Brendan Smith

	Class: Junior
	Hometown: Mimico, Ontario
	High School: Father John Redmond

	Height / Weight: 6-2 / 190
	Position: D
	Prev. School/Team:: St. Michael's, OPJHL

Badger Bites
Shoots left ... born in February of 1989 ... parents are Lester and Deidre ... has two siblings, Rory (21) and Reilly (18) ... brother Reilly is a freshman forward for Miami (Ohio) ... father played basketball at York University ... attended Father John Redmond High School ... drafted No. 27 overall by the Detroit Red Wings in the 2007 NHL Entry Draft ... major is sociology

2009-10 / Junior Season
Nation's leading scorer on defense with 15 goals, 40 points and 1.18 points-per-game average ... Top-25 nationally among all players in points-per-game and assists-per-game ... ranks tied for 15th in the nation with four game-winning goals, tied for sixth with 11 power-play goals and tied for 13th with 20 power-play points ... WCHA Player of the Year and Defensive Player of the Year nominee ... Three-time WCHA Defensive Player of the Week ... WCHA's December nominee for national player of the month ... Badgers are 11-1-0 when he scores and 14-1-2 when he's a plus player ... 14 points more than next WCHA defenseman and seven points more than next closest defender in the country ... second on the team lead with 12 multi-point games and three multi-goal games ... tied for the team lead with a seven-game scoring streak ... also has a five-game scoring streak and has scored at least three points in six games this season ... his 15 goals are seventh on the Wisconsin single-season goals list for defensemen ... he needs one goal to move up into a fourth-place tie on the UW list with Chris Chelios, Bruce Driver and Bob Suter. Sean Hill scored 19 goals as a defenseman in 1990-91 to set the Badger record ... Smith has 40 points through 34 games and is the first UW defenseman with a 40-point regular season since the 1992-93 regular season ... two power-play goals short of the UW record for defenseman of 13 set by Ron Griffin in the 1979-80 season ... Smith's 40 points is more than the entire defensive corps of two teams -- Bowling Green and Connecticut and is tied with American International. He is within two points of Army and three points of Brown and Alabama-Hunstsville ... first Badger defenseman since the 1979-80 season to post at least 10 power-play goals in a season ... tied for fourth in WCHA at plus-13, trailing only two players from other teams

Season Highlights • Three assist game in victory against New Hampshire • First two goals and assist in victory at Michigan State • Game-winning goal and assist in win at North Dakota • Game-winning goal at Minnesota Duluth • Goal and two assists in win against St. Cloud State • Two third-period power-play goals, including game-winner, in front of 55,031 fans outdoors vs. Michigan • 12 multi-point games • Six games with 3+ points • Team-best seven game scoring streak (5 g, 10 a)

2008-09 / Sophomore Season
Ranked second among UW defensemen with 23 points in 31 games played ... led UW defensemen with nine goals, all on the power play ... tied for sixth in the league in power-play goals ... his six league power-play goals shared eighth ... produced first career multi-goal game with two power-play goals against Northern Michigan (Jan. 3) in the first period before getting injured ... had four assist game against Michigan Tech (Nov. 8) ... collected six assists in the series against the Huskies (Nov. 7-8)

2007-08 / Freshman Season
Tied for second on the team in rookie scoring with 12 points despite playing in just 22 games ... missed 18 games due to injury, before returning for season finale as a forward ... recorded six points (1-5=6) in three-game scoring streak (Oct. 13-20)

Before Smith Was a Badger
Skated two seasons with the St. Michael's Buzzers of the OPHJL ... in 2006-07, posted 12 goals, 36 points and 90 penalty minutes in 39 games played to lead team's defensemen ... collected two goals and nine points in seven playoff games to rank third on the team ... in 2005-06, put up five goals and 26 points, with 55 penalty minutes in 39 games played ... selected to play in the 2006 Canadian Junior A Hockey League All-Star Game ... won a silver medal with Canada East in the 2006 World Junior A Challenge ... played for the Toronto Marlies Minor Midget AAA in 2004-05 along with fellow Badger rookie Cody Goloubef ... once played on a forward line with Sam Gagner and John Tavares

Stats

CAREER STATS Overall Year GP G A Pts. SOG Pen-Min PP SH GW 2007-08 22 2 10 12 34 9-26 2 0 0 2008-09 31 9 14 23 84 32-75 9 0 0 2009-10 34 15 25 40 109 29-58 11 0 4 Totals 87 26 49 75 227 70-159 22 0 4

WCHA Year GP G A Pts. SOG Pen-Min PP SH GW 2007-08 13 1 2 3 18 4-16 1 0 0 2008-09 20 6 10 16 41 22-55 6 0 0 2009-10 27 11 18 29 82 25-50 8 0 3 Totals 60 18 30 48 141 149-121 15 0 3

Career Highs GAME Goals: 2 (4x), last vs. Michigan, 2/6/10 Assists: 4 (2x), last vs. Michigan Tech, 12/4/09 Points: 4 (2x), last vs. Michigan Tech, 12/4/09 Point Streak: 7, 11/14-12/5/09 Multi-point Games: 22 (12 in 2009-10) Overtime Goals: None

SERIES Goals: 2 (3x), last vs. Michigan Tech, 12/4-5/09 Assists: 6, vs. Michigan Tech, 11/7-8/09 Points: 7, vs. vs. Michigan Tech, 12/4-5/09