Tarin Smith

Position:
Defense
Ht./Wt.:
6-2 / 195
Class:
Freshman
Shoot/Catch:
L
Hometown:
Porcupine Plain, Sask.
Previous Team:
Everett (WHL)
NHL Rights:
Anaheim (2024)

PRONUNCIATION

JUNIOR/HIGH SCHOOL
• Played three full seasons in the Western Hockey League for the Everett Silvertips (2023-26), while also making brief stints the previous two years, making 208 total appearances
• Closed his Everett career with 176 points (41 goals, 135 assists), the most points by a defenseman in franchise history, and a plus-124 rating
• Named a finalist for the Bill Hunter Memorial Trophy as the WHL Defenseman of the Year in 2025-26
• Served as the 26th captain in Silvertips history in his final season of junior hockey after being an alternate captain in 2024-25
• Guided Everett to the franchise's first-ever Ed Chynoweth Cup as WHL Champions and a spot in the 106th CHL Memorial Cup
• Helped the team to a program-record 57 regular-season wins and a Western Conference title, but missed all but four games of the playoffs with an upper body injury
• Ranked fifth on the team and was second among defensemen in scoring thanks to a 71-point regular season (16 goals, 55 assists)
• Picked up 24 power-play points, while his plus-65 rating ranked second of all skaters in the WHL
• Tallied 17 multi-point performances, including a season high of three points seven times
• Scored game-winning goals versus Victoria (Oct. 11) and Swift Current (Nov. 28)
• Closed the 2024-25 campaign with 60 points (16 goals, 44 assists) from the blue line
• Put up a career-best four points against Portland (Sept. 28), during a plus-5 outing, and again versus Seattle (Jan. 25)
• Had 17 outings of multiple points, three of which included a pair of goals
• Named to the CHL All-Rookie Team during the 2023-24 season in Everett
• Posted 44 points on eight goals and 36 helpers, pacing all WHL rookie defensemen in goals, assists, points and plus-minus
• Twice registered a season-high three assists coming on the road at Kamloops (Jan. 12) and Spokane (Jan. 19)
• Recorded 23 career playoff points across 25 appearances
• Debuted with the Silvertips in December of 2021 as a 15-year-old

PERSONAL
• Son of Kirk and Deanna Smith
• Has a younger sister, Brynlee, and an older half sister, Taylor Felner
• Represented Team Canada at the 2022 U17 World Hockey Challenge
• Rated No. 38 among overall skaters in North America by NHL Central Scouting in its 2024 final rankings
• Drafted by the Anaheim Ducks in the third round (79th overall) at the 2024 NHL Entry Draft