What is Alex Smart?
{{Infobox ice hockey player | image = | image_size = | position = [[Winger (ice hockey)|Left Wing]] | played_for = [[Montreal Canadiens]] | shoots = Left | height_ft = 5 | height_in = 10 | weight_lb = 150 | birth_date = {{birth date|1918|5|25|mf=y}} | birth_place = [[Brandon, Manitoba|Brandon]], [[Manitoba|MB]], [[Canada|CAN]] | death_date = {{death date and age|mf=yes|2005|04|18|1918|5|29}} | death_place = | career_start = 1942 | career_end = 1953 | halloffame = }} '''Alexander Smart''' (May 29, 1918 – April 18, 2005) was a [[Canadians|Canadian]] [[ice hockey]] [[forward (ice hockey)|forward]]. He played one season for the [[Montreal Canadiens]] of the [[National Hockey League]] and spent the majority of his career in the [[Quebec Senior Hockey League]]. ==Playing career== Born in [[Brandon, Manitoba|Brandon]], [[Manitoba]], Smart played [[junior hockey]] in the [[Manitoba Junior Hockey League]] with the [[Portage Terriers]] for two seasons. In 1937–38, joined the [[senior ice hockey|senior]] ranks with the [[Toronto Marlboros]] of the [[Ontario Hockey Association]] and scored 23 points in 12 games at a goal-per-game pace. The following season, he began a three-year stint in the [[Montreal City Hockey League]] (MCHL) with the [[Verdun Maple Leafs (ice hockey)|Verdun Maple Leafs]] and [[Montreal Sr. Canadiens]]. In 1941–42, Smart moved with the Sr. Canadiens to the [[Quebec Senior Hockey League]] (QSHL). Affiliated with the [[Montreal Canadiens]] of the [[National Hockey League]],<ref name=legends>{{cite web | title=Legends of Hockey - Alex Smart | url=http://www.legendsofhockey.net:8080/LegendsOfHockey/jsp/SearchPlayer.jsp?player=14346 | access-date=2008-10-15 | publisher=[[Hockey Hall of Fame]]}}</ref> Smart was called up to the NHL in [[1942–43 NHL season|1943]] and, on January 14, became the first player in league history to score a [[hat trick]] in his NHL debut (this feat was later matched by [[Réal Cloutier]] of the [[Quebec Nordiques]] in 1979, [[Fabian