Derrick Smith
Encyclopedia
Derrick Smith is a retired Canadian professional ice hockey
centre
who played ten seasons in the National Hockey League
(NHL) with the Philadelphia Flyers
, Minnesota North Stars
and Dallas Stars
.
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...
centre
Centre (ice hockey)
The centre in ice hockey is a forward position of a player whose primary zone of play is the middle of the ice, away from the side boards. Centres have more flexibility in their positioning and are expected to cover more ice surface than any other player...
who played ten seasons in the National Hockey League
National Hockey League
The National Hockey League is an unincorporated not-for-profit association which operates a major professional ice hockey league of 30 franchised member clubs, of which 7 are currently located in Canada and 23 in the United States...
(NHL) with the Philadelphia Flyers
Philadelphia Flyers
The Philadelphia Flyers are a professional ice hockey team based in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. They are members of the Atlantic Division of the Eastern Conference of the National Hockey League...
, Minnesota North Stars
Minnesota North Stars
The Minnesota North Stars were a professional ice hockey team in the National Hockey League for 26 seasons, from 1967 to 1993. The North Stars played their home games at the Met Center in Bloomington, and the team's colors for most of its history were green, yellow, gold and white...
and Dallas Stars
Dallas Stars
The Dallas Stars are a professional ice hockey team based in Dallas, Texas. They are members of the Pacific Division of the Western Conference of the National Hockey League . The team was founded during the 1967 NHL expansion as the Minnesota North Stars, based in Bloomington, Minnesota. The...
.
Career statistics
| Regular season | Playoffs | |||||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Season Season (sports) In an organized sports league, a season is the portion of one year in which regulated games of the sport are in session. For example, in Major League Baseball, one season lasts approximately from April 1 through October 1; in Association football, it is generally from August until May In an... |
Team | League | GP | G Goal (ice hockey) In ice hockey, a goal is scored when the puck completely crosses the goal line between the two goal posts and below the goal crossbar. A goal awards one point to the team attacking the goal scored upon, regardless of which team the player who actually deflected the puck into the goal belongs to... |
A Assist (ice hockey) In ice hockey, an assist is attributed to up to two players of the scoring team who shot, passed or deflected the puck towards the scoring teammate, or touched it in any other way which enabled the goal, meaning that they were "assisting" in the goal. There can be a maximum of two assists per goal... |
Pts Point (ice hockey) Point in ice hockey has three official meanings:* A point is awarded to a player for each goal scored or assist earned. The total number of goals plus assists equals total points. In some European leagues, a goal counts as two points, and an assist counts as one... |
PIM Penalty (ice hockey) A penalty in ice hockey is a punishment for inappropriate behavior. Most penalties are enforced by detaining the offending player within a penalty box for a set number of minutes, during which, the player can not participate in play. The offending team usually may not replace the player on the ice,... |
GP | G | A | Pts | PIM | ||
| 1981–82 | Wexford Raiders | OPJHL | 45 | 35 | 47 | 82 | 40 | — | — | — | — | — | ||
| 1982–83 | Peterborough Petes Peterborough Petes The Peterborough Petes are a junior ice hockey team in the Ontario Hockey League. The team has played in Peterborough, Ontario, Canada, since 1956, and is the oldest continuously operating team in the league.-History:... |
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.... |
