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Ice hockey player
| Alex Smith | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Born |
(1902-04-02)2 April 1902 Bootle, Liverpool, England | ||
| Died |
29 November 1963(1963-11-29) (aged 61) Ottawa, Ontario, Canada | ||
| Height | 5 ft 11 in (180 cm) | ||
| Weight | 176 lb (80 kg; 12 st 8 lb) | ||
| Position | Defence | ||
| Shot | Left | ||
| Played for |
Ottawa Senators Detroit Falcons Boston Bruins New York Americans | ||
| Playing career | 1924–1937 | ||
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.
Career statistics
Regular season and playoffs
| Regular season | Playoffs | |||||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Season | Team | League | GP | G | A | Pts | PIM | GP | G | A | Pts | PIM | ||
| 1922–23 | Ottawa Gunners | OCHL | 3 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | — | — | — | — | — | ||
| 1923–24 | Ottawa Collegiate Institute | HS-ON | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | ||
| 1924–25 | Ottawa Rideaus | OCHL | 11 | 7 | 1 | 8 | — | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| 1924–25 | Ottawa Senators | NHL | 7 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 | — | — | — | — | — | ||
| 1925–26 | Ottawa Senators | NHL | 36 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 36 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| 1926–27 | Ottawa Senators | NHL | 42 | 4 | 1 | 5 | 58 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 8 | ||
| 1927–28 | Ottawa Senators | NHL | 44 | 9 | 4 | 13 | 90 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 | ||
| 1928–29 | Ottawa Senators | NHL | 44 | 1 | 7 | 8 | 96 | — | — | — | — | — | ||
| 1929–30 | Ottawa Senators | NHL | 43 | 2 | 6 | 8 | 91 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 | ||
| 1930–31 | Ottawa Senators | NHL | 37 | 5 | 6 | 11 | 73 | — | — | — | — | — | ||
| 1931–32 | Detroit Falcons | NHL | 48 | 6 | 8 | 14 | 47 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 | ||
| 1932–33 | Ottawa Senators | NHL | 34 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 42 | — | — | — | — | — | ||
| 1932–33 | Boston Bruins | NHL | 15 | 5 | 4 | 9 | 30 | 5 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 6 | ||
| 1933–34 | Boston Bruins | NHL | 45 | 4 | 6 | 10 | 32 | — | — | — | — | — | ||
| 1934–35 | New York Americans | NHL | 48 | 3 | 8 | 11 | 46 | — | — | — | — | — | ||
| 1935–36 | Ottawa RCAF Flyers | OCHL | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | ||
| NHL totals | 443 | 41 | 50 | 91 | 645 | 19 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 26 | ||||
See also
References
- Alere Flammam, Lisgar Alumni Association Newsletter, Fall 2009
External links
- Biographical information and career statistics from NHL.com, or Hockey-Reference.com, or The Internet Hockey Database
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- 1902 births
- 1963 deaths
- Boston Bruins players
- Canadian ice hockey defencemen
- Detroit Falcons players
- English ice hockey players
- Ice hockey people from Ottawa
- Lisgar Collegiate Institute alumni
- New York Americans players
- Ottawa Senators (1917) players
- 20th-century Canadian sportsmen
- Ottawa Senators (original) players
- Sportspeople from Bootle
- Stanley Cup champions
- British emigrants to Canada
- Canadian expatriate ice hockey players in the United States
- Canadian ice hockey defenceman, 1900s births stubs
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