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Gary "Suitcase" Smith, a former professional ice hockey goaltender, was born in Ottawa, Ontario on February 4, 1944. He is the brother of the late former professional hockey player and CJOH television sports anchor, Brian Smith. His father, Des Smith, was a former NHL player. Ice hockey, known simply as hockey in areas where it is more common than field hockey, is a team sport played on ice. ...
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February 4 is the 35th day of the year in the Gregorian Calendar. ...
Year 1944 (MCMXLIV) was a leap year starting on Saturday (the link is to a full 1944 calendar). ...
CJOH (also commonly known as CTV Ottawa) is a television station owned by Bell Globemedia which serves Ottawa, Ontario and the surrounding region. ...
- Position: Goaltender
- Catches: Left
- Height: 6 ft 4 in
- Weight: 215 lb
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Playing career
Smith won a Memorial Cup with the Toronto Marlboros in 1964. Entering the NHL with the Toronto Maple Leafs in 1965, he eventually earned the nickname "Suitcase" Smith because of the large number of teams he played for. After playing with the dismal California Golden Seals from 1967-71, where he set records in 1970-71 for both the most games played in a single season and most losses in a single season, his first success was sharing the 1971-72 Vezina Trophy with Tony Esposito while with the Chicago Black Hawks. In 1974-75, he also had a fine season with the Vancouver Canucks, with 72 games played and six shutouts. Smith later played in the World Hockey Association, and was part of the Winnipeg Jets' 1979 Avco World Trophy championship. The Memorial Cup is the championship trophy of the Canadian Hockey League (CHL). ...
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The Toronto Maple Leafs are a professional ice hockey team based in Toronto, Ontario, Canada. ...
The California Golden Seals were a team in the National Hockey League (NHL) from 1967-76. ...
Vezina Trophy on display at the Hockey Hall of Fame The Vezina Trophy is awarded annually to the person deemed the best ice hockey goalkeeper as voted on by the general managers of the teams in the National Hockey League. ...
Anthony James Esposito (born April 23, 1943 in Sault Ste. ...
The Chicago Blackhawks are a National Hockey League team based in Chicago, Illinois. ...
The classic NHL shield logo The 1974-75 NHL season was the 58th season of the National Hockey League. ...
The Vancouver Canucks are a professional National Hockey League (NHL) ice hockey team based in Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada. ...
World Hockey Association logo The World Hockey Association (French: Association Mondiale de Hockey) was a professional ice hockey league that operated in North America from 1972 to 1979. ...
The Winnipeg Jets were an ice hockey franchise that existed in both the World Hockey Association and the National Hockey League. ...
Avco World Trophy The Avco World Trophy was the championship trophy of the original World Hockey Association (1972-1979). ...
See also National Hockey League The list of National Hockey League (NHL) players is divided into the following lists: By specific groups Current players List of every NHL player List of members of the Hockey Hall of Fame List of members of the United States Hockey Hall of Fame List of NHL...
A list of National Hockey League seasons since inception of the league: 1917-18 | 1918-19 | 1919-20 | 1920-21 | 1921-22 | 1922-23 | 1923-24 | 1924-25 | 1925-26 | 1926-27 | 1927-28 | 1928-29 | 1929-30 | 1930-31 | 1931-32 | 1932-33 | 1933-34 | 1934-35 | 1935-36...
A list of World Hockey Association (WHA) seasons 1972-73 WHA season | 1973-74 WHA season | 1974-75 WHA season | 1975-76 WHA season | 1976-77 WHA season | 1977-78 WHA season | 1978-79 WHA season See also Avco Cup List of NHL seasons List of pre-NHL seasons ...
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