Jeremy Smith (ice hockey player)

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Jeremy Smith (ice hockey player)
Date of birth April 13, 1989
place of birth Dearborn , Michigan , USA
size 183 cm
Weight 80 kg
position goalkeeper
number # 40
Catch hand Left
Draft
NHL Entry Draft 2007 , 2nd round, 54th position
Nashville Predators
Career stations
2005-2009 Plymouth Whalers
2009 Niagara IceDogs
2009-2010 Cincinnati Cyclones
2010-2013 Milwaukee Admirals
2013-2014 Springfield Falcons
2014-2015 Providence Bruins
2015-2016 Iowa Wild
2016 Providence Bruins
2016-2017 Colorado Avalanche
San Antonio Rampage
2017-2018 Charlotte Checkers
2018-2019 Bridgeport Sound Tigers
since 2019 Kunlun Red Star

Jeremy Smith (born April 13, 1989 in Dearborn , Michigan ) is an American ice hockey goalkeeper who has been under contract with Kunlun Red Star from the Continental Hockey League since June 2019 .

Career

Smith spent his junior years in the Ontario Hockey League . There he was at the beginning of the 2006/07 season an integral part of the squad of the Plymouth Whalers , where the goalkeeper acted as an almost equal substitute for the Czech Michal Neuvirth . Together they led the team to win the J. Ross Robertson Cup . Together, the team received the Dave Pinkney Trophy for the fewest goals conceded during the season. After the season Smith was selected in the NHL Entry Draft 2007 in the second round in 54th position by the Nashville Predators from the National Hockey League . In the following season Smith was then regular goalkeeper and was initially supported by Neuvirth and later Matt Hackett . For the game year 2008/09 Hackett finally took on a more weighty role that Smith made dispensable and he was transferred to league rivals Niagara IceDogs in January 2009 . There he acted again as a starter.

After the American had already been signed by the Nashville Predators in March 2008, he was in the gate of the Cincinnati Cyclones from the ECHL at the beginning of the 2009/10 season . There he shared the post with Robert Mayer . The team led the Cyclones to win the Kelly Cup at the end of the season and were awarded the trophy of the Kelly Cup Playoffs Most Valuable Player . For the season 2010/11 Smith rose to the back-up with the Milwaukee Admirals from the American Hockey League (AHL), where he came to 28 missions behind Mark Dekanich . The two following years he was finally the first choice in the goal of the Admirals. Still, the Predators split from their draft election in the summer of 2013 and Smith joined the Columbus Blue Jackets as a free agent . There he occupied the goalkeeping position with the Springfield Falcons in the AHL, but left the team again after a year and was hired by the Boston Bruins in July 2014 . There, too, Smith did not get beyond missions in the AHL with the Providence Bruins . However, both parties extended the contract for one year in summer 2015. Shortly before the start of the 2015/16 season , the Bruins awarded him to league rivals Iowa Wild , for whom he played until the beginning of February 2016. He then worked for Providence until the end of the season.

In July 2016, another club change followed when Smith signed a contract with the Colorado Avalanche . After he had been on the San Antonio Rampage farm team until the beginning of February 2017 , he benefited from the injury of the goalkeeper Semyon Varlamov , so that he was promoted to the NHL squad as a substitute for Calvin Pickard . At his other three stations he had already sniffed the NHL air as an unused substitute, but was never deployed. He made his debut for the Avalanche on February 14, 2017 in the 3-2 loss to the New Jersey Devils .

At the end of the 2016/17 season, the Avalanche did not extend his expiring contract, so Smith joined the Carolina Hurricanes as a free agent in July 2017 . In the same way, he moved to the Bridgeport Sound Tigers in July 2018 , with whom he signed a contract that was strictly limited to the AHL. However, their NHL cooperation partner, the New York Islanders , received a contract for the rest of the season in February 2019. In June 2019, Smith decided to leave North America for the first time and joined Kunlun's Red Star from the Continental Hockey League .

International

For his home country, Smith played at the U20 World Junior Championship in 2008 in the Czech Republic . He completed all six tournament games as a regular goalkeeper and reached fourth place with the team.

