Aces Sign ECHL Top Gun Wes Goldie
Published on August 6, 2010 under ECHL (ECHL)
Alaska Aces News Release
ANCHORAGE, Alaska - The Alaska Aces have signed veteran right winger Wes Goldie to a one-year contract for the 2010-11 season.
The 31-year-old Goldie has scored an ECHL-best 175 goals while not missing a single game over the last four seasons with the Victoria Salmon Kings, including 44 last year, second only to Utah's Ryan Kinasewich. He also finished second in the league with 48 (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, a 6-1, 185-pounder orginially from London, Ontario, shared the league lead in shorthanded goals for three consecutive years beginning in 2007, scoring 19 over that span.
He began his pro career under the tutelage of former Aces head coach and current St. Louis bench boss Davis Payne in Pee Dee (no longer members of the ECHL), before playing 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. His 289 career ECHL goals rank eighth all-time in league history; 37 or more this season would move Goldie to second all-time. He scored one goal in his two AHL appearances, both with Bridgeport in 2004.
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 (34g-22a) in 61 career postseason games.
The Alaska Aces open the 2010-11 regular season at home against Utah Friday and Saturday, October 15-16 at 7:15 p.m. A playoff rematch against Stockton looms 10 days earlier in the preseason games at Sullivan Arena benefitting Cancer Awareness, October 5-6, also scheduled for 7:15 p.m. Season tickets are on sale now at the Aces team offices, located at the corner of 15th and Gambell between 9am-5pm.
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2010-11 Alaska Aces season tickets remain on sale at the team headquarters, located at 15th & Gambell, between 9am-5pm.
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