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Billy Smith (ice hockey)

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fired a shot at Smith to which Smith took offence. Smith charged after Bossy with his stick but was tackled by teammates before Smith could take his frustrations out on Bossy. Bossy has noted that Smith never liked being talked to in the locker room, and kept an intense focus before and after games
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picked up the puck and accidentally made a blind pass from the corner boards in the opposing zone to the blue line. Nobody was there to receive the pass, and so the puck sailed all the way down the length of the ice and into the Rockies' net. As Smith had been the last Islanders player to touch the
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handing a five-minute penalty to Anderson. Later Van Hellemond said that this was "making a bit of a fool of me", and when he officiated Game One of the 1984 Finals, a rematch of the Islanders and Oilers, he called no penalty when Smith and Anderson collided again.
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with Springfield in 1970-71. He made his NHL debut with the Los Angeles Kings on February 12, 1972, at the Montreal Forum. The Kings lost 6-5 to the Canadiens. Smith faced 48 shots that afternoon, yielding the winning goal to
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in the same role, serving there until his retirement in 2000. He had spent 30 years at ice level in the NHL, the last 28 of them alongside Torrey with the Islanders (1972-1992) and the Panthers (1992-2000).
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He was nicknamed "Battlin' Billy" or "Hatchet Man" for his fiery temper and unabashed use of the stick or blocker on players crowding his crease; as such, forwards needed ankle guards to protect themselves.
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Smith was also noted for his displays of feigned injuries that would often lead to penalties against opponents, for whom he carried an undisguised enmity. In Game Four of the 1983 Stanley Cup Finals,
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as Most Valuable Player in the playoffs. In 1984, Smith broke the record for the most playoff victories in a career: between 1980 and 1984 he led all goaltenders in playoff victories. In
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Smith retired in 1989; he was the last original Islander still on the team. After four years as the Islanders' goaltending coach, he followed longtime Islander
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Smith's regular season success was surpassed by his performances in the playoffs, as he helped the Islanders win four straight
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All-Star Game, of which he was named Most Valuable Player. For the next two seasons, he shared netminding duties with
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His single most famous game may be his 2–0 victory in the first game of the 1983 Stanley Cup finals against the
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was called on the Islanders. The puck deflected off Smith's chest protector into the corner. Rockies rookie
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The Islanders retired his jersey number 31 on February 20, 1993. Later that year, he was inducted into the
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Smith refused to participate in the traditional handshakes between teams at the end of a playoff series.
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and was the first goalie to be credited with a goal in the NHL. In 2017 Smith was named one of the
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Smith was the first goalie to win the Stanley Cup wearing the helmet-and-cage combination
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In 2016, he was inducted into his home town Perth and District Sports Hall of Fame.
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the following season. In 1981-82 he was named a First Team All-Star and won the
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he led the Islanders to three straight victories after being down 0–2 to the
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collided with Smith and Smith dove upon the ice, resulting in referee
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Smith was drafted by the Los Angeles Kings in the fifth round of the
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In 2017, he was listed on NHL's 100 Greatest Hockey Players
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One for the Ages: Billy Smith's Incredible 1981-82 Season
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for two years, he got the starting job all to himself in
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and practices, but was much more laid-back off the ice.
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first NHL goaltender to be credited with scoring a goal
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for fewest goals allowed. He was chosen to play for
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Index

William Smith
Hockey Hall of Fame

Perth, Ontario
Goaltender
Caught
Los Angeles Kings
New York Islanders
Canada
NHL draft
1970
ice hockey
goaltender
Stanley Cups
New York Islanders
100 Greatest NHL Players
1970 NHL Amateur Draft
Cornwall Royals
QMJHL
minor league
Springfield Kings
Calder Cup
Guy Lafleur

1972 NHL Expansion Draft
New York Islanders
Gerry Desjardins
1974–75
World Hockey Association
1978

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