Brad Smyth

Brad Smyth ( born March 13, 1973 in Ottawa, Ontario ) is a Canadian professional ice hockey player who plays for the Denver Cutthroats in the Central Hockey League since October 2012.

Playing career

The 1.83 m wide winger began his career in 1990 with the London Knights in the Canadian Junior Football League Ontario Hockey League, for which he was on the ice for three seasons. Prior to his obligation by the Florida Panthers to the 1995/96 season, he was also active for the Cincinnati Cyclones of the International Hockey League as well as for the Springfield Falcons in the American Hockey League.

For the Panthers the right shooter graduated to 1998 15 NHL games, then he moved to the Los Angeles Kings, with other stations in the highest North American professional league were the New York Rangers, the Nashville Predators and the Ottawa Senators. In all his years in these teams, however, failed Smyth to create the absolute breakthrough, so he was most of the time at tiefklassigeren farm teams in the IHL and AHL on the ice. His greatest achievement was winning the Calder there Cup, the championship of the AHL, with the Hartford Wolf Pack in 2000.

Before the season 2006/ 07 joined Brad Smyth of Hartford at the Hamburg Freezers, already in his first season completed the rights wing all 52 season games and scored 23 goals with 36 assists. This was Smyth with 59 points the third most successful scorer of the first round and was honored as the best re-import the league. In the DEL All-Star Game in 2007, the Canadian was further elected Most Valuable Player of the team North America.

For the season 2009/10 Smyth moved to the KHL Medveščak Zagreb, where he played one season in the Austrian Hockey League. In October 2010 he signed a contract with the Belfast Giants of the British Elite Ice Hockey League. After two months he decided in December 2010 to SHC Fassa in the Serie A1 to change. For the 2011/12 season of Canadians has been committed by the French first division club HC Morzine -Avoriaz. In the season 2012/13 he signed a contract with the Denver Cutthroats of the Central Hockey League.

1996 Brad Smyth was also active in Roller Hockey International, the highest North American Inline Hockey League for the Ottawa logger.

Awards and achievements

Career Stats

( Key to Career statistics: Sp or GP = Games Played, T or G = goals scored, V or A = achieved assists; Pts or Pts = scored points scorer, SM or PIM = received penalty minutes, / - = Plus / Minus balance sheet; PP = scored majority gates; SH = scored shorthanded goals, GW = achieved victory gates; Play-downs/Relegation 1 )