Tommy Smith (ice hockey player)
Hockey Hall of Fame , 1973 | |
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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.
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
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Career statistics
Regular season | Play-offs | |||||||||||||
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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 )
Web links
- Tommy Smith in the database of the Hockey Hall of Fame (English)
- Tommy Smith at eliteprospects.com (English)
personal data | |
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SURNAME | Smith, Tommy |
ALTERNATIVE NAMES | Smith, Thomas Joseph (full name) |
BRIEF DESCRIPTION | Canadian ice hockey player |
DATE OF BIRTH | September 27, 1885 |
PLACE OF BIRTH | Ottawa , Ontario |
DATE OF DEATH | August 1, 1966 |