Brad Smyth

{{Infobox ice hockey player

| position = Right Wing

| image = Brad Smyth 11102009.jpg

| image_size = 230px

| shoots = Right

| height_ft = 6

| height_in = 0

| weight_lb = 200

| played_for = Florida Panthers
Los Angeles Kings
New York Rangers
Nashville Predators
Ottawa Senators

| birth_date = {{birth date and age|1973|3|13|mf=y}}

| birth_place = Ottawa, Ontario, Canada

| career_start = 1993

| career_end = 2013

| draft = Undrafted

}}

Bradley Smyth (born March 13, 1973) is a Canadian former professional ice hockey player who endured a journeyman career and played in the National Hockey League with the Florida Panthers, Los Angeles Kings, New York Rangers, Nashville Predators and the Ottawa Senators.

Playing career

Smyth played 88 games in the National Hockey League, playing for the Florida Panthers, Los Angeles Kings, New York Rangers, Nashville Predators and the Ottawa Senators. In his 88 regular season games, Smyth scored 15 goals and 13 assists for 28 points. He also collected 109 penalty minutes. After leaving the NHL in 2003, Smyth had spells in Finland's SM-liiga with Kärpät and in the American Hockey League with the Manchester Monarchs and the Hartford Wolf Pack before joining German team Hamburg Freezers of the DEL in 2006.

On April 10, 2009, Smyth left the DEL as a free agent and signed with EBEL team, KHL Medveščak Zagreb, from Croatia.{{cite web |url=http://www.24sata.hr/sport/stiglo-je-veliko-pojacanje-brad-smyth-u-medvescaku/138496/ |title=Large reinforcement arrives: Brad Smyth joins Medveščak |website=24sata.hr |date=2009-04-10 |accessdate=2010-07-20 |language=Croatian |url-status=dead |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20091008152029/http://www.24sata.hr/sport/stiglo-je-veliko-pojacanje-brad-smyth-u-medvescaku/138496/ |archivedate=2009-10-08}} In the 2009–10 season, Smyth contributed with 18 goals to finish third for Zagreb. In the playoffs, he helped the team to an upset victory over Graz 99ers before falling to eventual champions EC Red Bull Salzburg to post 4 points in 11 games.

Unsigned with the KHL the following season, Smyth joined teammate Richard Seeley and signed in the British Elite Ice Hockey League, with the Belfast Giants on October 6, 2010.{{cite web| url = http://www.belfastgiants.com/archives/giants-add-former-nhler-brad-smyth/ | title = Giants add former NHL'er Brad Smyth | publisher=Belfast Giants | date = 2010-10-06 | accessdate = 2010-10-13 }}

After six years abroad in Europe, on August 14, 2012, Smyth returned to North America and was signed by head coach and former teammate Derek Armstrong to a one-year contract with the newly established Denver Cutthroats of the Central Hockey League.{{cite web | url = http://www.centralhockeyleague.com/pressroom/news/?article_id=8534 | title = Former NHL forward Smyth signs with Denver | publisher = Central Hockey League | date = 2012-08-14 | accessdate = 2012-08-14 | archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20131024153327/http://www.centralhockeyleague.com/pressroom/news/?article_id=8534# | archive-date = 2013-10-24 | url-status = dead }} Despite his age, Smyth showed no loss in ability with the Cutthroats, in forming the league's top scoring line alongside A.J. Gale and Troy Schwab, with 23 goals and 78 points in 65 games.{{cite news| url = http://www.denverpost.com/sports/ci_22201742/brad-smyth-denver-cutthroats-is-crash-davis-hockey | title = Denver Cutthroats veteran Brad Smyth is the Crash Davis of Hockey | newspaper = Denver Post | date = 2012-12-16 | accessdate = 2012-12-16}} After the Cutthroats first round loss to eventual champions, the Allen Americans, Smyth announced the end of his 20-year playing career. He did this by accepting an assistant coach and assistant director of hockey operations role within the Cutthroats on June 4, 2013.{{cite web | url = http://www.denvercutthroats.com/news/news/?article_id=187 | title = Brad Smyth named assistant coach | publisher = Denver Cutthroats | date = 2013-06-04 | accessdate = 2013-06-04 | archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20131109140609/http://www.denvercutthroats.com/news/news/?article_id=187# | archive-date = 2013-11-09 | url-status = dead }} After a successful season behind the bench with the Cutthroats, he was promoted to director of hockey operations and head coach.

