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Gary Smith

#30 · Goalie · Winnipeg Jets

Born Feb 4, 1944 in Ottawa, Ontario, CAN · 6'3", 205 lb · Catches left

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Vezina Trophy Top Goaltender 1971-72

Compare with a similar player

The goalies closest to him in games played in 1971-72. Pick one to see the two side by side, or choose someone else.

Jacques Caron STL · 28 GP, 0.912 Joe Daley DET · 29 GP, 0.893 Rogie Vachon LAK · 29 GP, 0.884 Ernie Wakely STL · 30 GP, 0.894 Les Binkley PIT · 31 GP, 0.883

Career

Regular season games only. Pick a season to see its game log below.

02040601965-66: 3 games365-661966-67: 2 games266-671967-68: 21 games2167-681968-69: 54 games5468-691969-70: 65 games6569-701970-71: 71 games7170-711971-72: 28 games2871-721972-73: 23 games2372-731973-74: 64 games6473-741974-75: 72 games7274-751975-76: 51 games5175-761976-77: 36 games3676-771977-78: 20 games2077-781979-80: 20 games2079-80

Games played by season. The darker bar is the season shown below.

Season Team GP WLTOTLSO Shots against Saves Goals against GAA Save %
1965-66 TOR 3 02000 69 62 7 3.57 0.899
1966-67 TOR 2 02000 65 58 7 3.66 0.892
1967-68 OAK 21 211401 642 582 60 3.19 0.907
1968-69 OAK 54 2221704 1559 1411 148 2.96 0.905
1969-70 OAK 65 19341202 2230 2035 195 3.12 0.913
1970-71 CGS 71 1948402 2226 1970 256 3.86 0.885
1971-72 CHI 28 145605 693 631 62 2.42 0.911
1972-73 CHI 23 1010200 701 622 79 3.54 0.887
1973-74 VAN 64 2033803 1948 1743 205 3.42 0.895
1974-75 VAN 72 3224906 1871 1674 197 3.09 0.895
1975-76 VAN 51 2024602 1416 1249 167 3.51 0.882
1976-77 MNS 36 1017801 1171 1032 139 4.00 0.881
1977-78 WSH 17 212300 510 442 68 4.17 0.867
1977-78 MNS 3 02100 97 88 9 3.03 0.907
1979-80 WIN 20 411400 574 501 73 4.09 0.873
14 seasons Career 530 17425674026 15772 14100 1672 3.39 0.894

Playoffs

Playoff games only. Pick a season to see that year's bracket.

Season Team GP WLOTLSO Shots against Saves Goals against GAA Save %
1968-69 OAK 7 3400 228 205 23 3.29 0.899
1969-70 OAK 4 0400 133 120 13 3.15 0.902
1971-72 CHI 2 1101 70 67 3 1.50 0.957
1972-73 CHI 2 0100 44 39 5 4.59 0.886
1974-75 VAN 4 1300 147 133 14 3.27 0.905
1976-77 MNS 1 0000 13 9 4 5.60 0.692
6 seasons Playoffs 20 51301 635 573 62 3.23 0.902

1971-72 season totals

GP Starts WLTOTLSO Shots against Saves Goals against GAA Save %
28 28 145605 693 631 62 2.42 0.911

Game log

Date Opponent Result Decision Shots against Saves Goals against Save % TOI
Apr 1, 1972 @ STL W 2-0 W, SO 33 33 0 1.000 60:00
Mar 25, 1972 @ BOS T 5-5 T 38 33 5 0.868 60:00
Mar 18, 1972 @ TOR T 2-2 T 32 30 2 0.938 60:00
Mar 8, 1972 @ NYR T 3-3 T 34 31 3 0.912 60:00
Mar 3, 1972 @ CGS T 4-4 19 16 3 0.842 40:00
Feb 10, 1972 @ MTL L 1-7 L 30 23 7 0.767 60:00
Feb 1, 1972 @ LAK L 4-7 14 11 3 0.786 20:00
Jan 29, 1972 @ PIT W 4-2 W 30 28 2 0.933 60:00
Jan 20, 1972 @ PHI L 2-3 L 32 29 3 0.906 59:06
Jan 12, 1972 vs NYR T 5-5 T 42 37 5 0.881 60:00
Jan 8, 1972 @ PIT W 4-0 W, SO 24 24 0 1.000 60:00
Dec 29, 1971 vs BOS L 1-5 L 8 4 4 0.500 20:00
Dec 22, 1971 @ CGS W 4-1 W 28 27 1 0.964 60:00
Dec 19, 1971 vs STL W 2-0 W, SO 26 26 0 1.000 60:00
Dec 12, 1971 vs MNS W 5-3 W 22 19 3 0.864 60:00
Dec 9, 1971 @ BUF W 3-1 W 25 24 1 0.960 60:00
Dec 5, 1971 vs LAK W 7-0 W, SO 30 30 0 1.000 60:00
Nov 27, 1971 @ TOR T 3-3 T 26 23 3 0.885 60:00
Nov 24, 1971 vs MTL T 3-3 T 22 19 3 0.864 60:00
Nov 20, 1971 @ BOS L 1-2 L 20 18 2 0.900 59:03
Nov 10, 1971 vs BOS W 3-1 W 21 20 1 0.952 60:00
Nov 7, 1971 vs PIT W 4-1 W 17 16 1 0.941 60:00
Nov 6, 1971 @ MTL L 1-2 L 21 19 2 0.905 60:00
Nov 3, 1971 vs PHI W 3-0 W, SO 21 21 0 1.000 60:00
Oct 31, 1971 @ VAN L 2-6 12 10 2 0.833 20:00
Oct 26, 1971 @ DET W 5-2 W 24 22 2 0.917 60:00
Oct 23, 1971 @ PIT W 5-2 W 21 19 2 0.905 60:00
Oct 21, 1971 @ BUF W 5-2 W 21 19 2 0.905 60:00