Austin Smith (ice hockey)

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Austin Smith
Austin Smith TXStars.jpg
Born (1988-11-07) November 7, 1988 (age 36)
Dallas, Texas, U.S.
Height 5 ft 11 in (180 cm)
Weight 181 lb (82 kg; 12 st 13 lb)
Position Forward
Shot Right
Played for Texas Stars
Ässät
Ravensburg Towerstars
HC TWK Innsbruck
HC Bolzano
NHL draft 128th overall, 2007
Dallas Stars
Playing career 20122018

Austin Smith (born November 7, 1988) is an American former professional ice hockey player. He was selected by the Dallas Stars in the 5th round (128th overall) of the 2007 NHL Entry Draft. [1]

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Playing career

A graduate of Colgate University, Smith played with the Colgate Raiders in the NCAA Men's Division I ECAC Hockey conference. [2] In his senior year, Smith's outstanding play was recognized when he was recognized as ECAC Hockey's most valuable player and was selected to the 2011–12 ECAC Hockey First Team, as well as a Hobey Baker finalist and First Team All-American. [3]

In March 2012 Dallas Stars signed Austin Smith to a two-year entry-level contract. [4] In this two years Smith split between AHL and ECHL affiliates Texas Stars and Idaho Steelheads. In AHL games he scored 2 goals with 4 assist in 38 games. In the ECHL he was the Steelheads leading scorer with 27 goals and 23 assists in 38 games in 2012–13 season. [5]

Austin was loaned to the Liiga (Finlands Top Pro League) by the Dallas Stars in December 2013. After a successful loan period with Ässät during the latter half of the 2013–14 season, as an impending free agent with the Dallas Stars, Smith opted to remain with Pori in signing a one-year contract for the following season on January 22, 2014. [6] After a dispute with one of the coaches which led to no discussion between the two in October 2014, ECHL team Allen Americans signed forward Austin Smith to a contract for the 2014–15 season. [7]

In December 2014 Smith returned to Europe and signed a contract with Ravensburg Towerstars in the German second level league DEL2. [8] In the 2015–16 season he shared with 37 goals in 40 games the top spot in the DEL2 goal scoring ranks. [9]

Career statistics

Regular season Playoffs
Season TeamLeagueGP G A Pts PIM GPGAPtsPIM
2003–04 Jesuit High School HSTX
2004–05Jesuit High SchoolHSTX
2005–06 The Gunnery HS-Prep 34231942
2006–07The GunneryHS-Prep32243963
2007–08 Penticton Vees BCHL 60323567421511112212
2008–09 Colgate University ECAC 3717143124
2009–10 Colgate UniversityECAC3616254120
2010–11 Colgate UniversityECAC4110213136
2011–12 Colgate UniversityECAC3936215730
2011–12 Texas Stars AHL 120338
2012–13 Texas StarsAHL162136
2012–13 Idaho Steelheads ECHL 382723501517751212
2013–14 Texas StarsAHL100004
2013–14 Idaho SteelheadsECHL410118
2013–14 Ässät Liiga 28671320
2014–15 ÄssätLiiga102138
2014–15 Allen Americans ECHL73696
2014–15 Ravensburg Towerstars DEL2 292219412641238
2015–16 Ravensburg TowerstarsDEL2403718554011741114
2016–17 HC TWK Innsbruck EBEL 542728553640225
2017–18 HC Bolzano EBEL281519341816461012
AHL totals3824618
Liiga totals38881628

Awards and honors

AwardYear
College
ECAC All-Academic Team 2010, 2011, 2012
ECAC Hockey Player of the Year2012 [10]
All-ECAC Hockey First Team 2012 [3]
AHCA East First-Team All-American 2012
DEL2
Best Goal scorer (37) 2016

References

  1. "Colgate's Smith makes a career of proving naysayers wrong". USCHO.com. March 13, 2012. Retrieved March 15, 2012.
  2. Dallas Stars Prospect Austin Smith Personifies Hard Work, Perseverance As Pro Career Begins – Defending Big D
  3. 1 2 "ECAC Hockey Mobile : League Announces Regular-Season Awards". Archived from the original on October 18, 2018. Retrieved March 20, 2012.
  4. "Stars sign Austin Smith to entry-level contract". Dallas Stars. March 21, 2012. Retrieved March 6, 2016.
  5. "Prospects Austin Smith". Hockey's Future. June 1, 2013. Retrieved March 6, 2016.
  6. "Assat extend Austin Smith". Ässät. January 22, 2014. Archived from the original on March 1, 2014. Retrieved 2014-01-22.
  7. "Local star Austin Smith is home to play with Allen Americans". TEXas Sports Review. November 12, 2014. Retrieved March 6, 2016.
  8. "Austin Smith goes for Towerstars" (in German). Ravensburg Towerstars. December 2, 2014. Archived from the original on March 12, 2016. Retrieved March 6, 2016.
  9. "DEL2 Topscorer" (in German). del-2.org. March 1, 2016. Retrieved March 6, 2016.
  10. "Dallas Stars Daily Links: Two Stars Prospects Up For Hobey Baker". DefendingBigD.com. March 16, 2012. Retrieved March 16, 2012.
Awards and achievements
Preceded by ECAC Hockey Player of the Year
2011–12
Succeeded by