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| 1970 NHL DRAFT PICK |
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Billy Smith
Selected in fifth round
No. 59 overall by Los Angeles Kings
Born
December 12, 1950
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Goaltender
Height: 5-10 Weight:
175
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| BEFORE THE DRAFT |
Last Team:
Cornwall (QMJHL)
Birthplace: Perth, Ontario (Canada)
Hometown: Perth, Ontario |
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| PRE-DRAFT
STATISTICS | | Year |
Team | League |
GP | W-L-T |
GAA | SO |
SV% | | 1969-70 |
Cornwall | QMJHL |
55 | n/a |
4.53 | 1 |
n/a |
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PRE-DRAFT AWARDS AND HONORS
QMJHL All-Star Second Team: 1969-70 (Cornwall)
Miscellaneous:
Played Junior B hockey in Smiths Falls, Ontario, before entering major junior. |
| NHL CAREER |
Debut: February 12, 1972 (Los Angeles at
Montreal)
Numbers:
29 (Los Angeles); 31 (N.Y. Islanders) (number retired)
Stanley
Cup: 1980, 1981, 1982, 1983. Status: Retired June 5, 1989 |
| CAREER NHL STATISTICS |
| Years | Teams | GP |
W-L-T | GAA | SO | SV% |
| 1972-1989 |
LA, NYI | 680 |
305-233-105 | 3.17 |
22 | n/a |
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| CAREER NHL PLAYOFF STATISTICS |
| Years | Teams |
GP | W-L | GAA |
SO | SV% |
| 1975-1987 |
N.Y. Islanders | 132 |
88-36 | 2.73 | 5 | n/a |
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NHL
AWARDS AND HONORS
HOCKEY HALL OF FAME:
Inducted 1993
Vezina Trophy: 1981-82 (N.Y. Islanders)
Conn
Smythe Trophy: 1983 (N.Y. Islanders)
Jennings Trophy: 1982-83
(shared with Roland Melanson)
All-Star First Team: 1981-82 (N.Y.
Islanders)
All-Star Game: 1978
All-Star Game MVP: 1978
Sporting News All-Star First Team:
1981-82 (N.Y. Islanders)
Stanley Cup Finals (Lost): 1984 (N.Y.
Islanders)
NHL Wins Leader: 1981-82 (32 wins)
NHL Playoffs
Goaltending Games Leader: 1980 (20), 1981 (17), 1982 (18), 1983 (17), 1984
(21)
NHL Playoffs Wins Leader: 1980 (15), 1981 (14), 1982 (15), 1983
(13), 1984 (12)
NHL Playoffs Minutes Leader: 1980 (1,198), 1981
(994), 1982 (1,120), 1984 (1,190)
NHL Playoffs Shutouts Leader: 1979
(1, tie), 1982 (1), 1983 (2)
NHL Playoffs GAA Leader: 1979 (1.90), 1981
(2.54), 1983 (2.68)
N.Y. Islanders Records: Career games (675),
Career minutes (38,131), Career wins (304), Single-season wins (32), Career
ties (104), Single-season ties (17), Career playoffs goaltending games (132),
Career playoffs goaltending minutes (7,645), Career playoff shutouts (5),
Career playoffs wins (88), Consecutive playoffs starts (33), Single-season playoffs minutes played
(1,198), Single-season playoffs goaltending games (21), Single-season playoffs
wins (15), Consecutive playoffs starts in one season (21), Saves in a
60-minute playoff game (45)
Coaching Career: Named New York Islanders goaltending coach upon his
retirement on June 5, 1989, and remained in that position through 1992-93
season. ... Named Florida goaltending coach in 1993 and remained in
that position through 1997-98 season. ... Named Florida assistant
coach on July 21, 1998, and remained in that position through 2000-01 season.
... Named New York Islanders goaltending coach on Aug. 22, 2001.
Miscellaneous:
Ranked by The Hockey News in 1997 as the 80th greatest NHL player of
all time. ... Set NHL record for single-season penalty
minutes by a goaltender with 42 PIM in 1972-73 (record since broken). ...
Became first Islanders goaltender to post a shutout when he beat Washington
5-0 on Oct. 21, 1974. ... Became first NHL goaltender ever credited with
scoring a goal on Nov. 28, 1979 when he was the last Islanders player to touch
the puck before Colorado's Rob Ramage accidentally sent it back down the ice
into his own net. ... Set NHL record (since broken) with 88 career playoff
victories, breaking Ken Dryden's previous record of 80 in 1984. ...
Represented by agent Art Kaminsky during latter part of his NHL career. |
| NON-NHL CAREER |
Post-Draft Teams: Springfield (AHL)
Canada Cup:
1981 (second place) (did not play, spare goaltender)
NON-NHL
AWARDS AND HONORS
AHL Calder Cup:
1971 (Springfield)
WHA Draft Pick: 1972 (by Ottawa)
AHL Shutouts Leader: 1971-72 (Springfield) (4
shutouts)
AHL Playoffs Wins Leader: 1971 (Springfield) (9
wins)
AHL Playoffs Minutes Leader: 1971 (Springfield) (682 minutes)
AHL
Playoffs Shutouts Leader: 1971 (Springfield) (1 shutout)
AHL
Playoffs GAA Leader: 1971 (Springfield) (2.56 GAA)
AHL Shutouts leader: 1971-72 (4 shutouts)
Miscellaneous: Nicknamed "Hatchet Man," "Smitty" and "Battlin' Billy."
... Member of Long Island Sports Hall of Fame.
Personal: Younger brother of former NHL player Gord Smith. ... Younger
brother of former minor-leaguer Jack Smith. |
| HOW HE GOT AWAY |
| EXPANSION: Los Angeles left
Smith unprotected for the 1972 NHL Expansion Draft, and he was claimed by
the New York Islanders on June 6, 1972. |
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SNAPSHOT '70 | | Total Selected: |
115 | | Forwards: |
66 | | Defense: |
36 | | Goaltenders: |
12 | | Position n/a: |
1 | | Major Junior: |
87 |
| College Players: |
18 |
| Canadian: |
109 | | Euro-Canadian: |
0 | | USA Citizens: |
6 |
| U.S.-Born: |
6 |
| European: |
0 |
| Reached NHL: |
60 | | Won Stanley Cup: |
7 |
| Hall of Fame: |
3 |
| All-Star Game: |
11 |
| Year-end All-Star: |
4 |
| Olympians: |
2 |
| Picks Traded: |
13 |
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