Donald John Smith was a Canadian

Canada

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 professional

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 hockey

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 player who played for the Montreal Canadiens

Montreal Canadiens

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, Montreal Shamrocks

Montreal Shamrocks

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, Montreal Wanderers

Montreal Wanderers

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 and the Renfrew Creamery Kings

Renfrew Creamery Kings

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Playing career

Smith played senior amateur hockey for his hometown Cornwall, Ontario

Cornwall, Ontario

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 club in the Federal Amateur Hockey League

Federal Amateur Hockey League

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 from 1904 until 1907. He became a professional with Portage la Prairie, Manitoba

Portage la Prairie, Manitoba

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 of the Manitoba Professional Hockey League (MPHL) in 1907-08. He returned to Ontario

Ontario

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 the following season, playing for St. Catharines, Ontario

St. Catharines, Ontario

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 and Toronto

Toronto Professional Hockey Club

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 in the Ontario Professional Hockey League

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(OPHL). In 1909-10, he joined the Montreal Shamrocks

Montreal Shamrocks

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 of the National Hockey Association

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 (NHA). He played in 1910-11 for Renfrew Creamery Kings

Renfrew Creamery Kings

The Renfrew Hockey Club, also known as the Creamery Kings and the "Renfrew Millionaires" was a founding franchise in 1909 of the National Hockey Association, the precursor to the National Hockey League...

 before joining the Victoria Aristocrats of the Pacific Coast Hockey Association

Pacific Coast Hockey Association

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 (PCHA) for a season. He returned the following season (1912–13) to the Montreal Canadiens

Montreal Canadiens

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 and played for the Canadiens until 1915, when he was traded to the Montreal Wanderers

Montreal Wanderers

The Montreal Wanderers were a Canadian amateur, and later becoming a professional men's ice hockey team. The team played in the Federal Amateur Hockey League , the Eastern Canada Amateur Hockey Association , the National Hockey Association and briefly the National Hockey League . The Wanderers are...

. Smith left the league at the conclusion of the 1915–16 NHA season to serve in the war

World War I

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. Upon his return, in 1919–20, Smith re-joined the Montreal Canadiens

Montreal Canadiens

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, now in the National Hockey League

National Hockey League

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, for one last year of professional hockey.

Transactions

• Signed as a free agent by St. Catharines (OPHL), December 8, 1908.
• Signed as a free agent by Toronto (OPHL) after St. Catharines (OPHL) folded, January 22, 1909.
• Signed as a free agent by Trenton (EOPHL), December 22, 1910.
• Signed by Renfrew (NHA) after jumping contract with Trenton (EOPHL), December 27, 1910.
• Claimed by Montreal Wanderers (NHA) in Dispersal Draft of Renfrew (NHA) players, November 12, 1911.
• Signed by Victoria (PCHA) after jumping contract with Montreal Wanderers (NHA), December, 1911.
• Signed as a free agent by Montreal Canadiens (NHA), November 26, 1912.
• Traded to Montreal Wanderers by Montreal Canadiens for cash, February 2, 1915.
• Rights not retained by Montreal Wanderers after NHA folded, November 26, 1917.
• Signed as a free agent by Montreal, December 11, 1919.

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