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| Sid Smith | |||
|---|---|---|---|
 Smith in the 1950s | |||
| Born |
(1925-07-11)July 11, 1925 Toronto, Ontario, Canada | ||
| Died |
April 29, 2004(2004-04-29) (aged 78) Wasaga Beach, Ontario, Canada | ||
| Height | 5 ft 10 in (178 cm) | ||
| Weight | 173 lb (78 kg; 12 st 5 lb) | ||
| Position | Left wing | ||
| Shot | Left | ||
| Played for |
AHL Pittsburgh Hornets NHL Toronto Maple Leafs | ||
| Playing career | 1946–1958 | ||
Sidney James Smith (July 11, 1925 – April 29, 2004) was a National Hockey League left winger who played with the Toronto Maple Leafs for 12 seasons. He was the Leafs team captain from 1955 to 1956.
Playing career
Born in Toronto, Ontario, and attended De La Salle College, Smith began his career in minor leagues in Toronto and later with the Oshawa Generals in the Ontario Hockey League. He attended Essex School and resided at 1 Burnfield Avenue in Seaton.
Having played 45 games in two championship seasons for the Maple Leafs, he spent most of the 1948–49 season in the AHL with the Pittsburgh Hornets before he was called back to Toronto. After playing just one regular season game Smith scored a hat-trick in Game 2 on the Stanley Cup finals to help Toronto to a four-games sweep of the Detroit Red Wings. Smith had six consecutive seasons with 20 or more goals, a distinction held by the great Gordie Howe. Smith retired in the 1957–1958 season and later became a player-coach with the Whitby Dunlops, a senior team in the Ontario Hockey Association in 1957. Smith played 601 regular season games scoring 186 goals and 183 assists for 369 points. In 44 play-off games, he scored 17 goals and 10 assists for 27 points.
Awards and achievements
- Three Stanley Cup championships 1947–48, 1948–49, 1950–51
- Two Lady Byng Trophies in 1951–52 and 1954–55.
- Selected for the second All-Star team in 1950–51 and 1951–52, and for the first All-Star team in 1954–55
Career statistics
| Regular season | Playoffs | |||||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Season | Team | League | GP | G | A | Pts | PIM | GP | G | A | Pts | PIM | ||
| 1943–44 | De La Salle College | Big-10 Jr. B | 9 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 9 | 4 | 2 | 6 | 8 | ||
| 1944–45 | Oshawa Generals | OHA-Jr. | 20 | 10 | 7 | 17 | 18 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | ||
| 1944–45 | Porcupine Combines | M-Cup | — | — | — | — | — | 2 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 0 | ||
| 1945–46 | Toronto Staffords | OHA-Sr. | 13 | 9 | 12 | 21 | 2 | 10 | 6 | 7 | 13 | 0 | ||
| 1946–47 | Quebec Aces | QSHL | 15 | 12 | 5 | 17 | 6 | — | — | — | — | — | ||
| 1946–47 | Toronto Maple Leafs | NHL | 14 | 2 | 1 | 3 | 0 | — | — | — | — | — | ||
| 1947–48 | Toronto Maple Leafs | NHL | 31 | 7 | 10 | 17 | 10 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| 1947–48 | Pittsburgh Hornets | AHL | 30 | 23 | 17 | 40 | 11 | — | — | — | — | — | ||
| 1948–49 | Toronto Maple Leafs | NHL | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6 | 5 | 2 | 7 | 0 | ||
| 1948–49 | Pittsburgh Hornets | AHL | 68 | 55 | 57 | 112 | 4 | — | — | — | — | — | ||
| 1949–50 | Toronto Maple Leafs | NHL | 68 | 22 | 23 | 45 | 6 | 7 | 0 | 3 | 3 | 2 | ||
| 1950–51 | Toronto Maple Leafs | NHL | 70 | 30 | 21 | 51 | 10 | 11 | 7 | 3 | 10 | 0 | ||
| 1951–52 | Toronto Maple Leafs | NHL | 70 | 27 | 30 | 57 | 6 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| 1952–53 | Toronto Maple Leafs | NHL | 70 | 20 | 19 | 39 | 6 | — | — | — | — | — | ||
| 1953–54 | Toronto Maple Leafs | NHL | 70 | 22 | 16 | 38 | 28 | 5 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 0 | ||
| 1954–55 | Toronto Maple Leafs | NHL | 70 | 33 | 21 | 54 | 14 | 4 | 3 | 1 | 4 | 0 | ||
| 1955–56 | Toronto Maple Leafs | NHL | 55 | 4 | 17 | 21 | 8 | 5 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | ||
| 1956–57 | Toronto Maple Leafs | NHL | 70 | 17 | 24 | 41 | 4 | — | — | — | — | — | ||
| 1957–58 | Toronto Maple Leafs | NHL | 12 | 2 | 1 | 3 | 2 | — | — | — | — | — | ||
| 1957–58 | Whitby Dunlops | OHA-Sr. | 28 | 24 | 19 | 43 | 4 | — | — | — | — | — | ||
| 1958–59 | Whitby Dunlops | OHA-Sr. | 51 | 35 | 35 | 70 | 20 | 10 | 7 | 4 | 11 | 2 | ||
| 1958–59 | Whitby Dunlops | Al-Cup | — | — | — | — | — | 12 | 12 | 8 | 20 | 8 | ||
| NHL totals | 601 | 186 | 183 | 369 | 94 | 44 | 17 | 10 | 27 | 2 | ||||
References
- "Legends of Hockey -- NHL Player Search -- Player -- Sid Smith". HHOF.com. Archived from the original on August 3, 2017. Retrieved June 9, 2022.
External links
- Biographical information and career statistics from NHL.com, or Eliteprospects.com, or Hockey-Reference.com, or The Internet Hockey Database
| Preceded byTed Kennedy | Toronto Maple Leafs captain 1955–56 |
Succeeded byJimmy Thomson |
| Preceded byRed Kelly | Winner of the Lady Byng Trophy 1952 |
Succeeded byRed Kelly |
| Preceded byRed Kelly | Winner of the Lady Byng Trophy 1955 |
Succeeded byEarl Reibel |
- 1925 births
- 2004 deaths
- Canada men's national ice hockey team coaches
- Canadian ice hockey left wingers
- Canadian ice hockey coaches
- Lady Byng Memorial Trophy winners
- Oshawa Generals players
- Pittsburgh Hornets players
- Quebec Aces (QSHL) players
- Ice hockey people from Toronto
- Stanley Cup champions
- Toronto Maple Leafs players
- 20th-century Canadian sportsmen