Goldie Goes For History On Friday
December 18, 2008 - ECHL (ECHL) News Release
PRINCETON, N.J. - Wes Goldie of the Victoria Salmon Kings will try to
become only the fifth player in ECHL history to score three-or-more goals
in three straight games when the Salmon Kings host Alaska on Friday.
Goldie scored a hat trick in a 4-2 win against Alaska on Wednesday and had
three goals in a 6-2 win against Phoenix on Sunday. He leads the ECHL with
22 goals in 28 games and has had five multiple-goal games and seven
multiple-point games.
The last time an ECHL player had three goals or more in three consecutive
games was 1997 when Steve Gibson of Wheeling scored three goals against
Johnstown on Mar. 16, three goals at Peoria on Mar. 18 and four goals
against Columbus on Mar. 21.
Brian Martin of Hampton Roads was the first player to score a hat trick in
three straight games, accomplishing the feat in 1989 on Dec. 9 against
Nashville, Dec. 10 against Virginia and Dec. 12 against Knoxville. The
record was tied by Trent Kaese of Columbus in 1992 and Darryl Noren of
Charlotte in 1994.
Six players have scored hat tricks in back-to-back games since Gibson tied
the record with the last being Jean-Michel
Daoust of Cincinnati last season. Daoust had three goals on Dec. 16,
2007 against Johnstown and three goals on Dec. 19 against Wheeling before
scoring one goal on Dec. 21 at Johnstown. Dusty Jamieson of Charlotte had
three goals in back-to-back
games on Oct. 20 and Oct. 21, 2006 against Wheeling. Miguel Delisle of
Idaho scored three goals in consecutive games against Bakersfield on Dec.
17 and 19, 2004 while Andrew Williamson of Toledo scored three goals in
consecutive games on Feb. 9, 2001 at Johnstown and had four goals on Feb.
10, 2001 at Johnstown. Williamson led the league with 63 goals in 1999-2000
and 52 goals in 2000-01, the last season that an ECHL player registered 50
goals.
In a six-game span in 1999-2000, Jay Murphy of Louisiana scored four hat
tricks, including back-to-back games on Mar. 12 against Birmingham and Mar.
17 against Jacksonville, and had two goals in the other two games. Paul
Strand of Raleigh scored five goals on Jan. 17, 1998 against Roanoke and
had three goals on Jan. 23, 1998 at Hampton Roads.
Goldie led the league in 2007-08 with 42 goals after finishing second with
41 goals in 2006-07. He is trying to become only the second player in
history to lead the ECHL in goals in back-to-back seasons joining Andrew
Williamson of Toledo, who had 63 goals in 1999-2000 and 52 goals in
2000-01. Wes Goldie and his brother, Ash Goldie, made history last season
when they became the first set of teammates and the first set of brothers
to lead the ECHL in goal scoring after finishing with 42 goals and 40
goals, respectively.
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