Kevin Smyth

Kevin Smyth (born November 22, 1973) is a Canadian former professional ice hockey player who played 58 games in the National Hockey League. He played with the Hartford Whalers. He spent parts of three seasons with the Hartford Whalers between 1993 and 1996, playing 58 games for them. Though his big league career was fairly short, he was an explosive scorer in junior and a solid two-way worker in the minors.

His younger brother is former longtime Edmonton Oilers forward Ryan Smyth.

Playing career Smyth was chosen 79th overall by the Whalers in 1992 after a 30-goal season with the WHL's Moose Jaw Warriors. He returned to junior and notched 44 goals before seeing action in 21 games as an NHL rookie in 1993-94. Smyth spent most of his first three pro seasons in the AHL but was recalled by Hartford periodically as an injury replacement. The hard-working forward joined the IHL's Orlando Solar Bears in 1996 and became a solid worker in the IHL. He (2013–14) plays for the Innisfail, Alberta Eagles of the Chinook Hockey League, after several seasons with the Bentley Generals.

Visual impairment On December 28, 1996, in a game against the Indianapolis Ice, Smyth took a puck to his eye after a point shot deflected off a stick and hit him in the right eye. The force of the puck was great enough to detach his retina and cause a ruptured globe, with enough force to blind him. Smyth later admitted that upon seeing the medical assessment, the force of the puck was strong enough to do significant damage to his eyeball. Smyth returned to active play on March 19, 1997, and recorded an assist in his first game back after the injury.

Career statistics Regular season and playoffs Regular seasonPlayoffs Season Team League GP G A Pts PIM GP G A Pts PIM 1989–90 Caronport Cougars U18 SMAAAHL 18 20 37 57 15 — — — — — 1990–91 Moose Jaw Warriors WHL 66 30 45 75 96 6 1 1 2 0 1991–92 Moose Jaw Warriors WHL 71 30 55 85 84 4 1 3 4 6 1992–93 Moose Jaw Warrios WHL 64 44 38 82 111 — — — — — 1993–94 Hartford Whalers NHL 21 3 2 5 10 — — — — — 1993–94 Springfield Indians AHL 42 22 27 49 72 6 4 5 9 0 1994–95 Hartford Whalers NHL 16 1 5 6 13 — — — — — 1994–95 Springfield Falcons AHL 57 12 22 39 72 — — — — — 1995–96 Hartford Whalers NHL 21 2 1 3 8 — — — — — 1995–96 Springfield Falcons AHL 47 15 33 48 87 10 5 5 10 8 1996–97 Orlando Solar Bears IHL 38 14 17 31 49 10 1 2 3 6 1997–98 Orlando Solar Bears IHL 43 10 5 15 59 1 0 0 0 2 1998–99 Las Vegas Thunder IHL 1 0 0 0 0 — — — — — 1998–99 Tacoma Sabercats WCHL 42 25 21 46 83 11 7 13 20 10 2001–02 Idaho Steelheads WCHL 18 14 10 24 22 14 4 3 7 4 2002–03 Bentley Generals ChHL 24 31 38 69 91 — — — — — 2003–04 Bentley Generals ChHL 25 22 31 53 72 — — — — — 2004–05 Bentley Generals ChHL 18 19 13 32 100 4 1 6 7 10 2006–07 Bentley Generals ChHL 22 21 16 37 41 — — — — — 2007–08 Bentley Generals ChHL 11 7 9 16 18 — — — — — 2008–09 Bentley Generals ChHL 15 12 17 29 24 — — — — — 2009–10 Bentley Generals ChHL 16 10 10 20 27 — — — — — 2010–11 Bentley Generals ChHL 6 6 0 6 4 — — — — — 2012–13 Innisfail Eagles ChHL 6 0 1 1 6 — — — — — 2013–14 Innisfail Eagles ChHL 18 2 6 8 8 8 2 6 8 4 2014–15 Innisfail Eagles ChHL 2 1 1 2 0 8 1 0 1 6 2017–18 Innisfail Eagles ACHW 12 4 5 9 16 — — — — — AHL totals 146 54 82 136 231 16 9 10 19 8 NHL totals 58 6 8 14 31 — — — — —