Tommy Smith

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Height: 5′6″
Weight: 150 lb
Born: 9/27/1886
Birthplace: Ottawa, Ontario, CAN
Shoots: L
Draft: Undrafted
Hockey Hall of Fame

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Bio

Tommy Smith

Although he did not score in 10 NHL games for the Quebec Athletic Club at the end of his playing career in 1919-20, Smith was a prolific goal-scorer for many other professional leagues and was inducted into the Hockey Hall of Fame in 1973.

After playing hockey in school at St. Patricks Lyceum, Smith moved up to the senior hockey level in 1905-06 and led the Federal Amateur Hockey League in scoring with 12 goals in eight games for the Ottawa Vics. Later in the season, he filled in for his brother, Harry, on the Ottawa Silver Seven in the Eastern Canada Amateur Hockey Association, scoring six goals in three regular-season games; he also played in the first game of the Stanley Cup challenge series, a 6-5 win against Smiths Falls. Ottawa would win the best-of-three series 2-0.

The forward turned pro the following season, scoring 31 goals in 23 games for Pittsburgh in the International Professional Hockey League, beginning a stretch highlighted by numerous teams, league changes, and goal-scoring exploits.

After he scored 33 goals in 16 games for Pittsburgh in 1907-08, Smith scored 40 goals in 13 games for Brantford of the Ontario Professional Hockey League in 1909-10. In 1911-12, he had 53 goals in 18 games with Moncton of the Maritime Professional Hockey League, helping them win the league championship.

The next season, Smith played the first of five consecutive seasons in the National Hockey Association, the top professional hockey league before the NHL began in 1917-18.

Smith scored 39 goals in his first season with the Quebec Bulldogs in 1912-13, winning the Stanley Cup for the second time. He would lead the NHA in scoring with 39 goals in 1913-14, and 40 goals in 1914-15 (23 for Quebec, 17 for Victoria Shamrocks).

After playing 14 games for the Montreal Wanderers in 1916-17, Smith decided to become a coach when Quebec suspended its operations. He coached Ottawa during the 1917-18 season, followed by Glace Bay in 1918-19.

The Ottawa native returned to playing when Quebec restarted in the NHL in 1919-20, and he had one assist in 10 games before retiring at the end of the season.

Smith died on Aug. 1, 1966 at the age of 79.

NOTES & TRANSACTIONS

  • Signed as a free agent by Pittsburgh Lyceum (WPHL), December 10, 1907.
  • Signed by Brantford (OPHL) after jumping contract with Pittsburgh Lyceum (WPHL), December 18, 1908.
  • Signed by Haileybury (TPHL) after jumping contract with Brantford (OPHL), February 14, 1909.
  • Signed as a free agent by Brantford (OPHL), January 25, 1910.
  • Signed as a free agent by Quebec (NHA), December 1, 1912.
  • Traded to Toronto (NHA) by Quebec (NHA) for Jack McDonald, December 21, 1914.
  • Traded to Quebec (NHA) by Toronto (NHA) for cash, January 29, 1915.
  • Traded to Montreal (NHA) by Quebec (NHA) for Sammy Hebert, January 16, 1917.
  • Rights retained by Montreal after NHA folded, November 26, 1917.
  • Traded to Ottawa by Montreal for cash, November 28, 1918.
  • Transferred to Quebec by Ottawa when Quebec franchise returned to NHL, November 25, 1919.