Craig Smith (ice hockey player)

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Craig Smith (ice hockey player)
Date of birth 5th September 1989
place of birth Madison , Wisconsin , USA
size 185 cm
Weight 86 kg
position center
number # 15
Shot hand Right
Draft
NHL Entry Draft 2009 , 4th round, 98th position
Nashville Predators
Career stations
2006-2009 Waterloo Black Hawks
2009-2011 University of Wisconsin – Madison
since 2011 Nashville Predators

Craig Smith (born September 5, 1989 in Madison , Wisconsin ) is an American ice hockey player who has been under contract with the Nashville Predators from the National Hockey League since July 2011 and plays for them on the position of the center .

Career

Smith began his career in 2006 with the Waterloo Black Hawks in the United States Hockey League . There he was active for three years and won the Anderson Cup with the Black Hawks in 2007 , as the best team of the regular season . He himself achieved 18 points scorer in 45 games in his rookie year . In the following years he increased his offensive production over 23 points in 2008 to 76 in the 2008/09 season. In addition to being invited to the USHL All-Star Game, this also earned him an appointment to the USHL First All-Star Team. In addition, he was selected in June 2009 in the fourth round of the NHL Entry Draft in 98th place by the Nashville Predators from the National Hockey League . For the 2009/10 season, the striker moved to college and played until the end of the 2010/11 season for the University of Wisconsin – Madison in the Western Collegiate Hockey Association , a division of the National Collegiate Athletic Association . There he was active as a team captain in his last season . In July 2011, Smith signed a two-year entry - level contract with the Nashville Predators and subsequently established himself in their NHL line-up. In the 2016/17 season he reached the Stanley Cup final with the team, but lost to the Pittsburgh Penguins there .

International

Smith in the dress of the US national team

Smith represented his home country for the first time at the 2011 World Cup in Slovakia . There he was together with Chris Kreider one of two college players in the American squad. In his first World Cup appearance in the encounter against Austria on April 30, 2011 Smith was successful with a goal.

At the 2013 World Cup in Stockholm and Helsinki he was again part of the national team and won the bronze medal with it. In addition, with 10 assists he was the best assists in the tournament.

Achievements and Awards

International

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
2006/07 Waterloo Black Hawks USHL 45 8th 10 18th 28 4th 0 1 1 8th
2007/08 Waterloo Black Hawks USHL 58 13 10 23 90 11 2 3 5 8th
2008/09 Waterloo Black Hawks USHL 54 28 48 76 108 3 1 3 4th 26th
2009/10 University of Wisconsin – Madison NCAA 41 8th 25th 33 72
2010/11 University of Wisconsin-Madison NCAA 41 19th 24 43 87
2011/12 Nashville Predators NHL 72 14th 22nd 36 30th 2 0 1 1 0
2012/13 Kalevan Pallo SM-liiga 8th 4th 4th 8th 20th - - - - -
2012/13 Milwaukee Admirals AHL 4th 1 4th 5 0 - - - - -
2012/13 Nashville Predators NHL 44 4th 8th 12 20th - - - - -
2013/14 Nashville Predators NHL 79 24 28 52 22nd - - - - -
2014/15 Nashville Predators NHL 82 23 21st 44 44 6th 2 3 5 0
2015/16 Nashville Predators NHL 82 21st 16 37 40 11 1 1 2 4th
2016/17 Nashville Predators NHL 78 12 17th 29 30th 10 1 2 3 2
2017/18 Nashville Predators NHL 79 25th 26th 51 24 13 2 2 4th 2
2018/19 Nashville Predators NHL 76 21st 17th 38 20th 6th 1 0 1 2
2019/20 Nashville Predators NHL 69 18th 13 31 34 4th 0 0 0 2
USHL total 157 49 68 117 226 18th 3 7th 10 42
NCAA overall 82 27 49 76 159
NHL overall 661 162 168 330 264 52 7th 9 16 12

International

Represented the USA at:

year team event result Sp T V Pt SM
2011 United States WM 8th place 7th 3 3 6th 4th
2012 United States WM 7th place 4th 0 2 2 2
2013 United States WM 3rd place, bronze 10 4th 10 14th 18th
2014 United States WM 6th place 8th 3 5 8th 10
Men overall 29 10 20th 30th 34

( 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

Commons : Craig Smith  - Collection of Pictures, Videos and Audio Files
Squad of the Nashville Predators in the season 2019/20

Goalkeeper: Pekka Rinne  | Juuse Saros  
defender: Mattias Ekholm  ( A ) | Ryan Ellis  ( A ) | Dante Fabbro  | Korbinian Holzer  | Roman Josi  ( C ) | Yannick Weber  
Attacker: Viktor Arvidsson  | Nick Bonino  | Daniel Carr  | Matt Duchene  | Filip Forsberg  ( A ) | Mikael Granlund  | Rocco Grimaldi  | Calle Järnkrok  | Ryan Johansen  ( A ) | Colton Sissons  | Craig Smith  | Kyle Turris  | Austin Watson  
Head Coach:  John Hynes    Assistant  Coach : Dan Lambert  | Dan Muse    General Manager:  David Poile

personal data
SURNAME Smith, Craig
BRIEF DESCRIPTION American ice hockey player
DATE OF BIRTH 5th September 1989
PLACE OF BIRTH Madison , Wisconsin