Greg Smyth

{{Short description|Canadian ice hockey player}}

{{Infobox ice hockey player

| image =

| image_size = 230px

| position = Defence

| shoots = Right

| height_ft = 6

| height_in = 4

| weight_lb = 235

| played_for = Philadelphia Flyers
Quebec Nordiques
Calgary Flames
Florida Panthers
Toronto Maple Leafs
Chicago Blackhawks

| birth_date = {{birth date|1966|04|23|mf=yes}}

| birth_place = Oakville, Ontario, Canada

| death_date = {{death date and age|2018|02|16|1966|04|23|mf=yes}}

| death_place=St. John's, Newfoundland, Canada

| draft = 22nd overall

| draft_year = 1984

| draft_team = Philadelphia Flyers

| career_start = 1986

| career_end = 2000

}}

Greg “Bird Dog” Smyth (April 23, 1966 – February 16, 2018) was a Canadian professional ice hockey defenceman who played ten seasons in the National Hockey League (NHL).

Playing career

Smyth was born in Oakville, Ontario. As a youth, he played in the 1979 Quebec International Pee-Wee Hockey Tournament with a minor ice hockey team from Mississauga.{{cite web|url=https://www.publicationsports.com/ressources/files/439/Joueurs_Pro.pdf|title=Pee-Wee players who have reached NHL or WHA|year=2018|website=Quebec International Pee-Wee Hockey Tournament|access-date=2019-01-15|archive-date=2019-03-06|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190306085544/https://www.publicationsports.com/ressources/files/439/Joueurs_Pro.pdf|url-status=dead}}

He later played in the NHL for the Philadelphia Flyers, Quebec Nordiques, Calgary Flames, Florida Panthers, Toronto Maple Leafs, and Chicago Blackhawks. He was known as an enforcer during his playing career.{{cn|date=January 2019}}

Playing the final three seasons of his career within the Maple Leafs organization, primarily with the St. John's Maple Leafs of the AHL, Smyth embarked on a coaching career in the 1999–2000 season with St. John's as an assistant coach. Less than a month into the season, Smyth got into a physical altercation with St. John’s forwards David Nemirovsky and Jason Bonsignore in Portland, Maine after a game against the Portland Pirates, in which Smyth was let go the next day.

Smyth briefly returned to playing, playing 9 games with the London Knights of the British Superleague, before ending his professional career.

Coached the Junior Celtics in the St. John's Junior Hockey League, winning the prestigious Veitch Trophy in 2001.

Death

Smyth resided in St. John’s, Newfoundland and Labrador following the end of his playing career.

Smyth died of cancer on February 16, 2018, he was 51 years old.{{cite web| url = http://www.thetelegram.com/sports/hockey/bird-dog-made-an-impact-former-st-johns-maple-leaf-greg-smyth-dead-at-51-187009/ | title = Bird Dog made an impact: former St. John's Maple Leaf Smyth dead at 51 | publisher = The Telegram | date = 2018-02-17 | accessdate = 2018-02-18}}

Career statistics

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! colspan="3" bgcolor="#ffffff" |

