Ag Smith

Adam George "Ag" Smith (August 10, 1894 – October 12, 1972) was a Canadian-American ice hockey player and official.

[4] Smith resumed his playing career in 1919 with the Hamilton Tigers of the OHA Senior A League.

[6][7] Smith joined the Boston Athletic Association ice hockey team in 1922 and was a member of the B.A.A.

[12] During the 1926–27 season, Smith was captain of the Boston Tigers of the Canadian–American Hockey League, playing alongside former Hamilton stars George Redding, Fred Litzen, and Herb Rhéaume.

[19][20] He worked primarily as a linesman at the Boston Garden, as unlike referees, they didn't rotate between cities.

On March 17, 1932, the club defeated the Fredericton Millionaires 8–6 in double overtime in what some observers believed to be a fixed game.

As a result of the controversy, Smith resigned, five players (Winthrop Palmer, John Chase, John Garrison, Caswell McGregor, and Charles C. Cunningham) left the team, and the New England Amateur Referees' Association ordered its members not to referee any more games between the two teams.