Wes Goldie

Wes Goldie (born April 5, 1979) is a Canadian retired 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.[1]

Wes Goldie
Born (1979-05-05) May 5, 1979
London, Ontario, Canada
Height 5 ft 10 in (178 cm)
Weight 180 lb (82 kg; 12 st 12 lb)
Position Right Wing
Shot Right
Played for AHL
Bridgeport Sound Tigers
ECHL
Pee Dee Pride
Victoria Salmon Kings
Alaska Aces
NHL Draft Undrafted
Playing career 20002012

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 Utah's 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 (two better than younger brother, Ash). 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 the tutelage of former Aces head coach Davis Payne with the Pee Dee Pride. Goldie would play 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, good enough for sixth in the OHL. He has 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.

On March 24, 2012, in a loss against the Ontario (Calif.) 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.

In 2014, Goldie was inducted into the ECHL Hall of Fame.[2]

Career statistics

Regular season Playoffs
Season Team League GP G A Pts PIM GP G A Pts PIM
1995–96 St. Thomas Stars WOHL 5251449555
1995–96 London Knights OHL 21010
1996–97 Owen Sound Platers OHL 6610162629 41010
1997–98 Owen Sound Platers OHL 6435296446 113367
1998–99 Owen Sound Platers OHL 6146378363 131131410
1999–00 Owen Sound Platers OHL 6840357549
1999–00 Pee Dee Pride ECHL 73142 41010
2000–01 Pee Dee Pride ECHL 7133225560 107188
2001–02 Pee Dee Pride ECHL 4715122729 945910
2002–03 Pee Dee Pride ECHL 7227245154 73142
2003–04 Florence Pride ECHL 7036256143
2003–04 Bridgeport Sound Tigers AHL 21010
2004–05 Sorel-Tracy Mission LNAH 5957268314
2005–06 Sorel-Tracy Mission LNAH 5239327134
2006–07 Victoria Salmon Kings ECHL 7241337465 66280
2007–08 Victoria Salmon Kings ECHL 7242196166 1158134
2008–09 Victoria Salmon Kings ECHL 7248186662 93472
2009–10 Victoria Salmon Kings ECHL 7244186231 53366
2010–11 Alaska Aces ECHL 7246378350 133111414
2011–12 Alaska Aces ECHL 7035266168 101782
ECHL totals 697 370 235 605 530 84 36 42 78 48

References

Sporting positions
Preceded by
Jordan Krestanovich
Victoria Salmon Kings team captain
20082010
Succeeded by
Pete Vandermeer


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