Wes Goldie Explained

Position:Right Wing
Shoots:Right
Height Ft:5
Height In:10
Weight Lb:180
Birth Date:5 May 1979
Birth Place:London, Ontario, Canada
Draft:Undrafted
Career Start:2000
Career End:2012

Wes Goldie (born May 5, 1979) is a Canadian former professional ice hockey right winger who last played for the Alaska Aces of the ECHL. He is the ECHL's all-time leader in career goals with 370, and the seventh all-time career scorer with 605 points.

Career

Goldie scored an ECHL-best 175 goals while not missing a single game over four seasons with the Victoria Salmon Kings, including 44 his final year, second only to Ryan Kinasewich. He also finished second in the league with 48 goals (a North American career-high) in 2009, when he earned first team all-ECHL honors, and 41 in 2007, while leading the ECHL with 42 in 2008. Goldie shared the league lead in shorthanded goals for three consecutive years beginning in 2007, scoring 19 over that span.

Goldie began his pro career under former Aces head coach Davis Payne with the Pee Dee Pride. Goldie played the 2003–04 season with the Pride under another former Alaska head coach, Perry Florio, and finishing tied for fourth in the league with 36 goals. In his lone recall to the AHL with Bridgeport in 2004, Goldie scored one goal in two games.

Prior to turning pro at the tail end of the 1999-2000 season, Goldie played four years in the Ontario Hockey League, scoring 121 over his last three campaigns, including a junior-best 46 in 1998–99. He missed the playoffs only once in his eight full seasons as a professional (2003–04), and owns 56 points (34 goals, 22 assists) in 61 career postseason games.[1]

On March 24, 2012, in a loss against the Ontario Reign, Goldie broke the previous league all-time mark of 368 goals held by Rod Taylor. He retired as the league's all-time goal leader with 370.[2]

In 2014, Goldie was inducted into the ECHL Hall of Fame.

Career statistics

Team League GP GPG A Pts PIM
1995–96St. Thomas StarsWOHL52 51 44 95 55
1995–96London KnightsOHL2 1 0 1 0
1996–97Owen Sound PlatersOHL66 10 16 26 294 1 0 1 0
1997–98Owen Sound PlatersOHL64 35 29 64 4611 3 3 6 7
1998–99Owen Sound PlatersOHL61 46 37 83 6313 11 3 14 10
1999–00Owen Sound PlatersOHL68 40 35 75 49
1999–00Pee Dee PrideECHL7 3 1 4 24 1 0 1 0
2000–01Pee Dee PrideECHL71 33 22 55 6010 7 1 8 8
2001–02Pee Dee PrideECHL47 15 12 27 299 4 5 9 10
2002–03Pee Dee PrideECHL72 27 24 51 547 3 1 4 2
2003–04Florence PrideECHL70 36 25 61 43
2003–04Bridgeport Sound TigersAHL2 1 0 1 0
2004–05Sorel-Tracy MissionLNAH59 57 26 83 14
2005–06Sorel-Tracy MissionLNAH52 39 32 71 34
2006–07Victoria Salmon KingsECHL72 41 33 74 656 6 2 8 0
2007–08Victoria Salmon KingsECHL72 42 19 61 6611 5 8 13 4
2008–09Victoria Salmon KingsECHL72 48 18 66 629 3 4 7 2
2009–10Victoria Salmon KingsECHL72 44 18 62 315 3 3 6 6
2010–11Alaska AcesECHL72 46 37 83 5013 3 11 14 14
2011–12Alaska AcesECHL70 35 26 61 6810 1 7 8 2
ECHL totals6973702356055308436427848

Notes and References

  1. Web site: 2014-01-21 . Aces to Retire Wes Goldie's #16 on February 8 . 2022-10-11 . OurSports Central . en.
  2. Web site: 2013-12-05 . Wes Goldie to Become First Aces Inductee into ECHL Hall of Fame . 2022-10-11 . OurSports Central . en.