Career statistics

=Regular season and playoffs=

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bgcolor="#e0e0e0" ! colspan="3" bgcolor="#ffffff"\| ! rowspan="100" bgcolor="#ffffff"\| ! colspan="5"\|Regular season ! rowspan="100" bgcolor="#ffffff"\| ! colspan="5"\|Playoffs
bgcolor="#e0e0e0" ! Season ! Team ! League ! GP !! G !! A !! Pts !! PIM ! GP !! G !! A !! Pts !! PIM
1990–91 \| London Knights \| OHL \| 29	2	6	8	22 \| —	—	—	—	—
bgcolor="#f0f0f0" \| 1991–92 \| London Knights \| OHL \| 58	17	18	35	93 \| 10	2	0	2	8
1992–93 \| London Knights \| OHL \| 66	54	55	109	118 \| 12	7	8	15	25
bgcolor="#f0f0f0" \| 1993–94 \| Birmingham Bulls \| ECHL \| 29	26	30	56	38 \| 10	8	8	16	19
1993–94 \| Cincinnati Cyclones \| IHL \| 30	7	3	10	54 \| —	—	—	—	—
bgcolor="#f0f0f0" \| 1994–95 \| Birmingham Bulls \| ECHL \| 36	33	35	68	52 \| 3	5	2	7	0
1994–95 \| Cincinnati Cyclones \| IHL \| 26	2	11	13	34 \| 1	0	0	0	2
bgcolor="#f0f0f0" \| 1994–95 \| Springfield Falcons \| AHL \| 3	0	0	0	7 \| —	—	—	—	—
1995–96 \| Carolina Monarchs \| AHL \| 68	68	58	126	80 \| —	—	—	—	—
bgcolor="#f0f0f0" \| 1995–96 \| Florida Panthers \| NHL \| 7	1	1	2	4 \| —	—	—	—	—
1996–97 \| Phoenix Roadrunners \| IHL \| 3	5	2	7	0 \| —	—	—	—	—
bgcolor="#f0f0f0" \| 1996–97 \| Florida Panthers \| NHL \| 8	1	0	1	2 \| —	—	—	—	—
1996–97 \| Los Angeles Kings \| NHL \| 44	8	8	16	74 \| —	—	—	—	—
bgcolor="#f0f0f0" \| 1997–98 \| Los Angeles Kings \| NHL \| 9	1	3	4	4 \| —	—	—	—	—
1997–98 \| New York Rangers \| NHL \| 1	0	0	0	0 \| —	—	—	—	—
bgcolor="#f0f0f0" \| 1997–98 \| Hartford Wolf Pack \| AHL \| 57	29	33	62	79 \| 15	12	8	20	11
1998–99 \| Milwaukee Admirals \| IHL \| 34	11	16	27	21 \| —	—	—	—	—
bgcolor="#f0f0f0" \| 1998–99 \| Nashville Predators \| NHL \| 3	0	0	0	6 \| —	—	—	—	—
1998–99 \| Hartford Wolf Pack \| AHL \| 36	25	19	44	48 \| 7	6	0	6	14
bgcolor="#f0f0f0" \| 1999–00 \| Hartford Wolf Pack \| AHL \| 80	39	37	76	62 \| 23	13	10	23	8
2000–01 \| Hartford Wolf Pack \| AHL \| 77	50	29	79	110 \| 5	2	3	5	8
bgcolor="#f0f0f0" \| 2000–01 \| New York Rangers \| NHL \| 4	1	0	1	4 \| —	—	—	—	—
2001–02 \| Hartford Wolf Pack \| AHL \| 79	34	48	82	90 \| 10	3	8	11	14
bgcolor="#f0f0f0" \| 2002–03 \| Binghamton Senators \| AHL \| 69	24	32	56	77 \| 14	7	6	13	12
2002–03 \| Ottawa Senators \| NHL \| 12	3	1	4	15 \| —	—	—	—	—
