Darryl Smithis an ice hockey

Ice hockey

Ice hockey, often referred to as hockey, is a team sport played on ice, in which skaters use wooden or composite sticks to shoot a hard rubber puck into their opponent's net. The game is played between two teams of six players each. Five members of each team skate up and down the ice trying to take...

 center who is currently in training camp with the Atlanta Thrasher's

Atlanta Thrashers

The Atlanta Thrashers were a professional ice hockey team based in Atlanta, Georgia, United States. Atlanta was granted a franchise in the National Hockey League on June 25, 1997, and became the league's 28th franchise when it began play in the 1999–2000 NHL season...

. His first professional season was the 2008-09 season where he played with the Laredo Bucks

Laredo Bucks

The Laredo Bucks are an ice hockey team in the Central Hockey League. They play in Laredo, Texas, USA at the Laredo Energy Arena.-History:Arena Ventures, made up of six businessmen, teamed up with the City of Laredo to build a state-of-the-art facility for the Laredo area and South Texas...

 of the CHL

CHL

-Ice hockey:* Canadian Hockey League , the umbrella organization for Canadian major junior hockey* Central Hockey League, now the Central Canada Hockey League , a Junior A ice hockey league...

, and 4 games for the Houston Aeros

Houston Aeros

The Houston Aeros are a professional ice hockey team in the American Hockey League. The team plays in Houston, Texas, at the Toyota Center. They are the AHL affiliate of the NHL's Minnesota Wild.- History :...

 of the AHL

American Hockey League

The American Hockey League is a 30-team professional ice hockey league based in the United States and Canada that serves as the primary developmental circuit for the National Hockey League...

. He played five seasons of Major Junior hockey for the Guelph Storm

Guelph Storm

The Guelph Storm is a major junior ice hockey team based in Guelph, Ontario, Canada. They have played in the OHL since the 1991–92 season. The team plays home games at the Sleeman Centre.-History:...

 and for the Gatineau Olympiques

Gatineau Olympiques

The Gatineau Olympiques are a major junior ice hockey team playing in the Quebec Major Junior Hockey League out of Gatineau, Quebec. The Olympiques play out of the Robert Guertin Centre. The club, then known as the Hull Festivals, was granted membership in the QMJHL in 1973. The Olympiques have...

 in the OHL

Ontario Hockey League

The Ontario Hockey League is one of the three Major Junior ice hockey leagues which constitute the Canadian Hockey League. The league is for players aged 15-20.The OHL also operates under the Ontario Hockey Federation of Hockey Canada....

 and QMJHL.

In 2008-09 he scored 70 points in 60 games for the Laredo Bucks alongside Jeff Bes

Jeff Bes

Jeff Bes , is a retired ice hockey centre who most recently played for the Laredo Bucks in the Central Hockey League...

. He was called up to the Houston Aeros late in the season, but did not manage to get any points in the 4 games he played. In 2009 he was invited to the Atlanta Thrasher's Prospect Tournament where he scored 1 goal and 2 assists in 4 games. He scored his only goal against NHL Prospect Thomas McCollum

Thomas McCollum

Thomas McCollum is an American ice hockey goaltender currently playing with the Detroit Red Wings of the National Hockey League...

, both of his assists came off goals scored by first round draft pick Evander Kane

Evander Kane

Evander Kane is a Canadian professional ice hockey left wing with the Winnipeg Jets of the National Hockey League . Selected fourth overall in the 2009 NHL Entry Draft by the Thrashers, he was drafted from the Vancouver Giants of the Western Hockey League .During his major junior career, he won...

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