Spokane Chiefs captain Ty Smith named WHL top defenceman for second straight year Globe_Sports
Boston Bruins' Jack Studnicka, right, battles for the puck against New Jersey Devils defenseman Ty Smith during the second period of an NHL preseason hockey game in Boston on Sept. 25, 2019.Ty Smith of the Spokane Chiefs has been named the Western Hockey League’s defenceman of the year for the second straight season.
The 20-year-old Chiefs captain had 59 points in 46 games to rank fourth in scoring among all WHL defencemen before the season was cut short by the COVID-19 pandemic. Smith, a five-foot-11, 175-pound native of Lloydminster, Alta., had 16 multipoint games in 2019-20, including three goals and five assists in a 9-2 win over Seattle on Feb. 28. His eight points topped his own franchise record for points in a game by a defenceman and marked the first hat trick of his WHL career.With Smith leading the defence, the Chiefs allowed 179 goals through 64 games this season and were on pace to allow fewer than 200 goals for the first time since the 2010-11 season.
Smith is the first player to win consecutive WHL defenceman of the year awards since Kris Russell of the Medicine Hat Tigers in 2006 and 2007.
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