Rodger Smith
{{short description|Canadian ice hockey player}}
{{Infobox ice hockey player
| image = Rodger Smith, Ottawa Gunners.jpg
| image_size =
| birth_date = {{birth date|1896|7|26}}
| birth_place = Ottawa, Ontario, Canada
| death_date = {{death date and age|1935|01|31|1896|07|26}}
| death_place =
| height_ft = 6
| height_in = 0
| weight_lb = 175
| position = Defence
| shoots = Left
| played_for = NHL
Pittsburgh Pirates
Philadelphia Quakers
IHL
Pittsburgh Yellow Jackets
| career_start = 1922
| career_end = 1931
}}
Denis Rodger Smith (July 26, 1896 – January 31, 1935) was a Canadian professional ice hockey defenceman who played six seasons in the National Hockey League for the Pittsburgh Pirates and Philadelphia Quakers between 1925 and 1931. He was born in Ottawa, Ontario.
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 | ||||||||
| bgcolor="#e0e0e0"
! Season ! Team ! League ! GP !! G !! A !! Pts !! PIM | ||||||||
| 1918–19
| Hamilton Tigers | OHA Sr | — | — | — | — | —
| — | — | — | — | — |
| bgcolor="#f0f0f0"
| 1919–20 | Ottawa War Vets | OCHL | 7 | 3 | 0 | 3 | 22
| — | — | — | — | — |
| 1920–21
| Ottawa Gunners | OCHL | 13 | 6 | 0 | 6 | —
| 6 | 1 | 3 | 4 | 9 |
| bgcolor="#f0f0f0"
| 1921–22 | Ottawa Gunners | OCHL | 10 | 6 | 3 | 9 | 9
| 6 | 6 | 5 | 11 | 15 |
| 1922–23
| Ottawa Gunners | OCHL | 17 | 19 | 10 | 29 | 21
| — | — | — | — | — |
| bgcolor="#f0f0f0"
| 1923–24 | USAHA | 20 | 9 | 2 | 11 | —
| 12 | 4 | 1 | 5 | 12 |
| 1924–25
| Pittsburgh Yellow Jackets | USAHA | 34 | 8 | 0 | 8 | —
| 8 | 1 | 0 | 1 | — |
| bgcolor="#f0f0f0"
| 1925–26 | NHL | 36 | 9 | 1 | 10 | 22
| 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| 1926–27
| Pittsburgh Pirates | NHL | 36 | 4 | 0 | 4 | 6
| — | — | — | — | — |
| bgcolor="#f0f0f0"
| 1927–28 | Pittsburgh Pirates | NHL | 43 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 30
| 2 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 0 |
| 1928–29
| Pittsburgh Pirates | NHL | 44 | 4 | 2 | 6 | 49
| — | — | — | — | — |
| bgcolor="#f0f0f0"
| 1929–30 | Pittsburgh Pirates | NHL | 42 | 2 | 1 | 3 | 65
| — | — | — | — | — |
| 1930–31
| NHL | 9 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0
| — | — | — | — | — |
| bgcolor="#f0f0f0"
| 1930–31 | Pittsburgh Yellow Jackets | IHL | 26 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 2
| 6 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 |
| 1930–31
| Can-Pro | 12 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0
| — | — | — | — | — |
| bgcolor="#f0f0f0"
| 1931–32 | Chicoutimi Carabins | ECHL | 23 | 6 | 10 | 16 | 36
| 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 |
| bgcolor="#e0e0e0"
! colspan="3"| NHL totals ! 210 !! 20 !! 4 !! 24 !! 172 ! 4 !! 3 !! 0 !! 3 !! 0 |
External links
- {{icehockeystats}}
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Category:Canadian ice hockey defencemen
Category:Ice hockey people from Ottawa
Category:Ontario Hockey Association Senior A League (1890–1979) players
Category:Pittsburgh Pirates (NHL) players
Category:20th-century Canadian sportsmen
Category:Philadelphia Quakers (NHL) players
Category:Pittsburgh Yellow Jackets (IHL) players
Category:Pittsburgh Yellow Jackets (USAHA) players
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