Billy Smith

William John Smith "Hatchet Man/Battling Billy"
Born: December 12, 1950
Perth, ON Canada
Position: G
Height: 5'10"
Weight: 185
Shoot/Catch: Left
Career: 1971-1988
Elected to Hockey Hall of Fame in 1993.
Minor league statistics

Billy Smith compiled a career record of 305 wins, 233 losses and 105 ties with a goals against average of 3.17 in his career with the Los Angeles Kings and New York Islanders. He began playing during the 1971 season and last took the ice during the 1988 campaign. Smith was elected to the Hockey Hall of Fame in 1993.


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Scoring:

Year Lg Team GP G A Pts PIM +/- PPG PPA SHG SHA GWG GTG SOG SG%
1971-72NHLLos Angeles Kings5000500000000
1972-73NHLNew York Islanders370004200000000
1973-74NHLNew York Islanders460001100000000
1974-75NHLNew York Islanders580002100000000
1975-76NHLNew York Islanders390111000000000
1976-77NHLNew York Islanders360111200000000
1977-78NHLNew York Islanders380003500000000
1978-79NHLNew York Islanders400225400000000
1979-80NHLNew York Islanders381013900000000
1980-81NHLNew York Islanders410003300000000
1981-82NHLNew York Islanders460112400000000
1982-83NHLNew York Islanders410004100000000
1983-84NHLNew York Islanders420222300000000
1984-85NHLNew York Islanders370002500000000
1985-86NHLNew York Islanders410334900000000
1986-87NHLNew York Islanders400223700000000
1987-88NHLNew York Islanders380002000000000
1988-89NHLNew York Islanders17000800000000
Totals6801121348900000000


Goaltending:

Year Lg Team GP Min W L T/OL ENG SHO GA GAA Shts SVS SV%
1971-72NHLLos Angeles Kings530013100234.600
1972-73NHLNew York Islanders3721227243001474.160
1973-74NHLNew York Islanders46261592312501343.070
1974-75NHLNew York Islanders583368211817331562.780
1975-76NHLNew York Islanders3922541910933982.610
1976-77NHLNew York Islanders362089218612872.500
1977-78NHLNew York Islanders382154208822952.650
1978-79NHLNew York Islanders4022612584011082.870
1979-80NHLNew York Islanders38211415147421042.950
1980-81NHLNew York Islanders41236322108421293.280
1981-82NHLNew York Islanders4626853294001332.970
1982-83NHLNew York Islanders41234018147211122.8713071195.914
1983-84NHLNew York Islanders42227923132021303.4213821252.906
1984-85NHLNew York Islanders37209018143101333.8212331100.892
1985-86NHLNew York Islanders41230820144211433.7213471204.894
1986-87NHLNew York Islanders40225214185311323.5211391007.884
1987-88NHLNew York Islanders38210717145121133.2211751062.904
1988-89NHLNew York Islanders17730311020544.44418364.871
Totals68038431305233105332220313.1792157184.780

Postseason - Scoring:

Year Lg Team GP G A Pts PIM +/- PPG PPA SHG SHA GWG SOG SG%
1974-75NHLNew York Islanders600060000000
1975-76NHLNew York Islanders8000110000000
1976-77NHLNew York Islanders1000080000000
1977-78NHLNew York Islanders100090000000
1978-79NHLNew York Islanders500040000000
1979-80NHLNew York Islanders20000110000000
1980-81NHLNew York Islanders1701120000000
1981-82NHLNew York Islanders1800060000000
1982-83NHLNew York Islanders1701190000000
1983-84NHLNew York Islanders21000170000000
1984-85NHLNew York Islanders600060000000
1985-86NHLNew York Islanders100000000000
1986-87NHLNew York Islanders200000000000
Totals132022890000000

Postseason - Goaltending:

Year Lg Team GP Min W L T ENG SHO GA GAA Shts SVS SV%
1974-75NHLNew York Islanders633314010234.140
1975-76NHLNew York Islanders843743000212.880
1976-77NHLNew York Islanders1058073000272.790
1977-78NHLNew York Islanders1470000011.280
1978-79NHLNew York Islanders531541001101.900
1979-80NHLNew York Islanders201198154001562.800
1980-81NHLNew York Islanders17994143000422.540
1981-82NHLNew York Islanders181120153001472.520
1982-83NHLNew York Islanders17962133002432.680
1983-84NHLNew York Islanders211190128000542.72621567.913
1984-85NHLNew York Islanders634233000193.33201182.905
1985-86NHLNew York Islanders1600101044.003834.895
1986-87NHLNew York Islanders2670001010.902322.957
Totals132764588360353482.731153805.698

Awards

1981 - NHL Vezina
1981 - NHL First Team All-Star
1982 - NHL Jennings shared
1982 - NHL Conn Smythe