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Gary Smith

#30 · Goalie · Winnipeg Jets

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

Trophy case

Vezina Trophy Top Goaltender 1971-72

Compare with a similar player

The goalies closest to him in games played in 1972-73. Pick one to see the two side by side, or choose someone else.

Bobby Taylor PHI · 23 GP, 0.888 Michel Belhumeur PHI · 23 GP, 0.903 Denis DeJordy DET · 24 GP, 0.863 Gilles Gilbert MNS · 22 GP, 0.904 Ed Dyck VAN · 25 GP, 0.854

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

1972-73 season totals

GP Starts WLTOTLSO Shots against Saves Goals against GAA Save %
23 22 1010200 701 622 79 3.54 0.887

Game log

Date Opponent Result Decision Shots against Saves Goals against Save % TOI
Mar 31, 1973 @ DET L 2-4 L 34 30 4 0.882 60:00
Mar 28, 1973 @ MTL L 3-4 L 35 31 4 0.886 59:17
Mar 25, 1973 vs MTL W 6-5 16 14 2 0.875 20:00
Mar 17, 1973 @ AFM L 2-3 L 23 20 3 0.870 59:06
Mar 4, 1973 @ BOS L 0-4 L 38 34 4 0.895 60:00
Feb 17, 1973 @ STL L 3-4 L 39 35 4 0.897 59:00
Feb 9, 1973 @ AFM W 4-3 W 25 22 3 0.880 60:00
Feb 3, 1973 @ PHI T 2-2 T 30 28 2 0.933 60:00
Jan 17, 1973 @ DET W 6-4 W 37 33 4 0.892 60:00
Dec 28, 1972 @ BUF L 2-8 L 44 36 8 0.818 60:00
Dec 23, 1972 @ TOR L 3-5 L 39 34 5 0.872 60:00
Dec 15, 1972 @ CGS W 9-4 W 30 26 4 0.867 60:00
Dec 2, 1972 @ PIT L 2-3 L 36 33 3 0.917 59:45
Nov 26, 1972 vs MTL W 3-2 W 20 18 2 0.900 60:00
Nov 19, 1972 vs MNS L 1-5 L 19 14 5 0.737 60:00
Nov 18, 1972 @ MTL W 5-3 W 29 26 3 0.897 60:00
Nov 12, 1972 vs DET W 5-1 W 25 24 1 0.960 60:00
Nov 5, 1972 vs CGS T 3-3 T 23 20 3 0.870 60:00
Oct 29, 1972 @ NYR L 1-7 L 33 26 7 0.788 60:00
Oct 26, 1972 @ BOS W 6-3 W 34 31 3 0.912 60:00
Oct 22, 1972 @ CGS W 4-2 W 21 19 2 0.905 60:00
Oct 14, 1972 @ STL W 4-2 W 44 42 2 0.955 60:00
Oct 11, 1972 vs AFM W 4-1 W 27 26 1 0.963 60:00