Billy Gooden

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 seasonPlayoffs 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