2016-17 Men's Ice Hockey Roster
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Smith, Derek
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Jersey Number 14
Derek Smith
- Class:
- Senior
- Hometown:
- Apple Valley, MN
- Previous Team:
- Coulee Region Chill (NAHL)
- Height:
- 5-11
- Weight:
- 180
Bio
As a Junior in 2015-16:
Named the 44th Captain in program history for the 2016-17 season ... Awarded the Quinnipiac Men’s Ice Hockey Academic Award for posting the highest GPA on the team ... Named to the 2015-16 ECAC Hockey All-Academic Team ... Tied for 20th in the country and fourth in ECAC Hockey with 76 blocked shots ... Recorded three goals and 13 assists for 16 points in 37 games for the Bobcats ... His three goals and 16 points set new career highs while his 13 assists tied his career-high from 2014-15 ... Tied for fifth on the team with a +15 plus/minus rating ... Recorded two separate four-game point streaks early in the season ... Opened his first four-game point streak with an assist in a 5-0 win over Arizona State on Oct. 15 ... Assisted the game-winning goal in a mid-week 4-0 win over Maine on Oct. 20 ... Recorded assists in both games of a two-game series sweep of St. Cloud State on Oct. 23 and 24 ... Recorded his first two-assist and two-point game of the season in a 5-4 overtime win at Cornell on Nov. 7 ... Picked up another assist versus Harvard on Oct. 13 in a 4-1 win ... Recorded an assist on the game-winning goal against Dartmouth in a 6-2 win on Nov. 14 ... Tallied an assist at UConn on Nov. 17 in a 6-2 win ... Picked up one assist at Brown in a 3-0 win on Dec. 5 ... Scored in back-to-back games for the second time in his career in the series with Princeton on Dec. 29 and 30 ... Scored one goal in the series-opening 6-0 win at Princeton on Dec. 29 ... Tallied the game-winning power-play goal with 6:34 left in regulation to pick up a 4-3 win over Princeton on Dec. 30 ... Followed up with the overtime game-winning goal in a thrilling 5-4 win against Harvard at Madison Square Garden in New York City on Jan. 9 ... Picked up an assist in the next game, a 3-3 overtime tie, at Maine on Jan. 19 ... Recorded his first point of the playoffs with an assist in the series-clinching, 6-3 win vs. Cornell on March 13 ... Recorded an assist to clinch the first Whitelaw Cup in program history, a 4-1 win over Harvard at 1980 Rink at Herb Brooks Arena in Lake Placid, New York.
As a sophomore in 2014-15:
Saw time in 36 games … Selected to the ECAC Hockey All-Academic Team … Finished with a strong season that featured a single-season career-best 13 assists to go along with 35 shots and 12 penalty minutes … Totaled the second-most blocked shots on the team with 60 in 2014-15 … Was one of three Bobcat defensemen to finish double digits in assists for the season … Ranked fourth on the team with seven power-play points … Started the year with an assist on a power-play goal in a 3-3 tie against UMass Lowell on Oct. 18 … Picked up an assist on the Bobcats’ game-winning power play goal in a 3-2 win over Northeastern on Nov. 1 … Once again assisted on a power-play goal in a 4-3 road win at Union on Nov. 14 … Registered another assist on a power-play goal in a 3-1 road win at UMass on Nov. 29 … Continued his streak as he picked up a fifth straight assist on a power-play goal on Dec. 6 against Harvard … Totaled one assist in each game of a two-game weekend series at St. Cloud St. on Jan. 2-3 … Posted a streak of four straight games with a +1 plus/minus rating from Feb. 6 through Feb. 14 … Chipped in one assist in a 4-2 win at Colgate on Feb. 7 … Registered one assist in a 4-1 win over Clarkson on Feb. 14 … Picked up his lone multi-point game of the season with two assists to go along with a +2 rating on Feb. 27 in a 5-2 win at Harvard … Totaled two assists in the Bobcats’ ECAC Hockey Quarterfinal series victory over Union … Started with one assist in the 4-3 triple overtime Game One victory on March 13 … Came back with an assist on a shorthanded empty-net goal that sealed the Game Three and series victory over Union on March 15 … Led all Quinnipiac defensemen with three shots-on-goal in the NCAA Tournament West Regional against North Dakota on March 27.
