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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 1976-77. Pick one to see the two side by side, or choose someone else.

Billy Smith NYI · 36 GP, 0.916 Bernie Wolfe WSH · 37 GP, 0.879 Curt Ridley VAN · 37 GP, 0.871 Eddie Johnston STL · 38 GP, 0.883 Denis Herron PIT · 34 GP, 0.911

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

1976-77 season totals

GP Starts WLTOTLSO Shots against Saves Goals against GAA Save %
36 35 1017801 1171 1032 139 4.00 0.881

Game log

Date Opponent Result Decision Shots against Saves Goals against Save % TOI
Apr 3, 1977 @ VAN L 3-6 L 22 16 6 0.727 60:00
Apr 2, 1977 @ LAK L 2-7 20 18 2 0.900 20:00
Mar 18, 1977 @ CLE T 2-2 T 27 25 2 0.926 60:00
Feb 25, 1977 @ AFM L 2-6 L 40 34 6 0.850 60:00
Feb 15, 1977 @ WSH T 3-3 T 28 25 3 0.893 60:00
Feb 12, 1977 vs DET T 2-2 T 26 24 2 0.923 60:00
Feb 9, 1977 vs CLR L 6-8 L 46 39 7 0.848 59:38
Feb 6, 1977 @ CHI W 3-0 W, SO 38 38 0 1.000 60:00
Feb 2, 1977 @ PIT L 2-5 L 34 29 5 0.853 60:00
Jan 29, 1977 @ VAN L 3-4 L 35 31 4 0.886 59:18
Jan 26, 1977 @ LAK W 3-2 W 36 34 2 0.944 60:00
Jan 23, 1977 vs TOR L 2-5 L 28 23 5 0.821 60:00
Jan 20, 1977 vs AFM T 4-4 T 28 24 4 0.857 60:00
Jan 18, 1977 @ NYI L 2-7 L 45 38 7 0.844 60:00
Jan 16, 1977 @ PHI L 2-4 L 38 34 4 0.895 60:00
Jan 15, 1977 @ BOS T 3-3 T 31 28 3 0.903 60:00
Jan 12, 1977 @ VAN L 3-5 L 27 22 5 0.815 60:00
Jan 8, 1977 vs BOS W 3-1 W 25 24 1 0.960 60:00
Jan 6, 1977 @ DET W 7-2 W 39 37 2 0.949 60:00
Jan 5, 1977 vs LAK W 5-2 W 32 30 2 0.938 60:00
Dec 30, 1976 @ MTL T 5-5 T 44 39 5 0.886 60:00
Dec 28, 1976 vs LAK W 8-3 W 24 21 3 0.875 60:00
Dec 4, 1976 vs NYR L 4-11 L 19 12 7 0.632 29:38
Dec 1, 1976 vs PHI T 2-2 T 41 39 2 0.951 60:00
Nov 24, 1976 vs STL L 2-4 L 24 21 3 0.875 59:09
Nov 20, 1976 @ TOR L 3-8 L 37 29 8 0.784 60:00
Nov 17, 1976 vs CLE T 3-3 T 32 29 3 0.906 60:00
Nov 13, 1976 vs NYI L 2-3 L 30 27 3 0.900 60:00
Nov 10, 1976 vs PIT W 3-2 W 31 29 2 0.935 60:00
Nov 7, 1976 @ WSH L 1-4 L 23 19 4 0.826 60:00
Nov 6, 1976 @ NYI L 2-5 L 38 34 4 0.895 59:28
Oct 27, 1976 @ TOR W 5-3 W 45 42 3 0.933 60:00
Oct 23, 1976 vs CHI W 4-3 W 33 30 3 0.909 60:00
Oct 12, 1976 vs NYR L 4-10 L 49 39 10 0.796 60:00
Oct 9, 1976 vs CLR W 4-1 W 17 16 1 0.941 60:00
Oct 6, 1976 @ NYR L 5-6 L 39 33 6 0.846 58:53