train".\n', '

Simmonds was born and raised in Scarborough, Ontario, the third of four sons, in addition to one daughter, born to Cyril Simmonds and Wanda Mercury-Simmonds. His family is originally from North Preston, Nova Scotia. Despite growing up in what was then a suburb of Toronto, Simmonds has said he grew up a fan primarily of the Detroit Red Wings. His favourite player growing up was Sergei Fedorov.\n', '

Simmonds spent the majority of his minor hockey career playing A and AA hockey in the east end of Toronto, including the Minor Midget Toronto Aces in 2003–04 season of the Greater Toronto Hockey League (GTHL). After several GTHL AAA players graduated the following summer to junior hockey, Simmonds moved up to the AAA level for the first time with the Toronto Jr. Canadiens midgets of the GTHL in 2004–05.\n', '

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