You Are Here > Hockey-Reference.com > Players > S > Greg Smith

Greg Smith

Position: D
Shoots: Left
Height: 6-0    Weight: 195 lbs.
Born: July 8, 1955 in Ponoka, Alberta

Drafted by the California Golden Seals in the 4th round (57th overall) of the 1975 NHL Amateur Draft.

* Sweater numbers are available 1951-1970, 1972-1994, and 1999-2008.
5
California Golden Seals
1976		 5
Cleveland Barons
1977-1978		 23
Minnesota North Stars
1979-1981		 5
Detroit Red Wings
1982-1986		 19
Washington Capitals
1986-1988

NHL/WHA Regular Season

Glossary / Hide Partial Seasons / CSV / PRE / Click column headers to sort
Season Age Team Lg GP G A PTS PTS/G GC GC/G TGF PGF TGA PGA +/- PIM ESG PPG SHG GWG SOG SOG/G SPCT TOI ATOI
1975-76 20 California Golden Seals NHL 1 0 1 1 1.00 0 0.31 1 1 1 0 -1 2 0 0 0 0 1 1.00 0.0
1976-77 21 Cleveland Barons NHL 74 9 17 26 0.35 10 0.13 64 21 86 12 -31 65 5 4 0 2 128 1.73 7.0
1977-78 22 Cleveland Barons NHL 80 7 30 37 0.46 13 0.16 119 24 158 37 -26 92 5 2 0 0 148 1.85 4.7
1978-79 23 Minnesota North Stars NHL 80 5 27 32 0.40 11 0.14 99 14 127 21 -21 147 4 1 0 1 193 2.41 2.6
1979-80 24 Minnesota North Stars NHL 55 5 13 18 0.33 7 0.12 63 10 62 8 -1 103 3 1 1 1 91 1.65 5.5
1980-81 25 Minnesota North Stars NHL 74 5 21 26 0.35 9 0.12 83 8 96 28 7 126 4 1 0 1 99 1.34 5.1
1981-82 26 Detroit Red Wings NHL 69 10 22 32 0.46 12 0.17 99 10 143 32 -22 79 8 2 0 1 154 2.23 6.5
1982-83 27 Detroit Red Wings NHL 73 4 26 30 0.41 10 0.14 100 4 123 34 7 79 4 0 0 0 92 1.26 4.3
1983-84 28 Detroit Red Wings NHL 75 3 20 23 0.31 8 0.10 83 2 100 25 6 108 3 0 0 1 63 0.84 4.8
1984-85 29 Detroit Red Wings NHL 73 2 18 20 0.27 6 0.09 61 4 115 32 -26 117 2 0 0 0 54 0.74 3.7
1985-86 30 2 Teams NHL 76 5 22 27 0.36 9 0.12 68 9 113 43 -11 94 5 0 0 0 59 0.78 8.5
1985-86 30 Detroit Red Wings NHL 62 5 19 24 0.39 8 0.14 55 8 100 39 -14 84 5 0 0 0 53 0.85 9.4
1985-86 30 Washington Capitals NHL 14 0 3 3 0.21 1 0.07 13 1 13 4 3 10 0 0 0 0 6 0.43 0.0
1986-87 31 Washington Capitals NHL 45 0 9 9 0.20 3 0.06 32 3 43 8 -6 31 0 0 0 0 30 0.67 0.0
1987-88 32 Washington Capitals NHL 54 1 6 7 0.13 2 0.04 36 1 42 12 5 67 1 0 0 0 31 0.57 3.2
Career NHL 829 56 232 288 0.35 99 0.12 908 111 1209 292 -120 1110 44 11 1 7 1143 1.38 4.9

NHL/WHA Playoffs

Glossary / CSV / PRE / Click column headers to sort
Season Age Team Lg GP G A PTS PTS/G +/- PIM ESG PPG SHG GWG SOG SOG/G SPCT TOI ATOI
1979-80 24 Minnesota North Stars NHL 12 0 1 1 0.08 9 0 0 0 0
1980-81 25 Minnesota North Stars NHL 19 1 5 6 0.32 39 0 0 1 0
1983-84 28 Detroit Red Wings NHL 4 1 0 1 0.25 -2 8 1 0 0 0 9 2.25 11.1
1984-85 29 Detroit Red Wings NHL 3 0 0 0 0.00 0 7 0 0 0 0 2 0.67 0.0
1985-86 30 Washington Capitals NHL 9 2 1 3 0.33 4 9 1 0 1 0 8 0.89 25.0
1986-87 31 Washington Capitals NHL 7 0 0 0 0.00 1 11 0 0 0 0 2 0.29 0.0
1987-88 32 Washington Capitals NHL 9 0 0 0 0.00 -1 23 0 0 0 0 5 0.56 0.0
Career NHL 63 4 7 11 0.17 2 106 2 0 2 0 26 0.81 11.5

Other Regular Season

Glossary / CSV / PRE / Click column headers to sort
Season Age Team Lg GP G A PTS PTS/G GC GC/G TGF PGF TGA PGA +/- PIM ESG PPG SHG GWG SOG SOG/G SPCT TOI ATOI
1973-74 18 Colorado College WCHA 31 7 13 20 0.65 80
1974-75 19 Colorado College WCHA 36 10 24 34 0.94 75
1975-76 20 Colorado College WCHA 34 18 19 37 1.09 123
1975-76 20 Salt Lake Golden Eagles CHL 5 0 2 2 0.40 2
1976-77 21 Canada WEC-A 10 1 1 2 0.20 4
1978-79 23 Canada WEC-A 5 0 0 0 0.00 12
Career CHL 5 0 2 2 0.40 2
Career WCHA 101 35 56 91 0.90 278
Career WEC-A 15 1 1 2 0.13 16

Other Playoffs

Glossary / CSV / PRE / Click column headers to sort
Season Age Team Lg GP G A PTS PTS/G +/- PIM ESG PPG SHG GWG SOG SOG/G SPCT TOI ATOI
1975-76 20 Salt Lake Golden Eagles CHL 5 1 2 3 0.60 4
Career CHL 5 1 2 3 0.60 4

Appearances on Leader Boards, Awards, and Honors

Glossary

Games Played

1977-78 NHL 80 (3)
1978-79 NHL 80 (1)

Total Goals Against

1977-78 NHL 158 (2)
1978-79 NHL 127 (10)
1981-82 NHL 143 (8)
Career NHL 1209 (94)

Power Play Goals Against

1977-78 NHL 37 (7)

Transactions

Glossary / Transaction information may be incomplete.

March, 1975: Signed as a free agent by California, March, 1975.

August 26, 1976: Transferred to Cleveland after California franchise relocated, August 26, 1976.

June 15, 1978: Protected by Minnesota prior to Cleveland-Minnesota Dispersal Draft, June 15, 1978.

August 21, 1981: Traded to Detroit by Minnesota with the rights to Don Murdoch and Minnesota's 1st round choice (Murray Craven) in 1982 Entry Draft for Detroit's 1st round choice (Brian Bellows) in 1982 Entry Draft, August 21, 1981.

March 10, 1986: Traded to Washington by Detroit with John Barrett for Darren Veitch, March 10, 1986.