[1] Smith played major junior in the WHL for four seasons with the Spokane Chiefs and Swift Current Broncos.

After a 59-point rookie campaign with the Inferno, he reeled off 95 points in 2003–04 to win the league scoring championship.

[2] His success in the ECHL was met with playing time in the AHL, as he split the following season between the Inferno and Manitoba Moose.

In 2005–06, Smith moved overseas to play in the German 2nd Bundesliga with EHC Freiburg.

After his brief stint in the Swiss B he returned Germany to play in the 2nd Bundesliga with Tölzer Löwen.