Normie Smith
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Norman "Normie" Smith (March 18, 1908 in Toronto, Ontario, Canada – February 21988) was a Vezina-winning goaltender for the Detroit Red Wings. Smith shut-out the Montreal Maroons in the NHL's longest game, a 176-minute, 30-second affair, on way to a Stanley Cup championship in 1936. Smith helped Detroit repeat as Stanley Cup Champoins in 1937. After suffering an arm injury, he slumped in 1937–38 and the Red Wings finished last. During a game in 1939, he didn't show up, causing a rift with Jack Adams. He was then traded to Boston, where there was no way he would beat out Frank Brimsek, and he was sent to the minors. Normie Smith retired rather than report to the minor leagues. He returned to play briefly with the Detroit Red Wings when World War II left a vacuum of players in the NHL.
External links
- Normie Smith biography (http://www.detroitredwings.com/history/wol/wol-normiesmith.jsp)
| Preceded by: Tiny Thompson | Winner of the Vezina Trophy 1937 | Succeeded by: Tiny Thompson |
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Categories: 1908 births | 1988 deaths | Canadian ice hockey goaltenders | Detroit Falcons players | Detroit Red Wings players | Montreal Maroons players | Pittsburgh Hornets players | Vezina Trophy winners | Stanley Cup champions