70 | 16 | 19 | 35 | 47 | — | — | — | — | — | ||
| 1983–84 | Peterborough Petes | OHL | 70 | 30 | 36 | 66 | 31 | 8 | 4 | 4 | 8 | 7 | ||
| Philadelphia Flyers Philadelphia Flyers The Philadelphia Flyers are a professional ice hockey team based in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. They are members of the Atlantic Division of the Eastern Conference of the National Hockey League... |
NHL National Hockey League The National Hockey League is an unincorporated not-for-profit association which operates a major professional ice hockey league of 30 franchised member clubs, of which 7 are currently located in Canada and 23 in the United States... |
77 | 17 | 22 | 39 | 31 | 19 | 2 | 5 | 7 | 16 | |||
| Philadelphia Flyers | NHL | 69 | 6 | 6 | 12 | 57 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 10 | |||
| Philadelphia Flyers | NHL | 71 | 11 | 21 | 32 | 34 | 26 | 6 | 4 | 10 | 26 | |||
| Philadelphia Flyers | NHL | 76 | 16 | 8 | 24 | 104 | 7 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6 | |||
| Philadelphia Flyers | NHL | 74 | 16 | 14 | 30 | 43 | 19 | 5 | 2 | 7 | 12 | |||
| Philadelphia Flyers | NHL | 55 | 3 | 6 | 9 | 32 | — | — | — | — | — | |||
| Philadelphia Flyers | NHL | 72 | 11 | 10 | 21 | 37 | — | — | — | — | — | |||
| Minnesota North Stars Minnesota North Stars The Minnesota North Stars were a professional ice hockey team in the National Hockey League for 26 seasons, from 1967 to 1993. The North Stars played their home games at the Met Center in Bloomington, and the team's colors for most of its history were green, yellow, gold and white... |
NHL | 33 | 2 | 4 | 6 | 33 | 7 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 9 | |||
| 1991–92 | Kalamazoo Wings | IHL | 6 | 1 | 5 | 6 | 4 | — | — | — | — | — | ||
| Minnesota North Stars | NHL | 9 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2 | — | — | — | — | — | |||
| 1992–93 | Kalamazoo Wings | IHL | 52 | 22 | 13 | 35 | 43 | — | — | — | — | — | ||
| Dallas Stars Dallas Stars The Dallas Stars are a professional ice hockey team based in Dallas, Texas. They are members of the Pacific Division of the Western Conference of the National Hockey League . The team was founded during the 1967 NHL expansion as the Minnesota North Stars, based in Bloomington, Minnesota. The... |
NHL | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | — | — | — | — | — | |||
| 1993–94 | Kalamazoo Wings | IHL | 77 | 44 | 37 | 81 | 90 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 18 | ||
| 1994–95 | Kalamazoo Wings | IHL | 68 | 30 | 21 | 51 | 103 | 16 | 3 | 8 | 11 | 8 | ||
| 1995–96 | Michigan K-Wings | IHL | 69 | 15 | 26 | 41 | 79 | 10 | 4 | 3 | 7 | 16 | ||
| 1996–97 | Michigan K-Wings | IHL | 68 | 8 | 21 | 29 | 55 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 16 | ||
| 1997–98 | Michigan K-Wings | IHL | 64 | 15 | 26 | 41 | 39 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 2 | ||
| 1998–99 1998–99 ECHL season The 1998-99 ECHL season was the 11th season of the ECHL. Before the start of the season, the league saw the Louisville River Frogs move to Miami, FL and the Raleigh Icecaps move to Augusta, GA as well as welcoming two new franchises in Estero, FL and Greenville, SC... |
Baton Rouge Kingfish Baton Rouge Kingfish The Baton Rouge Kingfish were a minor professional ice hockey team in Baton Rouge, Louisiana, as a member of the East Coast Hockey League. The franchise arrived in Baton Rouge in 1996 after relocating from Erie, Pennsylvania, where they had played as the Erie Panthers since 1988 as one of the... |
ECHL ECHL The ECHL is a mid-level professional ice hockey league based in Princeton, New Jersey with teams scattered across the United States... |
6 | 3 | 7 | 10 | 9 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| NHL totals | 537 | 82 | 92 | 174 | 373 | 82 | 14 | 11 | 25 | 79 | ||||
| IHL totals | 404 | 135 | 149 | 284 | 413 | 39 | 9 | 12 | 21 | 60 | ||||
| OHL totals | 140 | 46 | 55 | 101 | 78 | 8 | 4 | 4 | 8 | 7 | ||||