Reginald Joseph "Hooley" Smith - Born January 7, 1903 in Toronto, Ontario – Died August 24, 1963 in Montreal, Quebec was a Canadian ice Hockey right winger/centre and defenceman.

- Allan Cup Champion 1922, 1923 with Toronto Granites.
- J. Ross Robertson Cup Senior Champion 1922, 1923 with Toronto Granites.

- Winter Olympics Gold Medal Champion 1924 with Team Canada / Toronto Granites.

- Stanley Cup Champion 1927 with Ottawa Senators, 1935 with Montreal Maroons.
Stanley Cup finalist 1928.

- Prince of Wales Trophy Champion 1927 with Ottawa Senators.

- O'Brien Trophy Champion 1927 with Ottawa Senators, 1930, 1936 with Montreal Maroons.

Smith starting playing junior Hockey with the Toronto Beaches of the OHA Jr. league, then Smith spent the 1920-21 Hockey season with the OHA's Parkdale Canoe Club before joining the Toronto Granites in the OHA Sr league. He played for the Granites for 3 seasons, helping them win back to back Allan Cup championships in 1922 and 1923.

Smith was a standout when the Granites represented Canada at the 1924 Winter Olympics, scoring 17 goals and 33 points in five games, winning the Gold Medal. He was the youngest player on the team.

Smith started his professional career with the Ottawa Senators the following winter, making his NHL debut on November 29, 1924 vs Hamilton Tigers at Barton Street Arena in a 5-3 Tigers win.

Smith scored his 1st NHL goal vs Hec Fowler of Boston Bruins at 13:07 of 3rd period on December 15, 1924 at Boston Arena in a 10-2 Ottawa win.

During his first season with Ottawa, he received a head injury. When he returned to play he wore a jockey-type helmet to protect his head. Smith is possibly the first National Hockey League / NHL player to wear a helmet.

Early in his NHL career he perfected a sweeping hook-check that stymied many opponents' offensive surges. When he was teamed with Frank Nighbor and Cy Denneny, his hook-check combined neatly with Nighbor's poke-check to give the Ottawa team an unrivaled defensive forward line. Smith didn't lose any of his scoring abilities, however, and so he developed into one of the game's most complete performers.

Smith scored his 1st NHL hat-trick vs Charles Stewart of Boston Bruins on January 26, 1926 at Boston Arena in a 8-2 Ottawa win.

In 1927, Ottawa won the Stanley Cup against Boston. It was the last game that Smith played with Ottawa after attacking Harry Oliver in the final minute of game 4 of that series. Smith butt-ended Oliver in the face with his stick so severe that NHL president Frank Calder leveled a one-month suspension effective at the start of the next season.

Ottawa had lost money during the season despite winning the Stanley Cup and chose this time to add desperately needed cash to their bank account by selling the hard-nosed forward to the Montreal Maroons for $22,500, a record fee at the time. This turned out to be a beneficial move for Hooley.

In 1927-28, he played on a line with Nels Stewart and Jimmy Ward and helped the Maroons reach the Cup finals. It was with the Maroons' "M" on his jersey that he gained the greatest acclaim in his career. When Babe Siebert took Ward's place, the dreaded S Line was born (Stewart-Smith-Siebert). It was a combination that terrorized the NHL for several years. Each member of the S Line was skilled, and just as willing to skate over an opponent as around them. They were usually near the top of the league in both scoring and penalty minutes. Smith waged a year-long battle with Toronto's rugged defenseman Red Horner that was followed closely by fans and media throughout the league.

Smith was placed on the NHL Second All-Star Team in 1932 after scoring 44 points. Remarkably for the time, 33 of his points were assists. In 1932 both Siebert and Stewart had left the Maroons. In their absence Smith moved to the centre ice position, reuniting with Ward on LW. They were joined by Baldy Northcott on the right wing.

Smith played in the Ace Bailey Benefit Game in 1934

Smith captained the Maroons to their second and last Stanley Cup win in 1935. The following year he scored 19 goals and added the same number of assists to earn selection to the 1936 NHL First All-Star Team.

On March 24-25, 1936, Smith's Maroons lost the longest game in NHL history, a match against the Detroit Red Wings that went to a 6th overtime period. Hooley could take some consolation from the fact that the game didn't end in the 4th overtime period when he drew a minor penalty at the 9-second mark.

By the mid-1930s the Maroons were experiencing financial difficulties and he was traded to the Boston Bruins in December 1936, where he only played for one season, and struggled without his old linemates and earned only 18 points (8 goals).

Smith was then was sold to the New York Americans for the Start of the 1938–39 season. Smith was a jack-of-all-trades, playing on a line with Rod Beattie and Johnny Sorrell, but also playing on defense with big Joe Jerwa.

Smith's days in New York weren't all good though. His battles with coach Red Dutton were legendary, and eventually cost him his job. Smith was suspended for insubordination in 1941, as he was outspoken about the Americans owner "Big Bill" Dwyer had used the team as a front, also accepting money (loan) from Dutton to show the National Hockey League he was solvent and regain control of his club .... it didn't work, as Dwyer lost the team to the NHL. Hooley retired after being suspended.

Smith played in 717 regular season NHL games, scoring 200 goals (43 GWG / 5 OTG) 226 assists with 1062 penalty minutes and 54 NHL playoff games, scoring 11 goals (1 GWG), 9 assists with 109 penalty minutes.

Hooley Smith was inducted into the Hockey Hall of Fame in 1972.