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Goldie Nears ECHL Career Goals Record

March 3, 2012 - ECHL (ECHL) News Release


PRINCETON, N.J. - Wes Goldie of the Alaska Aces enters Saturday's game at Stockton needing only two goals to tie the ECHL career goals record of 368 held by 2009 ECHL Hall of Fame inductee Rod Taylor .

In his 10th full professional season, Goldie has scored 31 goals in 57 games for the Aces this season, and has tied Taylor for the most 30-or-more goal season in league history with eight. Goldie has notched at least 30 goals in six consecutive seasons, which is tied with Taylor and Dany Bousquet for the most consecutive seasons in league history.

Goldie has played all but two of his 686 regular season professional games in the ECHL and holds the ECHL all-time record with five consecutive 40-plus goal seasons, and his five seasons of at least 40 goals are tied with Taylor for the most all-time.

The 32-year-old Goldie began his professional career in 1999-2000 with Pee Dee scoring four points (3g-1a) in seven regular-season games and adding one goal in four Kelly Cup Playoff games. He spent the next four seasons with the Pride, tallying 111 goals and adding 83 assists for 194 points in 260 games. He also appeared in two games with Bridgeport of the American Hockey League during the 2003-04 season, recording one goal.

After two seasons with Sorel of the Ligue Nord-Americaine de Hockey in Canada, Goldie returned to the ECHL with Victoria in 2006-07 beginning his run of 40-goal seasons with 41 goals, which was second in the league. He led the ECHL in 2007-08 with 42 goals, and finished second each of the next two seasons. Goldie appeared in all 288 games with the Salmon Kings over his four seasons with the club, totaling 175 goals and adding 88 assists for 263 points. Following the 2008-09 season, he was named to the All-ECHL Second Team.

A native of London, Ontario, Goldie joined Alaska for the 2010-11 season, and captured ECHL Most Valuable Player honors after leading the league 46 goals and finishing second with 83 points. He helped lead the Aces to the second Kelly Cup championship in club history by adding 14 points (3g-11a) in 13 postseason contests.

Goldie enters Saturday'sgame with 598career ECHL points to rank eighth in league history. With twomore points, he will become just the seventh player in the league's 24-year history to reach the 600-point plateau.

ECHL Career Goal Scoring Leaders

368 - Rod Taylor (Hampton Roads, Richmond, Roanoke, South Carolina, Peoria, Toledo - 1991-2003)

366 - Wes Goldie (Pee Dee, Victoria, Alaska - 1999-2004, 2006-Present)

325 - Louis Dumont (Tallahassee, Wheeling, Louisiana, Augusta, Pensacola, Mississippi, Utah - 1994-2006)

- Trevor Jobe (Hampton Roads, Nashville, Richmond, Raleigh, Johnstown, Tallahassee, Baton Rouge - 1989-93, 1994-96, 1998-99)

323 - Darren Colbourne (Dayton, Richmond, Raleigh, Augusta - 1991-94, 1995-99)

ECHL Career Points Leaders

891 - Louis Dumont (Tallahassee, Wheeling, Louisiana, Augusta, Pensacola, Mississippi, Utah - 1994-2006)

689 - Rod Taylor (Hampton Roads, Richmond, Roanoke, South Carolina, Peoria, Toledo - 1991-2003)

685 - Darryl Noren (Charlotte, Greensboro - 1990-2000)

635 - Trevor Jobe (Hampton Roads, Nashville, Richmond, Raleigh, Johnstown, Tallahassee, Baton Rouge - 1989-93, 1994-96, 1998-99)

611 - Chris Valicevic (Greensboro, Louisiana - 1993-2002)

608 - Sheldon Gorski (Louisville, Miami, Pensacola - 1990-94, 1995-99)

598- Wes Goldie (Pee Dee, Victoria, Alaska - 1999-2004, 2006-Present)

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