Austin Smith

Austin Smith (born November 7, 1988) is an American former professional ice hockey player. He was selected by the Dallas Stars in the 5th round (128th overall) of the 2007 NHL entry draft.

Playing career A graduate of Colgate University, Smith played with the Colgate Raiders in the NCAA Men's Division I ECAC Hockey conference. 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.

In March 2012 Dallas Stars signed Austin Smith to a two-year entry-level contract.

In these two years, Smith split between AHL and ECHL affiliates Texas Stars and Idaho Steelheads. In AHL games, he scored 2 goals with 4 assists 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.

Austin was loaned to the Liiga (Finland's 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. After a dispute with one of the coaches which led to no discussion between the two in October 2014, ECHL team Allen Americans signed forward Austin Smith to a contract for the 2014–15 season.

In December 2014, Smith returned to Europe and signed a contract with Ravensburg Towerstars in the German second-level league DEL2. In the 2015–16 season he shared with 37 goals in 40 games the top spot in the DEL2 goal scoring ranks.

Career statistics Regular season Playoffs Season Team League GP G A Pts PIM GP G A Pts PIM 2003–04 Jesuit High School HSTX 2004–05 Jesuit High School HSTX 2005–06 The Gunnery HS-Prep 34 23 19 42 — — — — — 2006–07 The Gunnery HS-Prep 32 24 39 63 — — — — — 2007–08 Penticton Vees BCHL 60 32 35 67 42 15 11 11 22 12 2008–09 Colgate University ECAC 37 17 14 31 24 — — — — — 2009–10 Colgate University ECAC 36 16 25 41 20 — — — — — 2010–11 Colgate University ECAC 41 10 21 31 36 — — — — — 2011–12 Colgate University ECAC 39 36 21 57 30 — — — — — 2011–12 Texas Stars AHL 12 0 3 3 8 — — — — — 2012–13 Texas Stars AHL 16 2 1 3 6 — — — — — 2012–13 Idaho Steelheads ECHL 38 27 23 50 15 17 7 5 12 12 2013–14 Texas Stars AHL 10 0 0 0 4 — — — — — 2013–14 Idaho Steelheads ECHL 4 1 0 1 18 — — — — — 2013–14 Ässät Liiga 28 6 7 13 20 — — — — — 2014–15 Ässät Liiga 10 2 1 3 8 — — — — — 2014–15 Allen Americans ECHL 7 3 6 9 6 — — — — — 2014–15 Ravensburg Towerstars DEL2 29 22 19 41 26 4 1 2 3 8 2015–16 Ravensburg Towerstars DEL2 40 37 18 55 40 11 7 4 11 14 2016–17 HC TWK Innsbruck EBEL 54 27 28 55 36 4 0 2 2 5 2017–18 HC Bolzano EBEL 28 15 19 34 18 16 4 6 10 12 AHL totals 38 2 4 6 18 — — — — — Liiga totals 38 8 8 16 28 — — — — —

Awards and honors Award Year College ECAC All-Academic Team 2010, 2011, 2012 ECAC Hockey Player of the Year 2012 All-ECAC Hockey First Team 2012 AHCA East First-Team All-American 2012 DEL2 Best Goal scorer (37) 2016