Devante Smith-Pelly

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Devante Smith-Pelly
Date of birth June 14, 1992
place of birth Scarborough , Ontario , Canada
size 183 cm
Weight 95 kg
position wing
number # 25
Shot hand Right
Draft
NHL Entry Draft 2010 , 2nd round, 42nd position
Anaheim Ducks
Career stations
2007-2008 Toronto Junior Canadiens
2008-2011 Mississauga St. Michael's Majors
2011-2015 Anaheim Ducks
2015-2016 Canadiens de Montréal
2016-2017 New Jersey Devils
2017-2019 Washington Capitals
since 2019 Kunlun Red Star

Devante Smith-Pelly (born June 14, 1992 in Scarborough , Ontario ) is a Canadian ice hockey player who has been under contract with Kunlun Red Star from the Continental Hockey League (KHL) since October 2019 and plays there in the position of winger . Smith-Pelly was previously active in the National Hockey League (NHL) for the Anaheim Ducks , Canadiens de Montréal , New Jersey Devils and Washington Capitals . With the Capitals he won the Stanley Cup in the 2018 playoffs .

Career

Smith-Pelly in the Anaheim Ducks jersey (2012).

Devante Smith-Pelly first played for the Toronto Jr. Canadiens in the Greater Toronto Hockey League from 2007 to 2008 , before the striker was selected in the first round of the 2008 OHL Priority Selection as eighth overall by the Mississauga St. Michael's Majors . In his rookie season with the team in the 2008/09 season , the Canadian completed 68 games and scored 30 points. In his second season , Smith-Pelly made the final breakthrough in the OHL, and he improved his offensive statistics significantly when he scored as many points in a total of 76 games. He was together with Casey Cizika's best scorer of the team. During the course of the season Smith-Pelly took part in the OHL All-Star Game and was also part of the Cherry team for the CHL Top Prospects Game.

In the 2010 NHL Entry Draft , he was selected in the second round in 42nd position by the Anaheim Ducks . With the Californians he signed a three-year entry - level contract in December 2010 . During the 2010/11 season , the offensive player played a key role in ensuring that the majors reached the final series of the J. Ross Robertson Cup for the first time and were only subject to the Owen Sound Attack in the decisive seventh encounter . As host, Smith-Pelly took part with the team at the 2011 Memorial Cup , in which the right-handed shooter failed again in the final, this time against the Saint John Sea Dogs . As the best scorer in the majors, the striker was nominated for the tournament's All-Star team. The 2011/12 season he began in the NHL squad of the Anaheim Ducks, where he formed the third attack row at the start of the season together with Andrew Cogliano and Andrew Gordon . In his second use in the NHL on October 8, 2011, Smith-Pelly recorded his first point in conjunction with Gordon, when Cogliano defeated Henrik Lundqvist of the New York Rangers with a wrist shot .

After almost four years in Anaheim, the Ducks handed him over to the Canadiens de Montréal in February 2015 and received Jiří Sekáč in return . A year later Smith-Pelly was given to the New Jersey Devils , with Montréal receiving Stefan Matteau in return .

In June 2017, the Devils bought out his remaining contract year (buy-out) , so that a little later he joined the Washington Capitals as a free agent . In the following season he achieved the first Stanley Cup win in franchise history with the Capitals . In the summer of 2019, his expiring contract in Washington was not renewed before participation in the pre-season of the Calgary Flames also did not result in a permanent commitment. At the end of October he finally joined the Chinese club Kunlun Red Star from the Continental Hockey League (KHL).

International

Smith-Pelly took in 2009 with the selection of Canada Ontario at the World U-17 Hockey Challenge in part. In six games he scored three points and won the gold medal. Despite his involvement with the Anaheim Ducks in the National Hockey League at the beginning of the 2011/12 season , the franchise for the U20 Junior World Cup 2012 released him . There Smith-Pelly was next to Brett Connolly the only NHL player in the Canadian squad. In the first tournament game against Finland, Smith-Pelly suffered a bone fracture in his foot when a shot was blocked .

Achievements and Awards

International

Career statistics

Status: end of the 2018/19 season

Regular season Playoffs
season team league Sp T V Pt SM Sp T V Pt SM
2007/08 Toronto Junior Canadiens GTHL 85 38 39 77 159
2008/09 Mississauga St. Michael's Majors OHL 57 13 12 25th 24 11 2 3 5 4th
2009/10 Mississauga St. Michael's Majors OHL 60 29 33 62 35 16 8th 6th 14th 20th
2010/11 Mississauga St. Michael's Majors OHL 67 36 30th 66 50 20th 15th 6th 21st 16
2011/12 Anaheim Ducks NHL 49 7th 6th 13 16 - - - - -
2011/12 Syracuse crunch AHL 4th 0 1 1 2 - - - - -
2012/13 Anaheim Ducks NHL 7th 0 0 0 0 - - - - -
2012/13 Norfolk Admirals AHL 65 14th 18th 32 65 - - - - -
2013/14 Anaheim Ducks NHL 19th 2 8th 10 2 12 5 0 5 24
2013/14 Norfolk Admirals AHL 55 27 16 43 29 - - - - -
2014/15 Anaheim Ducks NHL 54 5 12 17th 12 - - - - -
2014/15 Canadiens de Montréal NHL 20th 1 2 3 12 12 1 2 3 2
2015/16 Canadiens de Montréal NHL 46 6th 6th 12 22nd - - - - -
2015/16 New Jersey Devils NHL 18th 8th 5 13 8th - - - - -
2016/17 New Jersey Devils NHL 53 4th 5 9 12 - - - - -
2017/18 Washington Capitals NHL 75 7th 9 16 38 24 7th 1 8th 1
2018/19 Washington Capitals NHL 54 4th 4th 8th 15th 3 0 0 0 0
2018/19 Hershey Bears AHL 20th 6th 8th 14th 2 - - - - -
OHL total 184 78 75 153 109 47 25th 15th 40 40
AHL total 144 47 43 90 98 - - - - -
NHL overall 395 44 57 101 137 51 13 3 16 38

International

Represented Canada to:

year team event result Sp T V Pt SM
2009 Canada Ontario U17-WHC 1st place, gold 6th 0 3 3 4th
2012 Canada U20 World Cup 3rd place, bronze 1 0 0 0 0
Juniors overall 7th 0 3 3 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 )

Web links

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

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ hockeysfuture.com, Player's Profile - Devante Smith-Pelly
  2. ↑ ducks.nhl.com, Ducks Sign Smith-Pelly to Entry Level Contract
  3. ^ Smith-Pelly breaks foot. In: iihf.com. December 27, 2011, accessed June 13, 2017 .
Squad of Kunlun Red Star in the 2020/21 season
personal data
SURNAME Smith-Pelly, Devante
BRIEF DESCRIPTION Canadian ice hockey player
DATE OF BIRTH June 14, 1992
PLACE OF BIRTH Scarborough , Ontario