Jim Smith (ice hockey, born 1964)
{{short description|American ice hockey player}}
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| birth_date = {{birth date and age|1964|01|18}}
| birth_place = Castlegar, British Columbia, Canada
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| height_ft = 6
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| weight_lb = 185
| position = Defenceman
| shoots = Left
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| played_for = Denver
Adirondack Red Wings
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| career_start = 1982
| career_end = 1988
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James Smith is a Canadian retired ice hockey defenceman who was an All-American for Denver.
Career
Smith was a solid player for Denver for most of his time with the Pioneers. For his first two seasons, he produced decent numbers but wasn't able to help the team finish any better than 5th in the 6-team WCHA. As a junior, the team got marginally better, recording a winning season for the first time since he joined the squad but still ended up 5th in the standings (now with 8 teams in the conference). All of that changed in his senior season.
Denver jumped out to a fast start in 1985 and rode the success to a first-place finish. Smith nearly doubled his career best offensive output and led the defensive corps in scoring, ending up in a tie for 5th in the nation from the blueline.{{cite web|title=1985-86 NCAA Division I Statistics|url=http://www.eliteprospects.com/league.php?leagueid=NCAA&season=1985|publisher=Elite Prospects|access-date=2016-06-04}} He was named an All-American and helped the Pioneers win the WCHA Tournament for the first time since 1973. They also made their first NCAA Tournament for the first time in 13 years and reached the Frozen Four.
After graduating, Smith was able to use the success he found as a senior to continue his playing career. He produced respectable numbers for the Adirondack Red Wings over a season and a half but retired as a player in 1988.
Statistics
=Regular season and playoffs=
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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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! Season ! Team ! League ! GP ! G ! A ! Pts ! PIM ! GP ! G ! A ! Pts ! PIM | |||||||||
| 1982–83
| Denver | WCHA | 36 | 10 | 18 | 28 | 10 | — | — | — | — | — |
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| 1983–84 | Denver | WCHA | 36 | 5 | 15 | 20 | 24 | — | — | — | — | — |
| 1984–85
| Denver | WCHA | 37 | 7 | 18 | 25 | 40 | — | — | — | — | — |
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| 1985–86 | Denver | WCHA | 47 | 10 | 40 | 50 | 37 | — | — | — | — | — |
| 1986–87
| AHL | 77 | 8 | 27 | 35 | 43 | — | — | — | — | — |
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| 1987–88 | AHL | 41 | 3 | 10 | 13 | 36 | — | — | — | — | — |
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! colspan="3" | NCAA totals ! 156 !! 32 !! 91 !! 123 !! 111 !! — !! — !! — !! — !! — | |||||||||
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! colspan="3" | AHL totals ! 118 !! 11 !! 37 !! 48 !! 79 !! — !! — !! — !! — !! — |
Awards and honours
References
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External links
- {{Ice hockey stats|nhl=8458066|elite=285702|hockeydb=9767}}
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Category:Ice hockey people from British Columbia
Category:Sportspeople from Castlegar, British Columbia
Category:Canadian ice hockey defencemen
Category:Denver Pioneers men's ice hockey players
Category:AHCA Division I men's ice hockey All-Americans