| Billy Gooden | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Born |
September 8, 1923 Winnipeg, Manitoba, Canada | ||
| Died | December 17, 1998 (aged 75) | ||
| Height | 5 ft 9 in (175 cm) | ||
| Weight | 175 lb (79 kg; 12 st 7 lb) | ||
| Position | Left wing | ||
| Shot | Left | ||
| Played for | New York Rangers | ||
| Playing career | 1942–1957 | ||
William Francis Charles "Bill" Gooden (September 8, 1923 – December 17, 1998) was a Canadian ice hockey left winger. He played 53 games in the National Hockey League with the New York Rangers during the 1942–43 and 1943–44 seasons. The rest of his career, which lasted from 1942 to 1957, was mainly spent in the American Hockey League, where he scored 20 goals in a season seven times.
Career statistics
Regular season and playoffs
| Regular season | Playoffs | |||||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Season | Team | League | GP | G | A | Pts | PIM | GP | G | A | Pts | PIM | ||
| 1940–41 | Winnipeg Maroons | MJHL | 7 | 8 | 2 | 10 | 6 | 3 | 4 | 0 | 4 | 2 | ||
| 1941–42 | Portage Terriers | MJHL | 18 | 15 | 22 | 37 | 25 | 5 | 7 | 4 | 11 | 15 | ||
| 1941–42 | Portage Terriers | M-Cup | — | — | — | — | — | 10 | 15 | 12 | 27 | 16 | ||
| 1942–43 | New York Rangers | NHL | 12 | 0 | 4 | 4 | 0 | — | — | — | — | — | ||
| 1942–43 | Niagara Falls Catracts | OHA Sr | 22 | 11 | 12 | 23 | 21 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 | ||
| 1943–44 | New York Rangers | NHL | 41 | 9 | 8 | 17 | 15 | — | — | — | — | — | ||
| 1944–45 | Hershey Bears | AHL | 59 | 27 | 41 | 68 | 12 | 11 | 4 | 5 | 9 | 11 | ||
| 1945–46 | Hershey Bears | AHL | 37 | 13 | 9 | 22 | 18 | — | — | — | — | — | ||
| 1945–46 | New Haven Eagles | AHL | 19 | 6 | 7 | 13 | 6 | — | — | — | — | — | ||
| 1946–47 | Springfield Indians | AHL | 62 | 17 | 22 | 39 | 40 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 5 | ||
| 1947–48 | Springfield Indians | AHL | 68 | 32 | 36 | 68 | 14 | — | — | — | — | — | ||
| 1948–49 | Fort Worth Rangers | USHL | 5 | 4 | 0 | 4 | 2 | — | — | — | — | — | ||
| 1948–49 | Springfield Indians | AHL | 60 | 34 | 32 | 66 | 24 | 3 | 3 | 1 | 4 | 2 | ||
| 1949–50 | Springfield Indians | AHL | 67 | 29 | 37 | 66 | 23 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | ||
| 1950–51 | Springfield Indians | AHL | 63 | 32 | 37 | 69 | 28 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | ||
| 1951–52 | Syracuse Warriors | AHL | 65 | 21 | 25 | 46 | 33 | — | — | — | — | — | ||
| 1952–53 | Syracuse Warriors | AHL | 60 | 21 | 28 | 49 | 21 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | ||
| 1953–54 | Syracuse Warriors | AHL | 41 | 15 | 20 | 35 | 6 | — | — | — | — | — | ||
| 1954–55 | Vancouver Canucks | WHL | 15 | 0 | 4 | 4 | 0 | — | — | — | — | — | ||
| 1954–55 | Providence Reds | AHL | 20 | 3 | 8 | 11 | 6 | — | — | — | — | — | ||
| 1955–56 | Trois-Rivières Lions | QSHL | 38 | 13 | 17 | 30 | 8 | — | — | — | — | — | ||
| 1955–56 | Providence Reds | AHL | 6 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 2 | — | — | — | — | — | ||
| 1956–57 | Clinton Comets | EHL | 25 | 7 | 10 | 17 | 4 | — | — | — | — | — | ||
| AHL totals | 627 | 251 | 302 | 553 | 233 | 23 | 8 | 7 | 15 | 20 | ||||
| NHL totals | 53 | 9 | 12 | 21 | 15 | — | — | — | — | — | ||||
Awards and achievements
- MJHL Championship (1942)
- Memorial Cup Championship (1942)
- AHL Second All-Star Team (1951)
- Honoured Member of the Manitoba Hockey Hall of Fame
External links
- Biographical information and career statistics from NHL.com, or Eliteprospects.com, or Hockey-Reference.com, or The Internet Hockey Database
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