As a Freshman in 2013-14:
Selected to the ECAC Hockey All-Academic Team … Appeared in 38 games with two goals and eight assists as well as a +3 plus/minus rating … Became the first player in Quinnipiac history to score a goal on the first shot of his college career after giving Quinnipiac a 1-0 lead against Alaska Fairbanks on Oct. 13 … Smith added his second career goal, incredibly on his second career shot against UMass-Lowell on Oct. 18 … Continued his torrid start to the season with back-to-back games with two assists on Oct. 19 and 22 … His first game of that stretch came at home against UMass-Lowell as Smith assisted on the game-tying goal and later on a power-play tally that pushed the Bobcats’ lead to 3-1 over the Riverhawks … Smith also tallied two assists on Oct. 22 against Bentley as he finished the four-game scoring streak with six points (two goals, four assists) … He later tallied one assist each against Rensselaer (Jan. 11) and against Yale (Mar. 14) in the ECAC Hockey Quarterfinals Game Two and series-clinching victory … Put together third game of the season with two assists at St. Lawrence on Feb. 28.
Before Quinnipiac:
Came to Quinnipiac after playing for the Coulee Region Chill of the North American Hockey League (NAHL) in 2012-13 … In 60 games in 2012-13, he scored twice while assisting on 19 goals for 21 points while also posting a +9 … He also played in the 2013 NAHL Top Prospects Tournament, totaling two goals and two assists in three games.
Personal:
Son of Mike and Jill Smith … Has three brothers, Christian, Brandon and Matthew … Born in Apple Valley, Minnesota ..Majoring in business.
Named the 44th Captain in program history for the 2016-17 season ... Awarded the Quinnipiac Men’s Ice Hockey Academic Award for posting the highest GPA on the team ... Named to the 2015-16 ECAC Hockey All-Academic Team ... Tied for 20th in the country and fourth in ECAC Hockey with 76 blocked shots ... Recorded three goals and 13 assists for 16 points in 37 games for the Bobcats ... His three goals and 16 points set new career highs while his 13 assists tied his career-high from 2014-15 ... Tied for fifth on the team with a +15 plus/minus rating ... Recorded two separate four-game point streaks early in the season ... Opened his first four-game point streak with an assist in a 5-0 win over Arizona State on Oct. 15 ... Assisted the game-winning goal in a mid-week 4-0 win over Maine on Oct. 20 ... Recorded assists in both games of a two-game series sweep of St. Cloud State on Oct. 23 and 24 ... Recorded his first two-assist and two-point game of the season in a 5-4 overtime win at Cornell on Nov. 7 ... Picked up another assist versus Harvard on Oct. 13 in a 4-1 win ... Recorded an assist on the game-winning goal against Dartmouth in a 6-2 win on Nov. 14 ... Tallied an assist at UConn on Nov. 17 in a 6-2 win ... Picked up one assist at Brown in a 3-0 win on Dec. 5 ... Scored in back-to-back games for the second time in his career in the series with Princeton on Dec. 29 and 30 ... Scored one goal in the series-opening 6-0 win at Princeton on Dec. 29 ... Tallied the game-winning power-play goal with 6:34 left in regulation to pick up a 4-3 win over Princeton on Dec. 30 ... Followed up with the overtime game-winning goal in a thrilling 5-4 win against Harvard at Madison Square Garden in New York City on Jan. 9 ... Picked up an assist in the next game, a 3-3 overtime tie, at Maine on Jan. 19 ... Recorded his first point of the playoffs with an assist in the series-clinching, 6-3 win vs. Cornell on March 13 ... Recorded an assist to clinch the first Whitelaw Cup in program history, a 4-1 win over Harvard at 1980 Rink at Herb Brooks Arena in Lake Placid, New York.