Achievements and Awards

Career statistics

Status: end of the 2018/19 season

Regular season Playoffs
season team league Sp S. N OTN Min GT SO GTS Sv% Sp S. N Min GT SO GTS Sv%
2005/06 Plymouth Whalers OHL 5 0 2 0 111 11 0 5.94 84.5 - - - - - - - -
2006/07 Plymouth Whalers OHL 34 23 6th 1 1901 82 4th 2.59 92.3 3 2 0 149 8th 0 3.22 87.7
2007 Plymouth Whalers Memorial Cup 2 0 0 91 7th 0 4.63 88.3
2007/08 Plymouth Whalers OHL 40 23 13 4th 2431 116 3 2.86 92.1 4th 0 4th 224 29 0 7.77 82.1
2008/09 Plymouth Whalers OHL 17th 3 9 2 901 72 0 4.79 87.3 - - - - - - - -
2008/09 Niagara IceDogs OHL 26th 12 9 3 1488 79 1 3.18 91.3 12 5 5 724 45 1 3.73 91.5
2009/10 Cincinnati Cyclones ECHL 42 23 15th 2 2468 108 2 2.63 89.9 17th 9 7th 988 44 1 2.67 90.7
2009/10 Milwaukee Admirals AHL 1 0 0 0 5 0 0 0.00 100.0 - - - - - - - -
2010/11 Cincinnati Cyclones ECHL 1 0 0 1 65 3 0 2.78 90.0 - - - - - - - -
2010/11 Milwaukee Admirals AHL 28 16 8th 2 1513 57 2 2.26 92.1 13 7th 6th 843 32 0 2.28 93.1
2011/12 Milwaukee Admirals AHL 56 31 19th 2 3284 119 5 2.17 92.2 3 0 3 177 11 0 3.73 86.6
2012/13 Milwaukee Admirals AHL 43 19th 19th 3 2471 114 1 2.77 90.7 - - - - - - - -
2013/14 Springfield Falcons AHL 38 21st 14th 3 2179 101 1 2.78 89.8 - - - - - - - -
2014/15 Providence Bruins AHL 39 22nd 11 5 2278 78 3 2.05 93.3 3 1 2 183 6th 0 1.96 93.1
2015/16 Iowa Wild AHL 23 5 14th 4th 1326 65 0 2.94 91.1 - - - - - - - -
2015/16 Providence Bruins AHL 20th 13 5 2 1129 38 1 2.02 93.4 3 0 3 180 8th 0 2.66 90.5
2016/17 San Antonio Rampage AHL 17th 5 8th 1 841 36 0 2.57 91.1 - - - - - - - -
2016/17 Colorado Avalanche NHL 10 1 6th 1 543 32 0 3.54 88.8 - - - - - - - -
2017/18 Charlotte Checkers AHL 30th 13 13 2 1618 73 0 2.71 90.2 1 0 0 26th 0 0 0.00 100.0
2018/19 Bridgeport Sound Tigers AHL 43 21st 13 4th 2363 115 1 2.92 90.2 - - - - - - - -
OHL total 122 61 39 10 6832 360 8th 3.16 91.2 19th 7th 9 1097 82 1 4.49 89.1
ECHL total 43 23 15th 3 2533 111 2 2.63 89.9 17th 9 7th 988 44 1 2.67 90.7
AHL total 338 166 124 30th 19007 796 14th 2.51 91.4 23 8th 14th 1409 57 0 2.43 92.1
NHL overall 10 1 6th 1 543 32 0 3.54 88.8 - - - - - - - -

International

Represented the USA at:

year team event result Sp S. N OTN Min GT SO GTS Sv%
2008 United States U20 World Cup 4th Place 6th 4th 2 0 300 12 0 2.40 89.4
Juniors overall 6th 4th 2 0 300 12 0 2.40 89.4

( 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 : Jeremy Smith  - Collection of Images, Videos and Audio Files

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ Jeremy Smith: Bound for Russia. In: cbssports.com. June 10, 2019, accessed on September 11, 2019 .
Squad of Kunlun Red Star in the 2020/21 season
personal data
SURNAME Smith, Jeremy
BRIEF DESCRIPTION American ice hockey goalkeeper
DATE OF BIRTH April 13, 1989
PLACE OF BIRTH Dearborn , Michigan