Islanders icon Billy Smith was a superb goalie and four-time Stanley Cup winner. But he was also a fantastic interview. And in this story Smith wrote for THN, he was in peak form.

Billy Wayne Smith, 85, of Ooltewah, Tennessee, passed away on May 22, 2025. He was born on June 27, 1939, in Old Hickory, Tn., to the late Acie B. Smith and Bonnie Mae Smith. Billy was a devoted ...