- Don Smith (ice hockey)
Don (Donald) John Smith (June 3, 1887 [His birth date is often listed in 1888. He listed Date of Birth as June 3, 1888, when he joined the military. Ontario birth records show he was born one year earlier.] - May 13, 1959) was a Canadian
professional hockey player who played for theMontreal Canadiens ,Montreal Shamrocks ,Montreal Wanderers and theRenfrew Creamery Kings .Playing career
Smith played senior amateur hockey for his hometown
Cornwall, Ontario club in theFederal Amateur Hockey League from 1904 until 1907. He became a professional withPortage la Prairie, Manitoba of theManitoba Professional Hockey League (MPHL) in 1907-08. He returned to Ontario the following season, playing forSt. Catharines, Ontario and Toronto in theOntario Professional Hockey League (OPHL). In 1909-10, he joined theMontreal Shamrocks of theNational Hockey Association (NHA). He played in 1910-11 forRenfrew Creamery Kings before joining theVictoria Aristocrats of thePacific Coast Hockey Association (PCHA) for a season. He returned the following season (1912–13) to theMontreal Canadiens and played for the Canadiens until 1915, when he was traded to theMontreal Wanderers . Smith left the league at the conclusion of the1915–16 NHA season to serve in the war. Upon his return, in 1919–20, Smith re-joined theMontreal Canadiens , now in theNational Hockey League , for one last year of professional hockey.Career statistics
Transactions
* Signed as a free agent by St. Catharines (OPHL), December 8, 1908.
* Signed as a free agent by Toronto (OPHL) after St. Catharines (OPHL) folded, January 22, 1909.
* Signed as a free agent by Trenton (EOPHL), December 22, 1910.
* Signed by Renfrew (NHA) after jumping contract with Trenton (EOPHL), December 27, 1910.
* Claimed by Montreal Wanderers (NHA) in Dispersal Draft of Renfrew (NHA) players, November 12, 1911.
* Signed by Victoria (PCHA) after jumping contract with Montreal Wanderers (NHA), December , 1911.
* Signed as a free agent by Montreal Canadiens (NHA), November 26, 1912.
* Traded to Montreal Wanderers by Montreal Canadiens for cash, February 2, 1915.
* Rights not retained by Montreal Wanderers after NHA folded, November 26, 1917.
* Signed as a free agent by Montreal, December 11, 1919.;Source:References
External links
*nhlprofile|8449072|Don Smith
*hockeydb|29905|Don Smith
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