Stuart Smith | |||
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Born | Toronto, Ontario, Canada | March 17, 1960||
Height | 6 ft 1 in (185 cm) | ||
Weight | 201 lb (91 kg; 14 st 5 lb) | ||
Position | Defence | ||
Shot | Right | ||
Played for | Hartford Whalers | ||
NHL draft | 39th overall, 1979 Hartford Whalers | ||
Playing career | 1979–1985 |
Stuart Gordon "Stu" Smith (born March 17, 1960) is a Canadian former professional ice hockey player who played 77 games in the National Hockey League for the Hartford Whalers between 1979 and 1983. The rest of his career, which lasted from 1979 to 1985, was spent in the minor American Hockey League. Internationally Smith played for the Canadian national junior team at the 1980 World Junior Championships
Regular season | Playoffs | |||||||||||||
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Season | Team | League | GP | G | A | Pts | PIM | GP | G | A | Pts | PIM | ||
1976–77 | Seneca Nationals | OPJHL | 66 | 10 | 42 | 52 | 230 | — | — | — | — | — | ||
1977–78 | Peterborough Petes | OMJHL | 67 | 1 | 18 | 19 | 112 | 21 | 0 | 3 | 3 | 40 | ||
1977–78 | Peterborough Petes | M-Cup | — | — | — | — | — | 5 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 8 | ||
1978–79 | Peterborough Petes | OMJHL | 64 | 5 | 35 | 40 | 172 | 19 | 2 | 7 | 9 | 56 | ||
1978–79 | Peterborough Petes | M-Cup | — | — | — | — | — | 5 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 2 | ||
1979–80 | Peterborough Petes | OMJHL | 62 | 12 | 40 | 52 | 119 | 14 | 1 | 13 | 14 | 16 | ||
1979–80 | Peterborough Petes | M-Cup | — | — | — | — | — | 5 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 23 | ||
1979–80 | Hartford Whalers | NHL | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | — | — | — | — | — | ||
1980–81 | Hartford Whalers | NHL | 38 | 1 | 7 | 8 | 55 | — | — | — | — | — | ||
1980–81 | Binghamton Whalers | AHL | 42 | 3 | 9 | 12 | 63 | — | — | — | — | — | ||
1981–82 | Hartford Whalers | NHL | 17 | 0 | 3 | 3 | 15 | — | — | — | — | — | ||
1981–82 | Binghamton Whalers | AHL | 61 | 4 | 21 | 25 | 121 | 15 | 2 | 7 | 9 | 22 | ||
1982–83 | Hartford Whalers | NHL | 18 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 25 | — | — | — | — | — | ||
1982–83 | Binghamton Whalers | AHL | 50 | 3 | 8 | 11 | 97 | 5 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 12 | ||
1983–84 | Binghamton Whalers | AHL | 54 | 3 | 22 | 25 | 95 | — | — | — | — | — | ||
1984–85 | New Haven Nighthawks | AHL | 79 | 4 | 17 | 21 | 87 | — | — | — | — | — | ||
AHL totals | 286 | 17 | 77 | 94 | 463 | 20 | 2 | 8 | 10 | 34 | ||||
NHL totals | 77 | 2 | 10 | 12 | 95 | — | — | — | — | — |
Year | Team | Event | GP | G | A | Pts | PIM | |
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1980 | Canada | WJC | 5 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 10 | |
Junior totals | 5 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 10 |
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