#21 Ben Smith, RW

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2012-13 Season Notes
-Named Rockford’s Unsung Hero for the 2012-13 campaign
-Scored 8g-3a-11pts, three game-winning goals with a +9 over his last four games in 2012-13 with Rockford
-Set an IceHogs single season record with eight game winning goals, notching his eighth on 4/20/13 in Texas in Rockford's 5-3 win
-Scored his first career hat trick and added an assist in Rockford’s 7-3 win over Chicago on 4/12/13
-Had a goal and an assist in Rockford's 4-3 shootout win over Oklahoma City on 3/8/13
-Scored two goals, including the game winner, and was named the #1 Star of the Game in Rockford’s 4-1 win over Peoria on 3/1/13
-Notched the game-winning goal in Rockford’s comeback win over Chicago on 11/28/12
-Marked two assists in Rockford's 5-4 win over Peoria on 11/21/12
-Tallied a goal and an assist in Rockford’s 3-2 loss at Houston on 11/18/12
-Potted the game-winning goal and earned the #1 star of the game on 11/16/12 in Rockford’s 2-1 win vs. Houston
-Netted two goals and was named the #1 star of the game in Rockford’s 3-1 victory over San Antonio on 10/28/12

 

2011-12 Season Notes
-Named Rockford’s Man of the Year
-Led the IceHogs with eight power play goals
-Notched the overtime game-winning goal in Rockford’s 2-1 win at Oklahoma City on 1/13/12
-Scored two goals and added an assist in Rockford’s 7-6 overtime loss at Peoria on 11/11/11
-Scored the game-winning goal, added an assist and was the #1 Star of the Game in Rockford’s 5-3 win at Grand Rapids on 11/9/11
-Had a goal and an assist in Rockford’s 6-4 win at Peoria on 10/28/11
-Registered two goals in Rockford’s 6-2 loss against Texas on 10/25/11


2010-11 Season Notes
-Scored the game-winning overtime goal in Chicago’s 4-3 win over Vancouver in Game 6 on 4/24/11
-Notched two goals in Game 2 of the first round of the Stanley Cup Playoffs at Vancouver 4/15/11
-Scored his first career NHL goal at Detroit on 4/8/11
-Named Rockford’s Rookie of the Year
-Scored the game-winning goal in Rockford’s 4-2 win at San Antonio on 4/5/11
-Accumulated a goal and an assist in Rockford’s 5-1 win at Texas on 4/3/11
-Scored a goal in his fourth straight game, Rockford’s lone regulation goal in their 2-1 shootout win at Hamilton on 3/9/11
-Had his first career two-goal game on 3/8/11 at Toronto in Rockford’s 3-2 shootout loss
-Turned in his first career multi-point game, chipping in 3a, on 1/8/11 in Rockford’s 6-0 win over Grand Rapids
-Notched his first-career game-winning goal in Rockford’s 4-1 win at Milwaukee 12/28/10
-Scored a short-handed goal on 11/24/10 against Lake Erie in Rockford’s 4-2 loss
-Received first career NHL recall on 10/29/10 by the Blackhawks and made his NHL debut that night against Edmonton
-Scored first career short-handed goal on 10/23/10 against Chicago


2009-10 Season Notes
-Made his professional debut in Game 2 of the West Division Semifinals on 4/17/10 at Texas in Rockford’s 3-1 loss
-Recorded a goal to help Boston College win the 2010 National Championship with a 5-0 win over Wisconsin
-Named the Most Outstanding Player in the Frozen Four Tournament with four points (3g-1a)
-Was the recipient of the Hockey East Len Ceglarski Sportsmanship Award
-Notched three points (2g-1a) against Miami on 4/8/10
-Scored a goal in seven straight contests for Boston College from 10/23/09 to 11/15/09


Career Notes
-Finished the 2007-08 season on a seven-game goal-scoring streak totaling 12 points (7g-6a)
-Named to the All-Tournament team at the NCAA Frozen Four in 2007-08 after recording five points (2g-3a)
-Earned the Bernie Burke Outstanding Freshman Award at Boston College
-Captured Hockey East Rookie of the Month honors for April during the 2006-07 season
-Was a member of the 2005 U.S. Under-18 Select Team that finished fourth at the Under-18 Junior World Cup
-Played for the U.S. Under-17 Select Team that finished second at the 2004 Under-17

 

Career Statistics »

Year League Club GP G A PTS PIM
12-13 AHL Rockford IceHogs 54 27 20 47 13
12-13 NHL Chicago Blackhawks 1 1 0 1 0
11-12 NHL Chicago Blackhawks 13 2 0 2 0
11-12 AHL Rockford IceHogs 38 15 16 31 10
10-11 AHL Rockford IceHogs 63 19 12 31 16
10-11 NHL Chicago Blackhawks 6 1 0 1 0
09-10 NCAA Boston College 42 16 21 37 8
08-09 NCAA Boston College 37 6 11 17 6
07-08 NCAA Boston College 44 25 25 50 12
06-07 NCAA Boston College 42 10 8 18 10
2012-13 Roster »
0 Pat Mullane LW
7 Brandon Svendsen LW
11 Maxime Sauve C
12 Kyle Beach LW
15 Wade Brookbank LW
22 Mathieu Beaudoin RW
25 Kenndal McArdle LW
26 Garret Ross LW
28 Mark McNeill C
29 Phillip Danault C
32 Joakim Nordstrom C
36 Brad Mills C
37 Terry Broadhurst LW
39 Martin St. Pierre C
85 Rostislav Olesz LW
0 Viktor Svedberg D
3 Dylan Olsen D
6 Joe Lavin D
10 Klas Dahlbeck D
33 Kent Simpson G
16 Marcus Kruger C
17 Jimmy Hayes RW
18 Brandon Bollig LW
19 Jeremy Morin LW
20 Brandon Saad LW
21 Ben Smith RW
23 Andrew Shaw RW
27 Brandon Pirri C
2 Adam Clendening D
4 Ryan Stanton D
8 Nick Leddy D
8 Steve Montador D
9 Shawn Lalonde D
1 Henrik Karlsson G
30 Carter Hutton G
24 Byron Froese C
29 David Gilbert C
5 Ben Youds D

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