Stan Smyl

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CanadaCanada  Stan Smyl Ice hockey player
Date of birth January 28, 1958
place of birth Glendon , Alberta , Canada
size 175 cm
Weight 86 kg
position Left wing
number # 12
Shot hand Right
Draft
NHL Amateur Draft 1978 , 3rd round, 40th position
Vancouver Canucks
Career stations
1973-1975 Bellingham Blazers
1975-1988 New Westminster Bruins
1978-1991 Vancouver Canucks

Stanley Phillip "Stan" Smyl (born January 28, 1958 in Glendon , Alberta ) is a former Canadian ice hockey player , coach and functionary, who in the course of his active career between 1975 and 1991, among other things, 937 games for the Vancouver Canucks in the National Hockey League on the position of the left winger . Smyl, whose jersey number of the Vancouver Canucks since 1991 banned is, was, from 1982 to 1990, the sixth captain of the franchise credit history. Since 2005 he has worked in various positions at the Vancouver Canucks, having previously worked as the head coach of their farm teams .

Career

At the age of 13, Smyl left home to work on his ice hockey career with the Bellingham Blazers . Between 1975 and 1978, the striker ran for the New Westminster Bruins in the Western Canada Hockey League with his team, which also included players such as Barry Beck , John Ogrodnick , Ken Berry and Scott MacLeod , three times in a row from 1976 to 1978 Final tournament for the Memorial Cup . In the second and third years, his team also won the title. In 1978 in particular, Smyl played a major role in this with his outstanding performance. But due to his small size he was selected in the 1978 NHL Amateur Draft only in the second round as 44th by the Vancouver Canucks .

In order to show in his first training camp with the Canucks that he is not lacking in assertiveness, he chose Harold Snepsts as the biggest player in the squad and put him on the ice. He was enthusiastic about the commitment of the young player and supported him in his development. Smyl immediately made it into the NHL for the 1978/79 season .

It quickly turned out that he was exactly the player they needed in Vancouver. Between the seasons 1979/80 and 1982/83 he alternated with Thomas Gradin in places 1 and 2 of the Canucks scorer list. In 1982 he and his team reached the final series of the Stanley Cup , but there they lost to the current series winner, the New York Islanders .

When he ended his active career after the 1990/91 season, he had the most games, goals, assists and points of all Canucks players in the 13 years. Trevor Linden surpassed him in the course of the 2007/08 season in the templates and took over his last record. His number 12 jersey has not been awarded by the Canucks since then.

Smyl remained loyal to his club and worked as an assistant coach for eight years immediately after retiring. From 1999 he was the head coach of some of the Canucks farm teams. His stops here were the Syracuse Crunch , Kansas City Blades and Manitoba Moose . Since 2005 he has held various positions at the Vancouver Canucks.

Achievements and Awards

Banner in honor of Smyl in the Rogers Arena

International

Career statistics

Regular season Playoffs
season team league Sp T V Pt SM Sp T V Pt SM
1974/75 Bellingham Blazers BCJHL 48 29 33 62 115 25th 13 22nd 35 15th
1974/75 New Westminster Bruins WCHL - - - - - 3 0 0 0 15th
1975/76 New Westminster Bruins WCHL 72 32 42 74 169 19th 8th 6th 14th 58
1976 New Westminster Bruins Memorial Cup 4th 5 1 6th 21st
1976/77 New Westminster Bruins WCHL 72 35 31 66 200 13 6th 7th 13 51
1977 New Westminster Bruins Memorial Cup 3 0 0 0 6th
1977/78 New Westminster Bruins WCHL 53 29 47 76 211 20th 14th 21st 35 43
1978 New Westminster Bruins Memorial Cup 5 4th 10 14th 0
1978/79 Vancouver Canucks NHL 62 14th 24 38 89 2 1 1 2 0
1978/79 Dallas Black Hawks CHL 3 1 1 2 9 - - - - -
1979/80 Vancouver Canucks NHL 77 31 47 78 204 4th 0 2 2 14th
1980/81 Vancouver Canucks NHL 80 25th 38 63 171 3 1 2 3 0
1981/82 Vancouver Canucks NHL 80 34 44 78 144 17th 9 9 18th 25th
1982/83 Vancouver Canucks NHL 74 38 50 88 114 4th 3 2 5 12
1983/84 Vancouver Canucks NHL 80 24 43 67 136 4th 2 1 3 4th
1984/85 Vancouver Canucks NHL 80 27 37 64 100 - - - - -
1985/86 Vancouver Canucks NHL 73 27 35 62 144 - - - - -
1986/87 Vancouver Canucks NHL 66 20th 23 43 84 - - - - -
1987/88 Vancouver Canucks NHL 57 12 25th 37 110 - - - - -
1988/89 Vancouver Canucks NHL 75 7th 18th 25th 102 7th 0 0 0 9
1989/90 Vancouver Canucks NHL 47 1 15th 16 71 - - - - -
1990/91 Vancouver Canucks NHL 45 2 12 14th 87 - - - - -
WCHL overall 197 96 120 216 580 55 28 34 62 167
NHL overall 896 262 411 673 1556 41 16 17th 33 64

International

Represented Canada to:

year team event result Sp T V Pt SM
1978 Canada June World Cup 3rd place, bronze 6th 1 1 2 6th
1985 Canada WM 2nd place, silver 10 1 1 2 6th
Juniors overall 6th 1 1 2 6th
Men overall 10 1 1 2 6th

( 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 Smyl, Stan
ALTERNATIVE NAMES Smyl, Stanley Phillip (full name)
BRIEF DESCRIPTION Canadian ice hockey player, coach and official
DATE OF BIRTH January 28, 1958
PLACE OF BIRTH Glendon , Alberta