Austin Smith (ice hockey)

Austin Smith
Born (1988-11-07) November 7, 1988
Dallas, Texas, USA
Height 5 ft 11 in (180 cm)
Weight 181 lb (82 kg; 12 st 13 lb)
Position Forward
Shoots Right
EBEL team
Former teams		 HC TWK Innsbruck
Texas Stars
Ässät
Ravensburg Towerstars Idaho Steelheads
NHL Draft 128th overall, 2007
Dallas Stars
Playing career 2012–present

Austin Smith (born November 7, 1988) is an American ice hockey player currently playing for HC TWK Innsbruck in the Austrian Hockey League (EBEL). He was selected by the Dallas Stars in the 5th round (128th overall) of the 2007 NHL Entry Draft.[1]

Playing career

A graduate of Colgate University, Smith played with the Colgate Raiders in the a NCAA Men's Division I ECAC Hockey conference.[2] In his senior year, Smith's outstanding play was recognized when he was recognized as ECAC Hockey's most valuable player and was selected to the 2011–12 ECAC Hockey First Team, as well as a Hobey Baker finalist and First Team All-American.[3]

In March 2012 Dallas Stars has signed Austin Smith to a two-year entry-level contract.[4] In this two years Smith split between AHL and ECHL affiliates Texas Stars and Idaho Steelheads. In AHL games he scored 2 goals with 4 assist in 38 games. In the ECHL he was the Steelheads leading scorer with 27 goals and 23 assists in 38 games in 2012–13 season.[5]

Austin was loan to the Liiga (Finlands Top Pro League) by the Dallas Stars in December 2013. After a successful loan period with Ässät during the latter half of the 2013–14 season, as an impending free agent with the Dallas Stars, Smith opted to remain with Pori in signing a one-year contract for the following season on January 22, 2014.[6] After a dispute with one of the coaches which led to no discussion between the two in October 2014, ECHL team Allen Americans has signed forward Austin Smith to a contract for the 2014-15 season.[7]

In December 2014 Smith has gone back to Europe and signed a contract with Ravensburg Towerstars in the German second level league DEL2.[8] In the 2015–16 season he shared with 37 goals in 40 games the top spot in the DEL2 goal scoring ranks.[9]

Awards and honours

Award Year
ECAC Hockey Player of the Year 2011–12 [10]
All-ECAC Hockey First Team 2011–12 [3]
AHCA East First-Team All-American 2011–12
Best goal scorer DEL2 2015–16

References

  1. ↑ "Colgate's Smith makes a career of proving naysayers wrong". USCHO.com. 2012-03-13. Retrieved 2012-03-15.
  2. ↑ Dallas Stars Prospect Austin Smith Personifies Hard Work, Perseverance As Pro Career Begins - Defending Big D
  3. 1 2 ECAC Hockey Mobile : League Announces Regular-Season Awards
  4. ↑ "Stars sign Austin Smith to entry-level contract". Dallas Stars. 2012-03-21. Retrieved 2016-03-06.
  5. ↑ "Prospects Austin Smith". Hockey's Future. 2013-06-01. Retrieved 2016-03-06.
  6. ↑ "Assat extend Austin Smith". Ässät. January 22, 2014. Archived from the original on March 1, 2014. Retrieved 2014-01-22.
  7. ↑ "Local star Austin Smith is home to play with Allen Americans". TEXas Sports Review. 2014-11-12. Retrieved 2016-03-06.
  8. ↑ "Austin Smith goes for Towerstars" (in German). Ravensburg Towerstars. 2014-12-02. Retrieved 2016-03-06.
  9. ↑ "DEL2 Topscorer" (in German). del-2.org. 2016-03-01. Retrieved 2016-03-06.
  10. ↑ Dallas Stars Daily Links: Two Stars Prospects Up For Hobey Baker - Defending Big D

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Awards and achievements
Preceded by
Chase Polacek		 ECAC Hockey Player of the Year
2011–12 		Succeeded by
Eric Hartzell
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