Peter Smith (ice hockey)

Peter Smith is the current head coach of the McGill Martlets women's ice hockey team at McGill University. He is the winningest coach in McGill Martlets history and headed into the 2017 National Championship with a career record of 470-182-32 in 684 games overall (.711) behind the McGill bench.^[1]

Over his four national championship seasons, the team posted a combined 131-5-0 record against Canadian university opponents.

The 2007-08 title marked the first McGill women's team in any sport to capture a CIS / U SPORTS 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 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 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.

On June 13, 2018, it was announced that the 2007-08 Martlets team would be inducted into the on October 11, 2018.^[2]

A native of Lachine, Quebec, he was formerly the head coach of the Canadian national women's hockey team in addition to serving as an assistant coach with Team Canada under Melody Davidson for three years. He has won two Olympic gold medals during his international career, first at the 2006 Winter Olympics in Turin, Italy, and then at the 2010 Winter Olympics in Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada.

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