As a sophomore in 2014-15:
Saw time in 36 games … Selected to the ECAC Hockey All-Academic Team … Finished with a strong season that featured a single-season career-best 13 assists to go along with 35 shots and 12 penalty minutes … Totaled the second-most blocked shots on the team with 60 in 2014-15 … Was one of three Bobcat defensemen to finish double digits in assists for the season … Ranked fourth on the team with seven power-play points … Started the year with an assist on a power-play goal in a 3-3 tie against UMass Lowell on Oct. 18 … Picked up an assist on the Bobcats’ game-winning power play goal in a 3-2 win over Northeastern on Nov. 1 … Once again assisted on a power-play goal in a 4-3 road win at Union on Nov. 14 … Registered another assist on a power-play goal in a 3-1 road win at UMass on Nov. 29 … Continued his streak as he picked up a fifth straight assist on a power-play goal on Dec. 6 against Harvard … Totaled one assist in each game of a two-game weekend series at St. Cloud St. on Jan. 2-3 … Posted a streak of four straight games with a +1 plus/minus rating from Feb. 6 through Feb. 14 … Chipped in one assist in a 4-2 win at Colgate on Feb. 7 … Registered one assist in a 4-1 win over Clarkson on Feb. 14 … Picked up his lone multi-point game of the season with two assists to go along with a +2 rating on Feb. 27 in a 5-2 win at Harvard … Totaled two assists in the Bobcats’ ECAC Hockey Quarterfinal series victory over Union … Started with one assist in the 4-3 triple overtime Game One victory on March 13 … Came back with an assist on a shorthanded empty-net goal that sealed the Game Three and series victory over Union on March 15 … Led all Quinnipiac defensemen with three shots-on-goal in the NCAA Tournament West Regional against North Dakota on March 27.
As a Freshman in 2013-14:
Selected to the ECAC Hockey All-Academic Team … Appeared in 38 games with two goals and eight assists as well as a +3 plus/minus rating … Became the first player in Quinnipiac history to score a goal on the first shot of his college career after giving Quinnipiac a 1-0 lead against Alaska Fairbanks on Oct. 13 … Smith added his second career goal, incredibly on his second career shot against UMass-Lowell on Oct. 18 … Continued his torrid start to the season with back-to-back games with two assists on Oct. 19 and 22 … His first game of that stretch came at home against UMass-Lowell as Smith assisted on the game-tying goal and later on a power-play tally that pushed the Bobcats’ lead to 3-1 over the Riverhawks … Smith also tallied two assists on Oct. 22 against Bentley as he finished the four-game scoring streak with six points (two goals, four assists) … He later tallied one assist each against Rensselaer (Jan. 11) and against Yale (Mar. 14) in the ECAC Hockey Quarterfinals Game Two and series-clinching victory … Put together third game of the season with two assists at St. Lawrence on Feb. 28.
Before Quinnipiac:
Came to Quinnipiac after playing for the Coulee Region Chill of the North American Hockey League (NAHL) in 2012-13 … In 60 games in 2012-13, he scored twice while assisting on 19 goals for 21 points while also posting a +9 … He also played in the 2013 NAHL Top Prospects Tournament, totaling two goals and two assists in three games.
Personal:
Son of Mike and Jill Smith … Has three brothers, Christian, Brandon and Matthew … Born in Apple Valley, Minnesota ..Majoring in business.
Coaches Road Show at Bears BBQ
Thursday, September 04
Alumni Game Mic'd Up (pres. by Aunt Chilada's) - Chris Cerella and Mike Lombardi
Thursday, August 21
Quinnipiac Athletics 2024-25 Highlight Video
Tuesday, May 20
2024-25 Men's Ice Hockey Senior Tribute
Friday, February 21
