Career profile Last roster: 2017-18 COL
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Ben Smith

C · USA
+ 1 other team
Status
Retired 8 yrs ago
Career
2012–2018 (6 yrs)
Age
38 (29 in 2018)
Vitals
5'11" · 199 lb
Drafted
2008 Rd 5 (#149) PIT

Stats

OTHL Career
Season Team GP G A P P/GP +/- PiM GW PPG SHG S S% Hit
2014-15 EDM 79 12 11 23 0.29 +5 4 2 0 0 96 12.5% 19
2015-16 EDM 79 9 16 25 0.32 +7 8 2 0 0 98 9.2% 38
2016-17 COL 82 5 8 13 0.16 0 30 0 0 0 68 7.4% 42
2017-18 COL 80 4 7 11 0.14 -5 17 1 0 1 59 6.8% 53
CAREER 4 yrs 320 30 42 72 0.23 +7 59 5 0 1 -- 9.3% 152
OTHL Playoffs
Season Team GP G A P P/GP +/- PiM GW PPG SHG S S% Hit
2014-15 EDM 8 2 0 2 0.25 -1 0 0 0 0 9 22.2% 3
2015-16 EDM 14 0 2 2 0.14 0 4 0 0 0 9 0.0% 2
2016-17 COL 5 0 0 0 0.00 -1 7 0 0 0 3 0.0% 3
2017-18 COL 12 0 1 1 0.08 +1 0 0 0 0 6 0.0% 9
CAREER 4 app. 39 2 3 5 0.13 -1 11 0 0 0 -- 7.4% 17
NHL Career
Season Team GP G A P P/GP +/- PiM GW PPG PPP S% TOI
2010-11 CHI 6 1 0 1 0.17 1 0 0 0 0 16.7% 13:47
2011-12 CHI 13 2 0 2 0.15 -5 0 0 0 0 11.1% 9:49
2012-13 CHI 1 1 0 1 1.00 1 0 0 0 0 100.0% 18:21
2013-14 CHI 75 14 12 26 0.35 3 2 2 1 2 15.6% 12:44
2014-15 CHI 61 5 4 9 0.15 -1 2 0 0 0 6.5% 13:35
2014-15 SJS 19 2 3 5 0.26 3 0 1 0 0 13.3% 11:20
2015-16 SJS 6 0 0 0 0.00 -1 0 0 0 0 0.0% 5:59
2015-16 TOR 16 2 4 6 0.38 3 0 1 0 0 12.5% 14:23
2016-17 COL 4 0 0 0 0.00 -2 0 0 0 0 0.0% 10:46
2016-17 TOR 36 2 2 4 0.11 -5 4 0 0 0 6.9% 11:33
Career NHL 237 29 25 54 0.23 -3 8 4 1 2 11.4% -

History

Overall, season by season

Above the band is elite. Inside it, above average. Below it, below average.

OV Forwards, average to top 10%

Attributes

Season Age Pos Team CK FG DI SK ST EN DU PH FO PA SC DF PS EX LD OV
2012-13 24 C EDM 47 35 81 73 69 46 43 62 34 54 56 55 56 60 62 56
2013-14 25 C EDM 47 35 85 71 69 67 44 63 31 53 59 62 58 62 62 58
2014-15 26 C EDM 53 36 86 74 69 50 67 70 72 60 70 70 69 64 62 64
2015-16 27 C EDM 60 38 88 71 67 49 79 63 78 55 61 74 59 66 62 63
2016-17 28 C COL 71 43 99 70 70 56 77 65 88 58 53 88 50 62 64 65
2017-18 29 C COL 69 42 96 71 70 59 59 52 88 55 57 90 25 64 66 62
Season Age Pos Team CK FG DI SK ST EN DU PH FO PA SC DF PS EX LD OV
2012-13 24 C EDM 47 35 81 73 69 46 43 62 34 54 56 55 56 60 62 56
2013-14 25 C EDM · · +4 −2 · +21 +1 +1 −3 −1 +3 +7 +2 +2 · +2
2014-15 26 C EDM +6 +1 +1 +3 · −17 +23 +7 +41 +7 +11 +8 +11 +2 · +6
2015-16 27 C EDM +7 +2 +2 −3 −2 −1 +12 −7 +6 −5 −9 +4 −10 +2 · −1
2016-17 28 C COL +11 +5 +11 −1 +3 +7 −2 +2 +10 +3 −8 +14 −9 −4 +2 +2
2017-18 29 C COL −2 −1 −3 +1 · +3 −18 −13 · −3 +4 +2 −25 +2 +2 −3
Starting Team Salary Length Cap % Age Status
2012-13 EDM $812,500 3 yr 1.2% 24 ELC Rookie
2015-16 EDM $1,400,000 4 yr 2.0% 27 RFA
2010-11
Feb 28 2011
2010-11
to OILERS
  • Ben Smith P
to PENGUINS
2016-17
Jul 17 2016
2016-17
to AVALANCHE

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