Brandon Smith (ice hockey player)

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Brandon Smith (ice hockey player)
Date of birth February 25, 1973
place of birth Hazelton , British Columbia , Canada
size 183 cm
Weight 86 kg
position defender
number # 25
Shot hand Left
Career stations
1989-1994 Portland Winter Hawks
1994-1995 Dayton Bombers
1995-1998 Phoenix Coyotes
1998-2001 Providence Bruins
2001-2002 Cleveland Barons
2002-2004 Bridgeport Sound Tigers
2004-2007 Rochester Americans
2007-2009 Polar bears Berlin
2009-2010 Straubing Tigers
2010-2011 Bentley Generals

Brandon Smith (born February 25, 1973 in Hazelton , British Columbia ) is a former Canadian ice hockey player who was active in Germany for the Eisbären Berlin and for the Straubing Tigers in the German Ice Hockey League .

Career

Smith began his ice hockey career in the Canadian Junior League WHL . There he first played for the Portland Winter Hawks . After he was able to convince in his first season in 1989/90, the left shooter continuously increased his points yield in the following years. In his fifth and final year in Portland , Smith achieved 82 points scorer in 72 games, which is a comparatively high value for defenders. Then the defender moved to the 1994/95 season in the American Hockey League to the Adirondack Red Wings , the then farm team of the Detroit Red Wings .

Then the scouts of the Boston Bruins became aware of him, so that the franchise Smith took for the 1998/99 season under contract. There the Canadian was mainly with the farm team, the Providence Bruins , but he played five games in the National Hockey League in his first season in Boston . In total, the defender completed 25 NHL games in three years in the Bruins franchise. For the next three years, Brandon Smith ran for the New York Islanders and San Jose Sharks franchises . For the Islanders he played three NHL games in the 2002/03 season and was otherwise used in the American Hockey League. In the 2005/06 season the Canadian was alternate captain of the Amerks and in the 2006/07 season he led his team as captain on the ice. Despite very good performances this season, Smith's contract in Rochester was not renewed, so he decided to move to Europe.

The 2007/08 season and 2008/09 season the defender played for the Eisbären Berlin in the German Ice Hockey League . In his first season he won the German championship with the capital club and was able to repeat this success a year later. On September 21, 2009, the Straubing Tigers announced the signing of Brandon Smith. After a season in Straubing returned to North America and completed several games for the Bentley Generals in the Chinook Hockey League in the 2010/11 season . Following this engagement, Smith ended his career.

Achievements and Awards

Career statistics

Regular season Playoffs
season team league Sp T V Pt SM Sp T V Pt SM
1989/90 Portland Winter Hawks WHL 59 2 17th 19th 16 - - - - -
1990/91 Portland Winter Hawks WHL 17th 8th 5 13 8th - - - - -
1991/92 Portland Winter Hawks WHL 70 12 32 44 63 6th 3 5 8th 4th
1992/93 Portland Winter Hawks WHL 72 20th 54 74 38 16 4th 9 13 6th
1993/94 Portland Winter Hawks WHL 72 19th 63 82 47 10 2 10 12 8th
1994/95 Dayton Bombers ECHL 60 16 49 65 57 4th 2 3 5 0
1994/95 Minnesota Moose IHL 1 0 0 0 0 - - - - -
1994/95 Adirondack Red Wings AHL 14th 1 2 3 7th 3 0 0 0 2
1995/96 Adirondack Red Wings AHL 48 4th 13 17th 22nd 3 0 1 1 2
1996/97 Adirondack Red Wings AHL 80 8th 26th 34 30th 4th 0 0 0 0
1997/98 Adirondack Red Wings AHL 64 9 27 36 26th 1 0 1 1 0
1998/99 Providence Bruins AHL 72 16 46 62 32 19th 1 9 10 12
1998/99 Boston Bruins NHL 5 0 0 0 0 - - - - -
1999/00 Providence Bruins AHL 55 8th 30th 38 20th 14th 1 11 12 2
1999/00 Boston Bruins NHL 22nd 2 4th 6th 10 - - - - -
2000/01 Providence Bruins AHL 63 11 28 39 30th 17th 0 5 5 6th
2000/01 Boston Bruins NHL 3 1 0 1 0 - - - - -
2001/02 Cleveland Barons AHL 59 6th 29 35 26th - - - - -
2002/03 Bridgeport Sound Tigers AHL 63 9 32 41 37 9 1 3 4th 5
2002/03 New York Islanders NHL 3 0 0 0 0 - - - - -
2003/04 Bridgeport Sound Tigers AHL 74 5 23 28 39 7th 1 3 4th 9
2004/05 Rochester Americans AHL 67 4th 14th 18th 32 8th 1 1 2 4th
2005/06 Rochester Americans AHL 39 4th 10 14th 39 - - - - -
2006/07 Rochester Americans AHL 71 9 36 45 54 5 0 2 2 2
2007/08 Polar bears Berlin DEL 56 7th 14th 21st 34 11 2 8th 10 2
2008/09 Polar bears Berlin DEL 17th 1 5 6th 8th 12 2 3 5 10
2009/10 Straubing Tigers DEL 35 3 5 8th 12 - - - - -
WHL overall 290 61 171 232 172 32 9 24 33 18th
AHL total 769 94 316 410 394 90 5 36 41 44
NHL overall 33 3 4th 7th 10 0 0 0 0 0

( Legend for player statistics: Sp or GP = games played; T or G = goals scored; V or A = assists scored ; Pkt or Pts = scorer points scored ; SM or PIM = penalty minutes received ; +/− = plus / minus balance; PP = overpaid goals scored ; SH = underpaid goals scored ; GW = winning goals scored; 1  play-downs / relegation )

Web links

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ spox.com, The Straubing Tigers from the DEL have signed defender Brandon Smith.
personal data
SURNAME Smith, Brandon
BRIEF DESCRIPTION Canadian ice hockey player
DATE OF BIRTH February 25, 1973
PLACE OF BIRTH Hazelton , British Columbia