Reilly Smith may have a second career once he retires from hockey. <\/p>\n
The Vegas Golden Knights\u2019<\/a> forward was in the crowd for a comedy show in Las Vegas last week as Will Burkart took the stage. While the comedian was doing crowd work, he pointed to Smith and asked if he works during the week, with Smith saying he has summers off. <\/p>\n When asked if he was a teacher, Smith said no, but that he was a hockey player. <\/p>\n \u201cWho do you play hockey for? How high are we (talking)?\u201d Burkart asked. Someone in the audience interjected, saying \u201cVery high!\u201d and a \u201cGo Knights Go!\u201d chant started in the crowd. <\/p>\n \u201cI\u2019m honored that you\u2019re here, bro,\u201d Burkart said. \u201cI just got nervous, all of a sudden.\u201d <\/p>\n The two fist bumped, then Burkart asked if Smith gets recognized a lot. <\/p>\n \u201cYeah, sometimes in Vegas,\u201d Smith said. <\/p>\n \u201cSometimes when people with a microphone call you out in front of a room,\u201d Burkart said to a roaring applause. <\/p>\n The highlight of the interaction came when Burkart asked Smith if he has all his teeth, with the NHL forward nonchalantly pulling out partial dentures. <\/p>\n \u201cOh s\u2013t bro!\u201d Burkart exclaimed. \u201cHe just took out a tooth!\u201d <\/p>\n Smith, 34, has become a fan favorite in Vegas, having been part of the team\u2019s original 2017-18 roster and spending six full seasons with the Golden Knights before helping them win their first Stanley Cup championship in 2023. After pit stops with the Pittsburgh Penguins <\/a>and New York Rangers<\/a>, Smith was traded back to Vegas last season. <\/p>\n In 14 NHL seasons, Smith has 226 goals and 327 assists for 553 points in 919 career regular-season games with the Knights, Penguins, Rangers, Dallas Stars<\/a>, Boston Bruins<\/a> and Florida Panthers<\/a>. <\/p>\n He\u2019s also scored 29 goals and 54 assists for 83 points in 117 career Stanley Cup Playoff games. <\/p>\n Smith reached career highs in assists and points in 2017-18 with 38 helpers and 60 total points. He scored a career-high 27 goals in 2019-20. <\/p>\n Smith was a third-round pick for the Stars in the 2009 NHL Entry Draft. <\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Reilly Smith may have a second career once he retires from hockey. The Vegas Golden Knights\u2019 forward was…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":116416,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[556],"tags":[64,63,575,85],"class_list":["post-116415","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-nhl","tag-au","tag-australia","tag-nhl","tag-sports"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/116415","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=116415"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/116415\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/116416"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=116415"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=116415"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=116415"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}