Brendan Smith (ice hockey player)

Brendan Smith
Date of birth	February 8, 1989
place of birth	Mimico , Ontario , Canada
size	185 cm
Weight	90 kg
position	defender
number	# 2
Shot hand	Left
Draft
NHL Entry Draft	2007 , 1st round, 27th position Detroit Red Wings
Career stations
2005	Wexford Raiders
2005-2007	St. Michael's Buzzers
2007-2010	University of Wisconsin
2010-2013	Grand Rapids Griffins
2011-2017	Detroit Red Wings
since 2017	New York Rangers

Brendan Smith (born February 8, 1989 in Mimico , Ontario ) is a Canadian ice hockey player who has been under contract with the New York Rangers in the National Hockey League since February 2017 .

Career

Brendan Smith began his career as a hockey player in the Ontario Junior Hockey League , in which he was active from 2005 to 2007 for the Wexford Raiders and St. Michael's Buzzers. He was then selected in the NHL Entry Draft 2007 in the first round as a total of 27th player by the Detroit Red Wings . First, however, he attended the University of Wisconsin for three years , for whose ice hockey team he played parallel in the Western Collegiate Hockey Association . As a player from the University of Wisconsin, he received several individual awards.

From the 2010/11 season Smith was used by Detroit's farm team Grand Rapids Griffins in the American Hockey League . There he was able to convince right away and was elected to the AHL All-Rookie Team in his first year in professional ice hockey . During the 2011/12 season , the Canadian made his National Hockey League debut for the Detroit Red Wings , scoring one goal and six assists in 14 NHL games. However, he spent most of the season again at the Grand Rapids Griffins in the AHL. The 2012/13 season , which was shortened due to a lockout , also began with the Griffins in the AHL. After the start of the NHL season, however, he was appointed by the Detroit Red Wings in their NHL squad.

After more than six years in the organization of the Red Wings, Smith was transferred to the New York Rangers in February 2017 . In return, Detroit received a second-round vote for the 2018 NHL Entry Draft and a third-round vote for the 2017 NHL Entry Draft . The defense attorney then signed a new four-year contract in New York in June 2017 that is expected to earn him an average annual salary of $ 4.35 million.

Achievements and Awards

• 2010 WCHA First All-Star Team
• 2010 NCAA West First All-American Team
• 2010 NCAA Championship All-Tournament Team
• 2011 AHL All-Rookie Team

Career statistics

Status: end of the 2019/20 season

				Regular season						Playoffs
season	team	league		Sp	T	V	Pt	SM		Sp	T	V	Pt	SM
2007/08	University of Wisconsin – Madison	WCHA		22nd	2	10	12	26th
2008/09	University of Wisconsin – Madison	WCHA		31	9	14th	23	75
2009/10	University of Wisconsin – Madison	WCHA		42	15th	37	52	76
2010/11	Grand Rapids Griffins	AHL		63	12	20th	32	124		-	-	-	-	-
2011/12	Grand Rapids Griffins	AHL		57	10	24	34	13		-	-	-	-	-
2011/12	Detroit Red Wings	NHL		14th	1	6th	7th	13		-	-	-	-	-
2012/13	Grand Rapids Griffins	AHL		32	5	15th	20th	49		-	-	-	-	-
2012/13	Detroit Red Wings	NHL		34	0	8th	8th	36		14th	2	3	5	10
2013/14	Detroit Red Wings	NHL		71	5	14th	19th	68		5	0	0	0	8th
2014/15	Detroit Red Wings	NHL		76	4th	9	13	68		5	0	0	0	6th
2015/16	Detroit Red Wings	NHL		63	3	12	15th	62		3	0	1	1	0
2016/17	Detroit Red Wings	NHL		33	2	3	5	34		-	-	-	-	-
2016/17	New York Rangers	NHL		18th	1	3	4th	29		12	0	4th	4th	20th
2017/18	Hartford Wolf Pack	AHL		11	0	2	2	8th		-	-	-	-	-
2017/18	New York Rangers	NHL		44	1	7th	8th	69		-	-	-	-	-
2018/19	New York Rangers	NHL		63	4th	9	13	71		-	-	-	-	-
2019/20	New York Rangers	NHL		62	3	5	8th	71		3	0	0	0	4th
NCAA overall				95	26th	61	87	177
AHL total				163	27	61	88	271		-	-	-	-	-
NHL overall				478	24	76	100	521		42	2	8th	10	48

International

Represented Canada to:

• World U-17 Hockey Challenge 2006

year	team	event	result		Sp	T	V	Pt	SM
2006	Canada Ontario	U17-WHC	4th Place		5	0	4th	4th	4th
Juniors overall					5	0	4th	4th	4th

( 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 )

family

His brother Reilly Smith is also a professional ice hockey player. His brother Rory Smith is a professional lacrosse player .

Web links

Commons : Brendan Smith  - Collection of pictures, videos and audio files

• Player biography on the New York Rangers website
• Brendan Smith at eliteprospects.com (English)