Wyatt Smith

Wyatt Smith
Smith with the Colorado Avalanche in 2007
Born (1977-02-13) February 13, 1977 (age 47)
Thief River Falls, Minnesota, U.S.
Height 5 ft 11 in (180 cm)
Weight 205 lb (93 kg; 14 st 9 lb)
Position Center
Shot Left
Played for Phoenix Coyotes
Nashville Predators
New York Islanders
Minnesota Wild
Colorado Avalanche
ERC Ingolstadt
NHL draft 233rd overall, 1997
Phoenix Coyotes
Playing career 1999–2011

Wyatt Carter Smith (born February 13, 1977) is an American former professional ice hockey player who played as a journeyman center in the National Hockey League before finishing his career with ERC Ingolstadt of the Deutsche Eishockey Liga.

Playing career

From 1995 to 1999, he played at the University of Minnesota. In 1997, during his collegiate career, he was drafted by the Phoenix Coyotes in the ninth round with the 233rd overall pick. He has also played on the Nashville Predators, New York Islanders, Minnesota Wild and the Colorado Avalanche.

On July 3, 2008, Smith was signed as a free agent by the Tampa Bay Lightning for the 2008–09 season.[1] After playing 18 games with affiliate, the Norfolk Admirals, Smith was traded by the Lightning back to the team that drafted him the Phoenix Coyotes on November 25, 2008.[2] Smith was then reassigned to the Coyotes' affiliate, the San Antonio Rampage, of the AHL.

On July 31, 2009, Smith was signed to a one-year contract with the Pittsburgh Penguins.[3] Assigned to Pittsburgh's AHL affiliate, Wyatt remained with the Wilkes-Barre/Scranton Penguins as captain for the duration of the 2009–10 season and finished fourth on the team in scoring with 48 points in 76 contests.[4]

On September 2, 2010, Smith signed as a free agent to a one-year contract with the Boston Bruins for the 2010–11 season.[5] Signed to fulfill a veteran presence with the Bruins AHL affiliate in Providence, Smith struggled to produce offensively scoring 2 goals in 30 games. After clearing waivers on December 31, 2010, Smith was released from his contract and signed in Europe for the remainder of the season with German team, ERC Ingolstadt of the DEL.[6]

Career statistics

Regular season and playoffs

    Regular season   Playoffs
Season Team League GP G A Pts PIM GP G A Pts PIM
1994–95 Warroad High School HSMN 28 29 31 60 28 — — — — —
1995–96 University of Minnesota WCHA 32 4 5 9 32 — — — — —
1996–97 University of Minnesota WCHA 38 16 14 30 44 — — — — —
1997–98 University of Minnesota WCHA 39 24 23 47 62 — — — — —
1998–99 University of Minnesota WCHA 43 23 20 43 37 — — — — —
1999–2000 Phoenix Coyotes NHL 2 0 0 0 0 — — — — —
1999–2000 Springfield Falcons AHL 60 14 26 40 37 5 2 3 5 13
2000–01 Phoenix Coyotes NHL 42 3 7 10 13 — — — — —
2000–01 Springfield Falcons AHL 18 5 7 12 11 — — — — —
2001–02 Phoenix Coyotes NHL 10 0 0 0 0 — — — — —
2001–02 Springfield Falcons AHL 69 23 32 55 69 — — — — —
2002–03 Nashville Predators NHL 11 1 0 1 0 — — — — —
2002–03 Milwaukee Admirals AHL 56 24 27 51 89 4 1 0 1 2
2003–04 Nashville Predators NHL 18 3 1 4 2 — — — — —
2003–04 Milwaukee Admirals AHL 40 9 7 16 40 22 5 7 12 25
2004–05 Milwaukee Admirals AHL 69 19 28 47 89 7 1 4 5 10
2005–06 New York Islanders NHL 42 0 8 8 26 — — — — —
2005–06 Bridgeport Sound Tigers AHL 39 13 16 29 40 — — — — —
2006–07 Minnesota Wild NHL 61 3 3 6 16 4 0 0 0 0
2006–07 Houston Aeros AHL 12 4 3 7 12 — — — — —
2007–08 Colorado Avalanche NHL 25 0 3 3 8 1 0 0 0 0
2007–08 Lake Erie Monsters AHL 40 17 18 35 34 — — — — —
2008–09 Norfolk Admirals AHL 18 3 4 7 12 — — — — —
2008–09 San Antonio Rampage AHL 53 16 24 40 59 — — — — —
2009–10 Wilkes–Barre/Scranton Penguins AHL 76 13 35 48 70 4 1 0 1 6
2010–11 Providence Bruins AHL 30 2 7 9 23 — — — — —
2010–11 ERC Ingolstadt DEL 22 4 12 16 18 4 1 0 1 2
NHL totals 211 10 22 32 65 5 0 0 0 0
AHL totals 580 162 234 396 585 42 10 14 24 54

International

Year Team Event   GP G A Pts PIM
1996 United States WJC 6 0 1 1 2
1997 United States WJC 6 0 2 2 0
Junior totals 12 0 3 3 2

Awards and honors

Award Year
College
All-WCHA Third Team 1997–98
All-WCHA Third Team 1998–99
AHL
Calder Cup (Milwaukee Admirals) 2003–04

References

  1. ^ "Lightning ink former Calder Cup champion Wyatt Smith". AHL. July 3, 2008. Retrieved November 25, 2008.
  2. ^ "Lightning trade center Wyatt Smith". NHL. November 25, 2008. Archived from the original on July 29, 2014. Retrieved November 25, 2008.
  3. ^ "Penguins sign forwards Brookbank, Smtih". Pittsburgh Penguins. July 31, 2009. Archived from the original on August 3, 2009. Retrieved August 1, 2009.
  4. ^ "Penguins deal with exit". Times Leader. April 22, 2010. Archived from the original on March 8, 2012. Retrieved September 7, 2010.
  5. ^ "Wyatt Smith to fill void left by Trent Whitfield". NESN. September 2, 2010. Archived from the original on September 28, 2011. Retrieved September 2, 2010.
  6. ^ "ERC Inglostadt commit to new forward" (in German). ERC Ingolstadt. December 31, 2010. Archived from the original on July 19, 2011. Retrieved January 2, 2011.
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Preceded by Captain of the Wilkes-Barre/Scranton Penguins
2009–10 		Succeeded by