Magnus Goodman

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Magnus Goodman
Goodman at the 1920 Olympics.
Born (1898-03-18)March 18, 1898
Winnipeg, Manitoba, Canada
Died July 18, 1991(1991-07-18) (aged 93)
Dade City, Florida, U.S.
Height 5 ft 7 in (170 cm)
Weight 163 lb (74 kg; 11 st 9 lb)
Position Left wing
Shot Left
Played for Selkirk Fishermen
Winnipeg Falcons
Duluth Hornets
Kansas City Pla-Mors
Wichita Blue Jays
Kansas City Greyhounds
Wichita Skyhawks
Coral-Gables Seminoles
National team  Canada
Playing career 1917–1939
Medal record
Olympic Games
Gold medal – first place 1920 Antwerp Team

Magnus "Mike" Goodman (18 March 1898 – 18 July 1991) was an Icelandic-Canadian athlete. He was a member of the Winnipeg Falcons ice hockey team, who represented Canada at the 1920 Summer Olympics and won the gold medal.[1]

Life[edit]

Goodman was born in 1898 to Icelandic immigrant Gísli Guðmundsson and Ólöf Björnsdóttir.[2] He distinguished himself in ice hockey as well as swimming and speed skating. As a young man he joined the Winnipeg Falcons, an amateur hockey team largely made up of Icelanders excluded from Winnipeg's other teams. His position was left wing. In 1920 the team won the Allan Cup and the right to represent Canada at the 1920 Summer Olympics, the first Olympic Games to feature hockey. The Falcons went on to defeat Sweden to win the gold medal. Goodman was known[by whom?] to carry his gold medal in his pocket at all times.

In 1938 he served as player-coach for the Coral Gables Seminoles of the Miami-based Tropical Hockey League, an early attempt to establish Hockey in the Southern United States.[3] He died in Miami in 1991 at the age of 93, the last surviving member of the Winnipeg Falcons.

Awards and achievements[edit]

Career statistics[edit]

Regular season and playoffs[edit]

Regular season Playoffs
Season Team League GP G A Pts PIM GP G A Pts PIM
1919–20 Winnipeg Falcons MHL-M statistics unavailable
1919–20 Winnipeg Falcons Al-Cup statistics unavailable
1923–24 Duluth Rangers USAHA statistics unavailable
1925–26 Duluth Hornets CHL 32 5 3 8 8
1926–27 Duluth Hornets AHA 38 15 4 19 6
1927–28 Duluth Hornets AHA 40 5 4 9 6
1928–29 Duluth Hornets AHA 38 3 3 6 6
1929–30 Duluth Hornets AHA 47 4 11 15 16
1930–31 Duluth Hornets AHA 3 0 0 0 0
1930–31 Kansas City Pla-Mors AHA 41 12 3 15 28
1931–32 Kansas City Pla-Mors AHA 45 9 7 16 8
1932–33 Duluth Hornets / Wichita Blue Jays AHA 40 19 3 22 14
1933–34 Kansas City Greyhounds AHA 38 8 8 16 22
1934–35 Kansas City Greyhounds AHA 45 5 7 12 12
1935–36 Wichita Skyhawks AHA 41 10 10 20 13
1936–37 Wichita Skyhawks AHA 35 8 7 15 11
1937–38 Wichita Skyhawks AHA 45 6 8 14 4
1938–39 Coral Gables Seminoles THL 14 6 3 9 0
USAHA/CHL/AHA totals 528 109 78 187 154

International[edit]

Year Team Event GP G A Pts PIM
1920 Canada OG 3 3 0 3 0
Senior totals 3 3 0 3 0

Head coaching record[edit]

Team Year Regular season Post season
G W L T Pts Division Rank Result
Duluth Hornets / Wichita Blue Jays 1932–33 42 17 24 1 34 4th Missed playoffs
Kansas City Greyhounds 1933–34 48 26 18 4 52 2nd Won Championship
Kansas City Greyhounds 1934–35 48 23 25 0 46 2nd Lost in finals
Wichita Skyhawks 1935–36 48 16 32 0 32 6th Missed playoffs
Wichita Skyhawks 1935–36 48 18 27 3 36 5th Missed playoffs
Wichita Skyhawks 1935–36 48 23 21 4 46 3rd Lost in Round 1
Coral Gables Seminoles 1938–39 14 12 2 0 24 1st (no playoffs)
Total 296 135 149 12 270


References[edit]

  1. ^ "Magnus Goodman". Olympedia. Retrieved 29 March 2021.
  2. ^ "Íshokkílið Fálkanna og forsvarsmenn". Morgunblaðið (in Icelandic). 3 February 2002. p. B4. Retrieved 2 February 2020.
  3. ^ McKinley, Michael (2009). Hockey: A People's History. Random House Digital. p. 124. ISBN 978-0771057717. Retrieved June 25, 2013.

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