Alex Smith (ice hockey)
{{short description|Canadian ice hockey player}}
{{Other people|Alex Smith}}
{{moresources|date=January 2021}}
{{Use dmy dates|date=September 2019}}
{{Infobox ice hockey player
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| birth_date = {{birth date|df=yes|1902|4|2}}
| birth_place = Bootle, Liverpool, England
| death_date = {{death date and age|df=yes|1963|11|29|1902|4|2}}
| death_place = Ottawa, Ontario, Canada
| height_ft = 5
| height_in = 11
| weight_lb = 176
| position = Defence
| shoots = Left
| played_for = Ottawa Senators
Detroit Falcons
Boston Bruins
New York Americans
| career_start = 1924
| career_end = 1937
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Alexander "Boots" Smith (2 April 1902 – 29 November 1963) was a Canadian ice hockey defenceman who played 11 seasons in the National Hockey League for the Ottawa Senators, Detroit Falcons, Boston Bruins and New York Americans between 1924 and 1935. He won the Stanley Cup in 1927 with Ottawa. He was born in Bootle, Liverpool, England, United Kingdom, but grew up in Ottawa, Ontario.
He was inducted into the Lisgar Collegiate Institute Athletic Wall of Fame in 2009.Alere Flammam, Lisgar Alumni Association Newsletter, Fall 2009
Career statistics
=Regular season and playoffs=
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! colspan="3" bgcolor="#ffffff"| ! rowspan="100" bgcolor="#ffffff"| ! colspan="5"|Regular season ! rowspan="100" bgcolor="#ffffff"| ! colspan="5"|Playoffs | ||||||||
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! Season ! Team ! League ! GP !! G !! A !! Pts !! PIM | ||||||||
1922–23
| Ottawa Gunners | OCHL | 3 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0
| — | — | — | — | — |
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| 1923–24 | HS-ON | — | — | — | — | —
| — | — | — | — | — |
1924–25
| Ottawa Rideaus | OCHL | 11 | 7 | 1 | 8 | —
| 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
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| 1924–25 | NHL | 7 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4
| — | — | — | — | — |
1925–26
| Ottawa Senators | NHL | 36 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 36
| 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
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| 1926–27 | Ottawa Senators | NHL | 42 | 4 | 1 | 5 | 58
| 6 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 8 |
1927–28
| Ottawa Senators | NHL | 44 | 9 | 4 | 13 | 90
| 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 |
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| 1928–29 | Ottawa Senators | NHL | 44 | 1 | 7 | 8 | 96
| — | — | — | — | — |
1929–30
| Ottawa Senators | NHL | 43 | 2 | 6 | 8 | 91
| 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 |
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| 1930–31 | Ottawa Senators | NHL | 37 | 5 | 6 | 11 | 73
| — | — | — | — | — |
1931–32
| NHL | 48 | 6 | 8 | 14 | 47
| 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 |
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| 1932–33 | Ottawa Senators | NHL | 34 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 42
| — | — | — | — | — |
1932–33
| NHL | 15 | 5 | 4 | 9 | 30
| 5 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 6 |
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| 1933–34 | Boston Bruins | NHL | 45 | 4 | 6 | 10 | 32
| — | — | — | — | — |
1934–35
| NHL | 48 | 3 | 8 | 11 | 46
| — | — | — | — | — |
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| 1935–36 | OCHL | — | — | — | — | —
| — | — | — | — | — |
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! colspan="3"| NHL totals ! 443 !! 41 !! 50 !! 91 !! 645 ! 19 !! 0 !! 2 !! 2 !! 26 |
See also
References
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External links
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Category:Boston Bruins players
Category:Canadian ice hockey defencemen
Category:Detroit Falcons players
Category:English ice hockey players
Category:Ice hockey people from Ottawa
Category:Lisgar Collegiate Institute alumni
Category:New York Americans players
Category:Ottawa Senators (1917) players
Category:20th-century Canadian sportsmen
Category:Ottawa Senators (original) players
Category:Sportspeople from Bootle
Category:Stanley Cup champions
Category:British emigrants to Canada
Category:Canadian expatriate ice hockey players in the United States
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