Ernie Godden
Ernie Alfred Godden (born March 13, 1961 in Keswick, Ontario) is a retired professional ice hockey centre who played five games for the Toronto Maple Leafs of the NHL He was chosen 55th overall by the Toronto Maple Leafs in 1981 after scoring 87 goals as a junior in the OHL and making the league's first all-star team. In addition to his brief tenure in Toronto, Godden spent his first three years as a top scorer in the CHL with the Cincinnati Tigers and the AHL's St. Catharines Saints. Godden played one year with Klagenfurter of Austria before retiring in 1985.
| Ernie Godden | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Born |
March 13, 1961 Keswick, Ontario, Canada | ||
| Height | 5 ft 8 in (173 cm) | ||
| Weight | 159 lb (72 kg; 11 st 5 lb) | ||
| Position | Centre | ||
| Shot | Left | ||
| Played for |
Klagenfurt AC (Austria) St. Catharines Saints (AHL) Cincinnati Tigers (CHL) Toronto Maple Leafs (NHL) | ||
| NHL Draft |
55th overall, 1981 Toronto Maple Leafs | ||
| Playing career | 1981–1985 | ||
Perhaps his most notable accomplishments occurred while he was with the Windsor Spitfires of the Ontario Hockey League. In the 1980–81 season, he set an OHL record with 87 goals. This record is yet to be broken. During that season he totalled 153 points for the year.
He has a devoted following within the Ernie Godden fan club, which consists of many Essex County residents.
He currently coaches Minor Hockey in LaSalle, Ontario, for his son's team.
Career statistics
| Regular season | Playoffs | |||||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Season | Team | League | GP | G | A | Pts | PIM | GP | G | A | Pts | PIM | ||
| 1976–77 | Newmarket Flyers | OPJHL | 44 | 19 | 24 | 43 | 89 | — | — | — | — | — | ||
| 1977–78 | Newmarket Flyers | OPJHL | 40 | 20 | 24 | 44 | 67 | — | — | — | — | — | ||
| 1978–79 | Windsor Spitfires | OMJHL | 64 | 25 | 31 | 56 | 165 | 7 | 2 | 1 | 3 | 18 | ||
| 1979–80 | Windsor Spitfires | OMJHL | 62 | 40 | 41 | 81 | 158 | 16 | 9 | 7 | 16 | 36 | ||
| 1980–81 | Windsor Spitfires | OHL | 68 | 87 | 66 | 153 | 185 | 11 | 13 | 16 | 29 | 44 | ||
| 1981–82 | Toronto Maple Leafs | NHL | 5 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 6 | — | — | — | — | — | ||
| 1981–82 | Cincinnati Tigers | IHL | 67 | 32 | 37 | 69 | 178 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 38 | ||
| 1982–83 | St. Catharines Saints | AHL | 64 | 27 | 23 | 50 | 106 | — | — | — | — | — | ||
| 1983–84 | St. Catharines Saints | AHL | 78 | 31 | 36 | 67 | 69 | 7 | 4 | 1 | 5 | 28 | ||
| 1984–85 | Klagenfurter AC | AUT | 39 | 34 | 23 | 57 | 68 | — | — | — | — | — | ||
| NHL totals | 5 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 6 | — | — | — | — | — | ||||
| AHL totals | 142 | 58 | 59 | 117 | 175 | 7 | 4 | 1 | 5 | 28 | ||||
External links
- Biographical information and career statistics from NHL.com, or Hockey-Reference.com, or Legends of Hockey, or The Internet Hockey Database