Moose Goheen
Hockey Hall of Fame, 1952
Moose Goheen representing USA at the 1920 Summer Olympics.
Born (1894-02-08)February 8, 1894
White Bear Lake, Minnesota, U.S.
Died November 13, 1979(1979-11-13) (aged 85)
Maplewood, Minnesota, U.S.
Height 6 ft 0 in (183 cm)
Weight 220 lb (100 kg; 15 st 10 lb)
Position Left wing
Shot Left
Played for Buffalo Majors
St. Paul Saints
White Bear Lakers
St. Paul Athletic Club
National team  United States
Playing career 1914–1933
Medal record
Olympic Games
Silver medal – second place 1920 Antwerp Team

Francis Xavier "Moose" Goheen (February 8, 1894 – November 13, 1979) was an American amateur ice hockey forward. While enrolled at the Valparaiso University,[1] Goheen was a skilled, three-sport athlete competing in football and baseball, in addition to hockey.[2] 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.[1][2] After that season, Goheen enlisted in the United States Army and served in the European theatre during World War I in the Army's signal corps.[3] After his service in the Army, Goheen returned to the St. Paul Athletic Club[4] and won a second league championship and MacNaughton Cup in 1920.[1] Goheen also competed in the 1920 Summer Olympics as the captain and rover for the American ice hockey team,[5] which won the silver medal.[6][4] Outside of hockey, Goheen was dedicated to his career with the Northern States Power Company in St. Paul, so much so that he declined to play with United States Olympic hockey team in the 1924 Winter Olympics and spurned multiple contract offers to play in the National Hockey League with the Boston Bruins (in 1926) and Toronto Maple Leafs.[7]

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.[8] He was also elected to the Minnesota Sports Hall of Fame in 1958 and to the United States Hockey Hall of Fame in 1973.[9] 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.[1]

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

Career statistics

Regular season and playoffs

Regular season Playoffs
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 —

International

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

References

  1. ^ a b c d Cameron, Steve, ed. (2003). Hockey Hall of Fame Book of Players. Buffalo, New York: Firefly Books. ISBN 9781770852242.
  2. ^ a b "Moose Goheen Biography". Hockey Hall of Fame and Museum. Retrieved 2017-10-25.
  3. ^ MacLeod, Alan Livingstone (2018). From Rinks to Regiments: Hockey Hall-of-Famers and the Great War. Victoria, British Columbia: Heritage House. p. 93. ISBN 978-1-77203-268-0.
  4. ^ a b "Moose Goheen". Sports Reference LLC. Archived from the original on 2020-04-18. Retrieved 2017-10-25.
  5. ^ "Moose Goheen". Olympedia. Retrieved 21 August 2021.
  6. ^ Zeisler, Laurel (2013). Historical Dictionary of Ice Hockey. Scarecrow Press, Inc. pp. 130–131. ISBN 9780810878631.
  7. ^ MacLeod (2018). From Rinks to Regiments. p. 94.
  8. ^ "At the X, a museum worthy of the State of Hockey". St. Paul Pioneer Press. 2015-04-22. Retrieved 2017-10-25.
  9. ^ MacLeod (2018). From Rinks to Regiments. p. 95.

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