bgcolor="#f0f0f0" \| 2003–04 \| Kärpät \| SM-l \| 48	20	18	38	85 \| 15	3	5	8	4
2004–05 \| Manchester Monarchs \| AHL \| 61	23	33	56	74 \| 6	2	1	3	6
bgcolor="#f0f0f0" \| 2005–06 \| Manchester Monarchs \| AHL \| 64	27	37	64	49 \| —	—	—	—	—
2005–06 \| Hartford Wolf Pack \| AHL \| 16	7	15	22	20 \| 9	1	3	4	4
bgcolor="#f0f0f0" \| 2006–07 \| Hamburg Freezers \| DEL \| 52	23	36	59	58 \| 4	1	1	2	4
2007–08 \| Hamburg Freezers \| DEL \| 56	27	30	57	52 \| 8	3	4	7	14
bgcolor="#f0f0f0" \| 2008–09 \| Hamburg Freezers \| DEL \| 25	6	9	15	22 \| 9	1	1	2	6
2009–10 \| KHL Medveščak \| EBEL \| 44	18	19	37	40 \| 11	2	2	4	6
bgcolor="#f0f0f0" \| 2010–11 \| Belfast Giants \| EIHL \| 17	7	10	17	12 \| —	—	—	—	—
2010–11 \| Fassa \| ITA \| 16	9	6	15	12 \| 5	3	1	4	4
bgcolor="#f0f0f0" \| 2011–12 \| Morzine-Avoriaz \| FRA \| 26	8	17	25	38 \| 5	1	3	4	6
2012–13 \| Denver Cutthroats \| CHL \| 65	25	53	78	54 \| 5	3	0	3	2
bgcolor="#e0e0e0" ! colspan="3" \| AHL totals ! 610 !! 326 !! 341 !! 667 !! 696 ! 89 !! 46 !! 39 !! 85 !! 75
bgcolor="#e0e0e0" ! colspan="3" \| NHL totals ! 88 !! 15 !! 13 !! 28 !! 109 ! — !! — !! — !! — !! —

Awards and honours

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! Award

! Year

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| colspan="3" | AHL

First All-Star Team

| 1995–96, 2000–01, 2001–02

John B. Sollenberger Trophy

| 1995–96

|{{cite web|url=http://ahlhalloffame.com/john-b-sollenberger-trophy-p139047|title=John B. Sollenberger Trophy|publisher=American Hockey League|date=2010-07-20|accessdate=2010-07-10|url-status=dead|archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20100626090831/http://ahlhalloffame.com/john-b-sollenberger-trophy-p139047|archivedate=2010-06-26}}

Willie Marshall Award

| 1995–96

Les Cunningham Award

| 1995–96

|{{cite web|url=http://ahlhalloffame.com/les-cunningham-award-p139046|title=Les Cunningham Award|publisher=American Hockey League|date=2010-07-21|accessdate=2010-07-21|url-status=dead|archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20100801130909/http://ahlhalloffame.com/les-cunningham-award-p139046|archivedate=2010-08-01}}

All-Star Game

| 2001

| {{cite web| url = https://theahl.com/stats/game-summary/1005940 | title = Canadian All-Stars 11, Planet USA All-Stars 10 | publisher = American Hockey League | date = 2001-01-15 | accessdate = 2019-02-01}}