Billy Dee Smith (born June 30, 1982 in St. Catharines, Ontario) is a former professional lacrosse player played for the Buffalo Bandits and Rochester Knighthawks of the National Lacrosse League and the Hamilton Nationals of Major League Lacrosse. He was also a member of the gold medal winning Canadian lacrosse team at the 2006 World Lacrosse Championship. Smith is an assistant coach for the Halifax Thunderbirds.
Smith was named Defensive Player of the Year for the 2009 NLL season. Injuries have limited his career.
In 2019, Smith was announced as part of Paul Rabil’s new Premier Lacrosse League as a member of Chaos Lacrosse Club.
Statistics NLL Regular Season Playoffs Season Team GP G A Pts LB PIM GP G A Pts LB PIM 2003 Buffalo 7 2 1 3 24 46 -- -- -- -- -- -- 2004 Buffalo 15 2 2 4 40 56 3 0 1 1 11 4 2005 Buffalo 16 3 1 4 37 60 1 0 0 0 1 4 2006 Buffalo 11 5 1 6 42 45 3 1 2 3 8 25 2007 Buffalo 14 0 8 8 40 29 2 0 0 0 6 2 2008 Buffalo 14 7 2 9 57 58 3 4 0 4 16 2 2009 Buffalo 13 5 7 12 47 33 2 0 1 1 8 4 2010 Buffalo 16 4 4 8 67 48 1 0 1 1 6 2 2011 Buffalo -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- 2012 Buffalo 15 1 1 2 40 54 1 0 0 0 3 20 2013 Buffalo 12 2 1 3 22 37 -- -- -- -- -- -- 2014 Buffalo 13 0 2 2 24 29 4 0 0 0 7 62015Buffalo1714532531000302016Buffalo1501115494000262017Buffalo140002537 -- -- -- -- -- --2018Rochester1400022354000582019Rochester2000016 -- -- -- -- -- -- NLL totals 208 32 35 67 534 685 29 5 5 10 76 80
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