Junior Season (2018-19): Named to the WCHA All-Academic Team … Skated in 33 games … Led the team and ranked third in the WCHA and 14th nationally with a .589 faceoff winning percentage … Tallied 14 points with four goals and 10 assists … Ranked third on the team with eight points (2 goals, 6 assists) on the power play … Scored a pair of goals versus Bemidji State (Dec. 1) … Had a goal and an assist in the GLI Championship Game against Lake Superior State (Dec. 31) … Tallied a pair of assists at Ferris State (Nov. 10) and in the WCHA Playoffs at Bowling Green (March 9) … Had an assist on the game-winning goal at Alabama Huntsville (Nov. 2 and 3) and versus Alaska (Nov. 23) … Also scored against UAF (Nov. 24) … Played 100th game in a Tech uniform on December 14 versus UAH.
Sophomore Season (2017-18): Named to the WCHA All-Academic Team … Appeared in 40 games, scoring eight goals and adding 14 assists … Had five multi-point games … Had a goal and an assist at Alaska (Nov. 24), versus Ferris State (Dec. 9), in the GLI versus Michigan State (Jan. 1), and at Bowling Green (Feb. 2) … Scored three power-play goals and finished with a plus-9 rating … Went on a six-game point streak from November 18-December 15 with four goals and five assists … Assisted on the game-winning goals in the Ice Breaker Championship at Minnesota Duluth (Oct. 7) and against Northern Michigan (Nov. 10) as part of a two-assist game.
Freshman Season (2016-17): Appeared in 43-of-45 games, scoring seven goals and adding 13 assists for 20 points … Ranked in a tie for seventh in scoring amongst WCHA freshmen … Scored first collegiate goal for first career point vs. Alabama Huntsville (Oct. 14) … Scored the game-winning goal at Alaska Anchorage (Nov. 18) and had the game-winning assist at Northern Michigan (Oct. 29) and vs. Lake Superior State (Nov. 11) … Had five multi-point games with two games scoring a goal and adding an assist … Tech was 12-2-1 when he recorded a point … Had five points (1G-4A) in four of the first five playoff games … Attended the Calgary Flames Development Camp in July.
Prior to Michigan Tech: Racked up 84 points on 32 goals and 52 assists in 56 games with the Flin Flon Bombers in 2015-16 and was named the SJHL Player of the Year … Led the SJHL in assists in 2015-16 … Also had 21 points (7G, 14A) in 16 playoff games … Tallied 47 points (19G, 28A) in 2014-15 in 54 games with the Bombers … Played two seasons with the Bonnyville Pontiacs of the AJHL, appearing in 93 games with 28 points … Broke into the AJHL with two games for the Grande Prairie Storm in 2011-12.
Personal: Shoots right … Son of Syd and Judy Smith … Has an older brother Richard … Born Alex James Smith on July 10, 1995, in Kirkland Lake, Ontario … Enjoys fishing and golfing … Majoring in scientific and technical communication with a GPA of 3.34.
