Brad Smyth

Bradley Smyth (born March 13, 1973) is a Canadian former professional ice hockey player who endured a journeyman career and played in the National Hockey League with the Florida Panthers, Los Angeles Kings, New York Rangers, Nashville Predators and the Ottawa Senators.

Playing career Smyth played 88 games in the National Hockey League, playing for the Florida Panthers, Los Angeles Kings, New York Rangers, Nashville Predators and the Ottawa Senators. In his 88 regular season games, Smyth scored 15 goals and 13 assists for 28 points. He also collected 109 penalty minutes. After leaving the NHL in 2003, Smyth had spells in Finland's SM-liiga with Kärpät and in the American Hockey League with the Manchester Monarchs and the Hartford Wolf Pack before joining German team Hamburg Freezers of the DEL in 2006.

On April 10, 2009, Smyth left the DEL as a free agent and signed with EBEL team, KHL Medveščak Zagreb, from Croatia. In the 2009–10 season, Smyth contributed with 18 goals to finish third for Zagreb. In the playoffs, he helped the team to an upset victory over Graz 99ers before falling to eventual champions EC Red Bull Salzburg to post 4 points in 11 games.

Unsigned with the KHL the following season, Smyth joined teammate Richard Seeley and signed in the British Elite Ice Hockey League, with the Belfast Giants on October 6, 2010.

After six years abroad in Europe, on August 14, 2012, Smyth returned to North America and was signed by head coach and former teammate Derek Armstrong to a one-year contract with the newly established Denver Cutthroats of the Central Hockey League. Despite his age, Smyth showed no loss in ability with the Cutthroats, in forming the league's top scoring line alongside A.J. Gale and Troy Schwab, with 23 goals and 78 points in 65 games. After the Cutthroats first round loss to eventual champions, the Allen Americans, Smyth announced the end of his 20-year playing career. He did this by accepting an assistant coach and assistant director of hockey operations role within the Cutthroats on June 4, 2013. After a successful season behind the bench with the Cutthroats, he was promoted to director of hockey operations and head coach.

Career statistics Regular season and playoffs Regular seasonPlayoffs Season Team League GP G A Pts PIM GP G A Pts PIM 1990–91 London Knights OHL 29 2 6 8 22 — — — — — 1991–92 London Knights OHL 58 17 18 35 93 10 2 0 2 8 1992–93 London Knights OHL 66 54 55 109 118 12 7 8 15 25 1993–94 Birmingham Bulls ECHL 29 26 30 56 38 10 8 8 16 19 1993–94 Cincinnati Cyclones IHL 30 7 3 10 54 — — — — — 1994–95 Birmingham Bulls ECHL 36 33 35 68 52 3 5 2 7 0 1994–95 Cincinnati Cyclones IHL 26 2 11 13 34 1 0 0 0 2 1994–95 Springfield Falcons AHL 3 0 0 0 7 — — — — — 1995–96 Carolina Monarchs AHL 68 68 58 126 80 — — — — — 1995–96 Florida Panthers NHL 7 1 1 2 4 — — — — — 1996–97 Phoenix Roadrunners IHL 3 5 2 7 0 — — — — — 1996–97 Florida Panthers NHL 8 1 0 1 2 — — — — — 1996–97 Los Angeles Kings NHL 44 8 8 16 74 — — — — — 1997–98 Los Angeles Kings NHL 9 1 3 4 4 — — — — — 1997–98 New York Rangers NHL 1 0 0 0 0 — — — — — 1997–98 Hartford Wolf Pack AHL 57 29 33 62 79 15 12 8 20 11 1998–99 Milwaukee Admirals IHL 34 11 16 27 21 — — — — — 1998–99 Nashville Predators NHL 3 0 0 0 6 — — — — — 1998–99 Hartford Wolf Pack AHL 36 25 19 44 48 7 6 0 6 14 1999–00 Hartford Wolf Pack AHL 80 39 37 76 62 23 13 10 23 8 2000–01 Hartford Wolf Pack AHL 77 50 29 79 110 5 2 3 5 8 2000–01 New York Rangers NHL 4 1 0 1 4 — — — — — 2001–02 Hartford Wolf Pack AHL 79 34 48 82 90 10 3 8 11 14 2002–03 Binghamton Senators AHL 69 24 32 56 77 14 7 6 13 12 2002–03 Ottawa Senators NHL 12 3 1 4 15 — — — — — 2003–04 Kärpät SM-l 48 20 18 38 85 15 3 5 8 4 2004–05 Manchester Monarchs AHL 61 23 33 56 74 6 2 1 3 6 2005–06 Manchester Monarchs AHL 64 27 37 64 49 — — — — — 2005–06 Hartford Wolf Pack AHL 16 7 15 22 20 9 1 3 4 4 2006–07 Hamburg Freezers DEL 52 23 36 59 58 4 1 1 2 4 2007–08 Hamburg Freezers DEL 56 27 30 57 52 8 3 4 7 14 2008–09 Hamburg Freezers DEL 25 6 9 15 22 9 1 1 2 6 2009–10 KHL Medveščak EBEL 44 18 19 37 40 11 2 2 4 6 2010–11 Belfast Giants EIHL 17 7 10 17 12 — — — — — 2010–11 Fassa ITA 16 9 6 15 12 5 3 1 4 4 2011–12 Morzine-Avoriaz FRA 26 8 17 25 38 5 1 3 4 6 2012–13 Denver Cutthroats CHL 65 25 53 78 54 5 3 0 3 2 AHL totals 610 326 341 667 696 89 46 39 85 75 NHL totals 88 15 13 28 109 — — — — —

Awards and honours Award Year AHL First All-Star Team 1995–96, 2000–01, 2001–02 John B. Sollenberger Trophy 1995–96 Willie Marshall Award 1995–96 Les Cunningham Award 1995–96 All-Star Game 2001