) and became the ninth set of teammates with
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in NHL history to score their first career goal and have it stand as the game-winning goal in consecutive games. Simek was also one of just three Sharks defensemen to be a plus-player in each of their first two career NHL games. He was named as the 2018-19 SAP Sharks Rookie of the Year.
The six-foot, 200-pound native of Mlada Boleslav, Czech Republic was signed by San Jose as a free agent on May 23, 2017.
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