Position Goaltender Playing career Weight 75 kg NHL Draft Undrafted Height 1.80 m | National team Norway Role Ice hockey player Shoots Left Name Ruben Smith Date joined 2010 | |
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Born April 15, 1987 (age 36)
Stavanger, Norway ( 1987-04-15 ) GET team
Former teams Stavanger Oilers
Storhamar Dragons
Rosenborg IHK Current teams Norwegian National Ice Hockey Team (Goaltender), Stavanger Oilers (#30 / Goaltender) | ||
Ruben Smith (born April 15, 1987) is a retired Norwegian professional ice hockey goaltender who last played for Stavanger Oilers in Norway's GET-ligaen. Up to the 2010/2011 season he played with the Storhamar Dragons of Norway's elite GET-ligaen. Smith joined the Storhamar organization in 2003 and played three seasons with their junior elite team. He made his professional debut during the 2005–06 season, appearing in 13 games and recording a goals against average of 0.50 and a save percentage of .973.
He backstopped the Dragons to the championship title in 2008, earning him the playoffs MVP trophy.
During the 2010 offseason he signed with the newly promoted Rosenborg of Trondheim.
International career
Smith was selected to play for the Norway men's national ice hockey team at the 2010 Winter Olympics. He has previously represented Norway at the 2006 and 2007 World Junior Ice Hockey Championships, and the 2008, 2009 and 2010 World Ice Hockey Championships.