! rowspan="99" bgcolor="#ffffff" |

! colspan="5" | Regular season

! rowspan="99" bgcolor="#ffffff" |

! colspan="5" | Playoffs

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! Team

! League

! GP

! G

! A

! GP

! G

! A

! Pts

! PIM

| London Knights

| 64

| 4

| 21

| 25

| 252

| 6

| 1

| 0

| 1

| 24

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| London Knights

| OHL

| 47

| 7

| 16

| 23

| 188

| 8

| 2

| 2

| 4

| 27

| London Knights

| OHL

| 46

| 12

| 42

| 54

| 197

| 4

| 1

| 2

| 3

| 28

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| Hershey Bears

| 2

| 0

| 1

| 1

| 5

| 8

| 0

| 0

| 0

| 60

| Hershey Bears

| AHL

| 35

| 0

| 2

| 2

| 158

| 2

| 0

| 0

| 0

| 19

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| Philadelphia Flyers

| 1

| 0

| 0

| 0

| 0

| 1

| 0

| 0

| 0

| 2

| Hershey Bears

| AHL

| 21

| 0

| 10

| 10

| 102

| —

| —

| —

| —

| —

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| Philadelphia Flyers

| NHL

| 47

| 1

| 6

| 7

| 192

| 5

| 0

| 0

| 0

| 38

| Halifax Citadels

| AHL

| 43

| 3

| 9

| 12

| 310

| 4

| 0

| 1

| 1

| 35

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| Quebec Nordiques

| NHL

| 10

| 0

| 1

| 1

| 70

| —

| —

| —

| —

| —

| Halifax Citadels

| AHL

| 49

| 5

| 14

| 19

| 235

| 6

| 1

| 0

| 1

| 52

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| Quebec Nordiques

| NHL

| 13

| 0

| 0

| 0

| 57

| —

| —

| —

| —

| —

| Halifax Citadels

| AHL

| 56

| 6

| 23

| 29

| 340

| —

| —

| —

| —

| —

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| Quebec Nordiques

| NHL

| 1

| 0

| 0

| 0

| 0

| —

| —

| —

| —

| —

| Halifax Citadels

| AHL

| 9

| 1

| 3

| 4

| 35

| —

| —

| —

| —

| —

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| Quebec Nordiques

| NHL

| 29

| 0

| 2

| 2

| 138

| —

| —

| —

| —

| —

1991–92

| Calgary Flames

| NHL

| 7

| 1

| 1

| 2

| 15

| —

| —

| —

| —

| —

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| Salt Lake Golden Eagles

| 5

| 0

| 1

| 1

| 31

| —

| —

| —

| —

| —

| Calgary Flames

| NHL

| 35

| 1

| 2

| 3

| 95

| —

| —

| —

| —

| —

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| Florida Panthers

| NHL

| 12

| 1

| 0

| 1

| 37

| —

| —

| —

| —

| —

1993–94

| Toronto Maple Leafs

| NHL

| 11

| 0

| 1

| 1

| 38

| —

| —

| —

| —

| —

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| 1993–94

| Chicago Blackhawks

| NHL

| 38

| 0

| 0

| 0

| 108

| 6

| 0

| 0

| 0

| 0

| Indianapolis Ice

| IHL

| 2

| 0

| 0

| 0

| 0

| —

| —

| —

| —

| —

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| Chicago Blackhawks

| NHL

| 22

| 0

| 3

| 3

| 33

| —

| —

| —

| —

| —

| Chicago Wolves

| IHL

| 15

| 1

| 3

| 4

| 53

| —

| —

| —

| —

| —

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| 1995–96

| Los Angeles Ice Dogs

| IHL

| 41

| 2

| 7

| 9

| 231

| —

| —

| —

| —

| —

| St. John's Maple Leafs

| AHL

| 43

| 2

| 4

| 6

| 273

| 5

| 0

| 1

| 1

| 14

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| Toronto Maple Leafs

| NHL

| 2

| 0

| 0

| 0

| 0

| —

| —

| —

| —

| —

| St. John's Maple Leafs

| AHL

| 63

| 5

| 6

| 11

| 353

| 4

| 0

| 1

| 1

| 6

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| St. John's Maple Leafs

| AHL

| 40

| 0

| 7

| 7

| 159

| 5

| 0

| 1

| 1

| 19

| London Knights

| 9

| 0

| 0

| 0

| 42

| —

| —

| —

| —

| —

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! colspan="3" | AHL totals

! 361

! 22

! 79

! 101

! 1970

! 34

! 1

! 4

! 5

! 208

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! colspan="3" | NHL totals

! 228

! 4

! 16

! 20

! 783

! 12

! 0

! 0

! 0

! 40

References

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External links

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Category:1966 births

Category:2018 deaths

Category:Calgary Flames players

Category:Canadian ice hockey defencemen

Category:Chicago Blackhawks players

Category:Canadian expatriate ice hockey players in the United States

Category:Chicago Wolves (IHL) players

Category:Florida Panthers players

Category:Halifax Citadels players

Category:Hershey Bears players

Category:Indianapolis Ice players

Category:London Knights players

Category:London Knights (UK) players

Category:Los Angeles Ice Dogs players

Category:Ice hockey people from Oakville, Ontario

Category:Philadelphia Flyers draft picks

Category:Philadelphia Flyers players

Category:Quebec Nordiques players

Category:20th-century Canadian sportsmen

Category:St. John's Maple Leafs players

Category:Salt Lake Golden Eagles (IHL) players

Category:Toronto Maple Leafs players

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