Gemel Smith

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CanadaCanada  Gemel Smith Ice hockey player
Date of birth April 16, 1994
place of birth Toronto , Ontario , Canada
size 178 cm
Weight 88 kg
position center
Shot hand Left
Draft
NHL Entry Draft 2012 , 4th round, 104th position
Dallas Stars
Career stations
2010-2014 Owen Sound Attack
2014 London Knights
2014-2017 Texas Stars
2017-2018 Dallas Stars
2018-2019 Providence Bruins
since 2019 Tampa Bay Lightning

Gemel Smith (born April 16, 1994 in Toronto , Ontario ) is a Canadian ice hockey player who has been under contract with the Tampa Bay Lightning of the National Hockey League since July 2019 and for their farm team , the Syracuse Crunch , in the American Hockey League plays on the position of the center . His brother Givani Smith is also a professional ice hockey player.

Career

Smith first played from the beginning of the 2010/11 season to January 2014 for the Owen Sound Attack in the Ontario Hockey League . During this time he was selected in the fourth round of the NHL Entry Draft 2012 in 104th position by the Dallas Stars from the National Hockey League and had also represented the Attack in the 2011 Memorial Cup . In January 2014, the striker moved within the OHL to the London Knights , with whom he also took part in the Memorial Cup.

After the season ended, Smith was signed by the Dallas Stars in May 2014. The attacker was used at the beginning of the 2014/15 season for the following two game years in the farm team Texas Stars in the American Hockey League . At the beginning of the 2016/17 season , he finally celebrated his NHL debut after he was appointed to the NHL from the AHL squad for the first time. From the 2017/18 season he was regularly used for Dallas.

After more than four years in the Stars' organization, Smith was signed by the Boston Bruins in December 2018 when he was waivered to return to the AHL. With the exception of three NHL games for Boston, Smith spent the remainder of the season with the Providence Bruins in the AHL. In July 2019, he finally moved to the Tampa Bay Lightning as a free agent .

International

Smith represented his home country at the Ivan Hlinka Memorial Tournament 2011 and the U18 World Junior Championship in 2012 in the Czech Republic . The striker won the gold medal at the Ivan Hlinka Memorial Tournament. At the U18 Junior World Championship he was able to contribute five scorer points to winning the bronze medal in seven games.

Achievements and Awards

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
2010/11 Owen Sound Attack OHL 66 8th 8th 16 14th - - - - -
2011 Owen Sound Attack Memorial Cup 4th 0 0 0 4th
2011/12 Owen Sound Attack OHL 68 21st 39 60 15th 5 1 2 3 10
2012/13 Owen Sound Attack OHL 61 23 29 52 54 12 7th 3 10 10
2013/14 Owen Sound Attack OHL 40 26th 22nd 48 37 - - - - -
2013/14 London Knights OHL 29 11 16 27 10 9 3 9 12 9
2014 London Knights Memorial Cup 3 0 0 0 10
2014/15 Texas Stars AHL 68 10 17th 27 38 - - - - -
2015/16 Texas Stars AHL 65 13 13 26th 24 3 0 0 0 2
2015/16 Idaho steelheads ECHL 4th 1 3 4th 2 - - - - -
2016/17 Texas Stars AHL 53 12 21st 33 44 - - - - -
2016/17 Dallas Stars NHL 17th 3 3 6th 21st - - - - -
2017/18 Dallas Stars NHL 46 6th 5 11 17th - - - - -
2018/19 Dallas Stars NHL 14th 2 1 3 0 - - - - -
2018/19 Providence Bruins AHL 47 16 24 40 32 2 0 0 0 0
2018/19 Boston Bruins NHL 3 0 0 0 0 - - - - -
OHL total 264 89 114 203 166 47 12 16 28 31
AHL total 233 51 75 126 138 5 0 0 0 2
NHL overall 80 11 9 20th 38 - - - - -

International

Represented Canada to:

year team event result Sp T V Pt SM
2011 Canada HIMT 1st place, gold 5 0 0 0 2
2012 Canada U18 World Cup 3rd place, bronze 7th 2 3 5 2
Juniors overall 12 2 3 5 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 )

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personal data
SURNAME Smith, Gemel
BRIEF DESCRIPTION Canadian ice hockey player
DATE OF BIRTH April 16, 1994
PLACE OF BIRTH Toronto , Ontario , Canada