Alex Smith (ice hockey)

{{short description|Canadian ice hockey player}}

{{Other people|Alex Smith}}

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{{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="5"|Regular season

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! colspan="5"|Playoffs

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! Season

! Team

! League

! GP !! G !! A !! Pts !! PIM

! GP !! G !! A !! Pts !! PIM

1922–23

| Ottawa Gunners

| OCHL

| 3

1010

| —

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| 1923–24

| Ottawa Collegiate Institute

| HS-ON

| —

| —

1924–25

| Ottawa Rideaus

| OCHL

| 11

718

| 3

0000
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| 1924–25

| Ottawa Senators

| NHL

| 7

0004

| —

1925–26

| Ottawa Senators

| NHL

| 36

00036

| 2

0000
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| 1926–27

| Ottawa Senators

| NHL

| 42

41558

| 6

0008
1927–28

| Ottawa Senators

| NHL

| 44

941390

| 2

0004
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| 1928–29

| Ottawa Senators

| NHL

| 44

17896

| —

1929–30

| Ottawa Senators

| NHL

| 43

26891

| 2

0004
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| 1930–31

| Ottawa Senators

| NHL

| 37

561173

| —

1931–32

| Detroit Falcons

| NHL

| 48

681447

| 2

0004
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| 1932–33

| Ottawa Senators

| NHL

| 34

20242

| —

1932–33

| Boston Bruins

| NHL

| 15

54930

| 5

0226
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| 1933–34

| Boston Bruins

| NHL

| 45

461032

| —

1934–35

| New York Americans

| NHL

| 48

381146

| —

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| 1935–36

| Ottawa RCAF Flyers

| OCHL

| —

| —

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! colspan="3"| NHL totals

! 443 !! 41 !! 50 !! 91 !! 645

! 19 !! 0 !! 2 !! 2 !! 26

See also

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