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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 1977-78. Pick one to see the two side by side, or choose someone else.

Yves Belanger AFM · 20 GP, 0.865 Dunc Wilson PIT · 21 GP, 0.842 Gerry Cheevers BOS · 21 GP, 0.889 Gord McRae TOR · 18 GP, 0.882 Ed Staniowski STL · 17 GP, 0.856

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

1977-78 season totals

GP Starts WLTOTLSO Shots against Saves Goals against GAA Save %
20 19 214400 607 530 77 3.99 0.873

Game log

Date Opponent Result Decision Shots against Saves Goals against Save % TOI
Mar 11, 1978 @ STL T 1-1 T 33 32 1 0.970 60:00
Mar 8, 1978 vs CHI L 3-4 L 28 24 4 0.857 59:10
Mar 5, 1978 @ DET L 3-4 L 36 32 4 0.889 58:59
Dec 7, 1977 @ CLE W 5-3 W 26 23 3 0.885 60:00
Dec 6, 1977 vs VAN L 2-5 L 17 12 5 0.706 60:00
Nov 29, 1977 @ LAK L 2-4 L 24 20 4 0.833 60:00
Nov 26, 1977 @ TOR T 4-4 T 30 26 4 0.867 60:00
Nov 24, 1977 @ BOS L 0-6 L 29 23 6 0.793 60:00
Nov 23, 1977 vs AFM T 2-2 T 22 20 2 0.909 60:00
Nov 20, 1977 @ BUF L 2-5 L 41 36 5 0.878 60:00
Nov 16, 1977 @ TOR L 2-5 L 42 37 5 0.881 60:00
Nov 15, 1977 @ STL T 2-2 T 31 29 2 0.935 60:00
Nov 11, 1977 vs TOR L 1-3 L 16 13 3 0.813 60:00
Nov 8, 1977 vs LAK L 1-5 L 34 29 5 0.853 60:00
Oct 29, 1977 @ MNS L 4-7 L 38 31 7 0.816 60:00
Oct 28, 1977 @ CLR L 1-8 L 32 26 6 0.813 40:00
Oct 26, 1977 @ AFM W 6-2 W 28 26 2 0.929 60:00
Oct 24, 1977 @ MTL L 1-5 L 46 41 5 0.891 60:00
Oct 19, 1977 vs MTL L 3-5 L 21 20 1 0.952 39:10
Oct 15, 1977 @ CLE L 2-4 L 33 30 3 0.909 59:42