Tommy Smith (ice hockey player)

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Hockey Hall of Fame , 1973
Tommy Smith (ice hockey player)
Date of birth September 27, 1885
place of birth Ottawa , Ontario , Canada
date of death August 1, 1966
size 168 cm
Weight 68 kg
position center
Shot hand Left
Career stations
1903-1905 Ottawa Emmetts
1905-1906 Ottawa Victoria's
Ottawa Silver Seven
1906-1907 Pittsburgh Professionals
1907-1908 Pittsburgh Lyceum
1908-1909 Brantford Professionals
1909 Pittsburgh Bankers
Haileybury Hockey Club
1909-1910 Brantford Redmen
1910-1911 Applied to professionals
1911-1912 Moncton Victorias
1912-1914 Quebec Bulldogs
1914-1915 Toronto Shamrocks
1915-1916 Quebec Bulldogs
1916-1917 Canadiens de Montréal
1919-1920 Quebec Bulldogs

Thomas Joseph "Tommy" Smith (born September 27, 1885 in Ottawa , Ontario ; † August 1, 1966 ) was a Canadian ice hockey player and coach who worked for the Quebec Bulldogs , Toronto Shamrocks and during his active career between 1905 and 1920 Canadiens de Montréal has played in the National Hockey Association as well as exclusively for the Bulldogs in the National Hockey League on the position of the center . During his career, Smith won the Stanley Cup twice in service with the Ottawa Silver Seven in 1906 and the Quebec Bulldogs seven years later . In 1973 he was posthumously awarded the Hockey Hall of Fame for his services. Smith was considered one of the best and most talented players in his playing days.

His two older brothers, Alf Smith , also Hall of Fame members, and Harry Smith were also successful ice hockey players and Stanley Cup winners at the turn of the century.

Career

Smith was born in the Canadian capital Ottawa and played between 1903 and 1905 first in the amateur field for the Ottawa Emmetts. He then went on the ice for a year for the Ottawa Victorias from the Federal Amateur Hockey League. The then 20-year-old became the team's top goalscorer right away with twelve goals in eight games. In the course of the season he was asked by the Ottawa Silver Seven , where he helped out in three games for his brother Harry Smith who was unable to attend. In these three games he scored six goals, so he also represented the team in the matches for the Stanley Cup . Ultimately, the Silver Seven won the trophy and Smith his first title.

Smith in the Pittsburgh Lyceum jersey

After the success, the center forward moved to the United States , where he switched to the professional field to the Pittsburgh Professionals from the International Professional Hockey League. There he collected 44 scorer points in 23 games , including 31 goals. Because of his scoring qualities, Smith was interesting for numerous teams in the following years and so he played for numerous teams in order to earn a living. In addition to the Pittsburgh station , he was also active in Brantford , Haileybury , Galt and Moncton until 1912 , where he always caused a stir with numerous goals and led both the Galt Professionals and Moncton Victorias to the Stanley Cup final. Both appearances were, however, not marked by success. Only in the 1909/10 season at the Brantford Redmen could the attacker not leave his mark because he was sick with typhus .

In the final series with Moncton against the Quebec Bulldogs from the National Hockey Association Smith had made the opponent's attention with his performances, who secured his services for the 1912/13 season . In Quebec the striker developed alongside Joe Malone to one of the franchise's two guarantors of success and was instrumental in reaching the Stanley Cup final again with 39 goals in 18 games this season. With four more goals in the two finals, he secured the team a successful title defense and personally his second cup win. In the following season he confirmed his offensive production and was the NHA's best scorer for the first time. Before the start of the 1914/15 season in December 1914, however, the striker was handed over to league rivals Toronto Shamrocks . He let Jack McDonald move to Quebec for it. Smith's time in Toronto lasted only ten games and ended after just over a month, as the Bulldogs bought back their former player. Smith reached the 40-goal mark for the first time in the course of the game year and was again by far the best points collector in the league. The season 1915/16 spent Smith also in Quebec before the Bulldogs again transferred its striker in the league. In exchange for Sammy Hebert , Smith ended up with the Canadiens de Montréal , where he spent the final season of the NHA before it went out of business. Smith also ended his career at the age of 32. He went down in NHA history as the fourth top scorer behind Joe Malone, Newsy Lalonde and Didier Pitre with 141 goals .

Following his active career, Smith tried his hand at coaching . At first he was in charge of Ottawa Transport from 1917 to 1918, and the Glace Bay Miners in the following season. When the Quebec Bulldogs finally started playing in the NHA successor league , the National Hockey League , founded in 1917 after a two-year break for the 1919/20 season , Smith also returned to the ice as an active player. He played ten games in which he only managed one assist before resigning a second and final time.

Smith died on August 1, 1966, at the age of 81, of complications from pneumonia . In 1973 he was posthumously inducted into the Hockey Hall of Fame for his services to ice hockey .

Achievements and Awards

  • 1914 NHA top scorer
  • 1915 NHA top scorer
  • 1915 NHA top scorer
  • 1973 Admission to the Hockey Hall of Fame (posthumously)

Career statistics

Regular season Play-offs
season team league Sp T V Pt SM Sp T V Pt SM
1905/06 Ottawa Victorias PALE 8th 12 0 12 - - - - - -
1906 Ottawa Silver Seven ECAHA 3 6th 0 6th 12 1 0 0 0 9
1906/07 Pittsburgh Professionals IPHL 23 31 13 44 47 - - - - -
1907/08 Pittsburgh Lyceum WPHL 16 33 0 33 - 1 2 0 2 -
1908/09 Pittsburgh Lyceum WPHL 6th 15th 0 15th - - - - - -
Pittsburgh Bankers WPHL - - - - - 3 3 0 3 3
Brantford Indians OPHL 13 40 0 40 30th - - - - -
Haileybury Hockey Club TPHL 1 3 0 3 2 2 3 0 3 0
1909/10 Brantford Indians OPHL 2 1 0 1 3 - - - - -
1910/11 Applied to professionals OPHL 18th 22nd 0 22nd - 3 10 0 10 0
Applied to professionals Stanley Cup 1 1 0 1 -
1911/12 Moncton Victorias MPHL 18th 53 0 53 48 - - - - -
Moncton Victorias Stanley Cup 2 2 0 2 3
1912/13 Quebec Bulldogs NHA 18th 39 0 39 30th - - - - -
Quebec Bulldogs Stanley Cup 2 4th 0 4th 0
1913/14 Quebec Bulldogs NHA 20th 39 6th 45 35 - - - - -
1914/15 Toronto Shamrocks NHA 10 17th 2 19th 14th - - - - -
Quebec Bulldogs NHA 9 23 2 25th 29 - - - - -
1915/16 Quebec Bulldogs NHA 22nd 16 3 19th 30th - - - - -
1916/17 Canadiens de Montréal NHA 14th 7th 4th 11 32 2 2 0 2 11
Canadiens de Montréal Stanley Cup 4th 2 0 2 3
1917/18 Ottawa Transportation OCHL Employment as a trainer
1918/19 Glace Bay Miners CBSHL Employment as a trainer
1919/20 Quebec Bulldogs NHL 10 0 1 1 11 - - - - -
NHA total 93 141 17th 158 170 2 0 2 2 11
NHL overall 10 0 1 1 11 - - - - -
Stanley Cup overall 9 9 0 9 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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