McGill University Women's Ice Hockey

Smith, a native of Lachine, Que., is in his 16th season behind the McGill bench. He is the winningest women's hockey coach in McGill history and heads into the 2016 CIS championship with a career record of  443-169-31 in 643 games overall (.713) behind the McGill bench. In regular season play, he owns a 226-40-11 record in 277 contests (.836). Smith was appointed head coach at McGill University in 1999 and took a one-year sabbatical in 2009-10 to serve as an assistant coach with the gold-medal winning Canadian Olympic womens team. He has spent the past 20 years as a coach and has guided the Martlets to a berth at the CIS national championship tournament in 14 of his 16 seasons, winning four gold medals, three silvers and five bronzes. Over his four CIS national championship seasons, the team posted a combined 131-5-0 record against CIS opponents. The 2007-08 title marked the first McGill women's team in any sport to capture a CIS championship. The next season, the Martlets repeated as national champs, going undefeated in league (18-0) and post-season action (7-0) for the second straight year. The third CIS crown was won in 2010-11, when the Martlets went 33-0 against CIS teams, including a 20-0 record in league play and a 7-0 mark in post-season play. The fourth CIS title was in 2013-14, when the Martlets registered a 29-4 mark against CIS teams, including 18-2 in league play and 6-2 in the post-season. Smith previously served with the national women's team as an assistant coach with Team Canada, winning gold at the 2006 Winter Olympics in Turin, the 2006 Four Nations Cup in Kitchener, the 2005 Torino Ice pre-Olympic tourney in Italy, the 2005 Four Nations Cup in Hameenlinna, Finland and the 2005 world championships in Linkoping, Sweden. He was also elevated to head coach of the Canadian national women's team in June 2007 and guided Canada to a silver medal at the 2008 IIHF world championships in Harbin, China. He returned to his role as an assistant coach in for the 2009 world championships and Canada came away with another silver. An eight-time recipient of the Quebec university coach-of-the-year honours (2003, 2006, 2007, 2008, 2009, 2011, 2012, 2014), he is also a three-time CIS coach of the year, winning the award in 2012 and 2008, in addition to sharing the honours in 2003 with Lisa MacDonald of St. Mary's. INTERNATIONAL BACKGROUND Helped guide Canada to Olympic gold at the 2010 Vancouver Winter Games... Coached Canada to a silver medal at the 2008 IIHF world championship in Harbin, China and a gold medal at the Four Nations Cup in Leksand, Sweden (2007) Was head coach of Canadas national team during 2007-08 season An assistant coach with the national team for the 2006-07 season, winning the IIHF World Championship in April 2007 in Winnipeg & Selkirk, MB and the Four Nations Cup in November 2006 at Kitchener, ON Head coach of the national under-22 team that captured two of three games against the U.S. national under-22 squad in Ottawa (August, 2006) An assistant coach with Canadian  Olympic Team, winning gold at the 2006 Olympic Winter Games in Turin, Italy An assistant coach with Canada for the 2005-06 season, in which the national team captured the 2005 Torino Ice Pre-Olympic tournament and the 2005 Four Nations Cup in Hameenlinna, Finland A member of Canadas coaching staff at the 2005 IIHF World Championship in Linkoping, Sweden Won gold at the Air Canada Cup in Germany in 2005 as head coach of Canadas 2004-05 National Womens Under-22 Team, and in 2004 serving as an assistant coach with the under-22 team. PREVIOUS COACHING BACKGROUND Coached Team Quebec at three Esso womens national championships, winning gold as a head coach in 2002 after previously earning back-to-back silver medals as an assistant coach Coached the West Island (QC) Blues, an under-21 womens AA team for four seasons, winning regional championships in 1997 and 1998. During that time, Smith also directed the Lac St-Louis under-16 girls regional team at the provincial championships. PERSONAL Resides in Lachine, Quebec with his wife Vango Has two daughters, Natalie and Christina, both of whom played varsity hockey at McGill A NCCP Level 4 certified coach Holds a bachelors degree in physical education (1979) and a masters degree in sports psychology (1986), both from from McGill. A former junior hockey player with the Lachine Rapids, Smith went on to swim for the McGill Redmen, serving as team captain from 1977 to 1979. He qualified for the CIS national swim championships in all three of his years. A long-time employee with the McGill athletics department, Smith currently serves as manager of professional development for varsity coaches at McGill. PETER SMITH'S CAREER COACHING RECORD AT McGILL (updated Mar. 15, 2015)     Peter Smith , a native of Lachine, Que., is in his 16th season behind the McGill bench. He is the winningest women's hockey coach in McGill history and heads into the 2016 CIS championship with a career record of  443-169-31 in 643 games overall (.713) behind the McGill bench. In regular season play, he owns a 226-40-11 record in 277 contests (.836). PETER SMITH'S CAREER COACHING RECORD AT McGILL (updated Mar. 15, 2015)