Moose Goheen

Francis Xavier "Moose" Goheen (February 8, 1894 – November 13, 1979) was an American amateur ice hockey forward. While enrolled at the Valparaiso University, Goheen was a skilled, three-sport athlete competing in football and baseball, in addition to hockey. Goheen was a member of the St. Paul Athletic Club team that won United States Amateur Hockey championship and received the MacNaughton Cup in the 1915–16 season. After his service in the Army, Goheen returned to the St. Paul Athletic Club and won a second league championship and MacNaughton Cup in 1920. which won the silver medal.

In 1952, Moose Goheen was inducted to the Hockey Hall of Fame; at the time, he was only the second American to have been inducted (after Hobey Baker) and the first Minnesotan. He was also elected to the Minnesota Sports Hall of Fame in 1958 and to the United States Hockey Hall of Fame in 1973. In 1924, in a 1–0 victory over Boston for the St. Paul Saints, Goheen scored a goal using a slap shot—the earliest record of the feat.

The White Bear Lake Area Hockey Association holds yearly tournaments in Goheen's name.

Career statistics

International Year Team Event GP G A Pts PIM 1920 USA OLY 4 7 0 7 — Senior totals 4 7 0 7 —

Regular season and playoffs Regular seasonPlayoffs Season Team League GP G A Pts PIM GP G A Pts PIM 1922–23 St. Paul Saints USAHA 20 11 0 11 — 4 3 0 3 — 1923–24 St. Paul Saints USAHA 20 10 4 14 — 8 3 1 4 — 1924–25 St. Paul Saints USAHA 32 6 0 6 — — — — — — 1925–26 St. Paul Saints CHL 36 13 10 23 87 — — — — — 1926–27 St. Paul Saints AHA 27 2 7 9 40 — — — — — 1927–28 St. Paul Saints AHA 39 19 5 24 96 — — — — — 1928–29 St. Paul Saints AHA 28 7 4 11 39 8 2 0 2 20 1929–30 St. Paul Saints AHA 35 9 6 15 47 — — — — — 1930–31 Buffalo Majors AHA 2 0 0 0 0 — — — — — 1931–32 St. Paul Saints CHL 20 2 7 9 17 — — — — — AHA totals 131 37 22 59 222 8 2 0 2 20 USAHA totals 72 27 4 31 — 12 4 3 7 —