Brian Smith (ice hockey, born 1940)

Brian Desmond Smith (September 6, 1940 – August 2, 1995) was a Canadian professional ice hockey player and sportscaster.

Following his hockey career, Smith was a broadcaster for CJOH-TV in Ottawa until 1995, when he was shot and killed by gunman Jeffrey Arenburg.

The players refused to practice and ultimately Shore was forced to sell the team to Kings owner Jack Kent Cooke for $900,000.

[citation needed] In the following season, he played for the Phoenix Roadrunners of the Western Hockey League and the Memphis South Stars of the CHL.

[citation needed] On August 1, 1995, Smith was shot in CJOH's parking lot, just minutes after the end of the station's 6 PM newscast.

The Ottawa Senators honoured him with a 'Smitty 18' patch on their jerseys, which they wore for the 1995–96 season and with a banner hanging in the rafters at Canadian Tire Centre.

[2] CJOH-TV established the Brian Smith Foundation to give disadvantaged children and young adults in the Ottawa region an opportunity to participate in athletics, recreation and education.