Seasons with Rangers: 2 (1942-1944)
Regular-Season Games with Rangers: 53
Playoff Games with Rangers: 0

Acquired
Scouted and signed by Rangers as a free agent on Oct. 30, 1942.

Departed
Released following 1945-46 season.

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NYR - Career Regular Season Stats Season Team GP G A P +/- PIM PP SH GW S S% 1942-1943 Rangers 12 0 3 3 0 1943-1944 Rangers 41 9 8 17 15 Team Totals: 53 9 11 20 15

Career Regular Season Stats Season Team GP G A P +/- PIM PP SH GW S S% 1940-1941 Winnipeg Maroons-MJHL 7 8 2 10 6 1941-1942 Portage Terriers-MJHL 18 15 22 37 25 1941-1942 Portage Terriers-M-Cup 10 15 12 27 16 1942-1943 Rangers 12 0 3 3 0 1942-1943 Niagara Falls Cataracts-OHA-Sr. 22 11 12 23 21 1943-1944 Rangers 41 9 8 17 15 1944-1945 Bears-AHL 59 27 41 68 12 1945-1946 Bears-AHL 37 13 9 22 18 1945-1946 New Haven Ramblers-AHL 19 6 7 13 6 1946-1947 Springfield Indians-AHL 62 17 22 39 40 1947-1948 Springfield Indians-AHL 68 32 36 68 14 1948-1949 Fort Worth Rangers-USHL 5 4 0 4 2 1948-1949 Springfield Indians-AHL 60 34 32 66 24 1949-1950 Springfield Indians-AHL 67 29 37 66 23 1950-1951 Springfield Indians-AHL 63 32 37 69 28 1951-1952 Syracuse Warriors-AHL 65 21 25 46 33 1952-1953 Syracuse Warriors-AHL 60 21 28 49 21 1953-1954 Syracuse Warriors-AHL 41 15 20 35 6 1954-1955 Vancouver Canucks-WHL 15 0 4 4 0 1954-1955 Providence Reds-AHL 20 3 8 11 6 1955-1956 Trois-Rivieres Lions-QHL 38 13 17 30 8 1955-1956 Providence Reds-AHL 6 1 0 1 2 1956-1957 Clinton Comets-EHL 25 7 10 17 4 NHL Totals: 53 9 11 20 15

Career Playoff Stats Season Team GP G A P +/- PIM PP SH GW S S% 1940-1941 Winnipeg Maroons-MJHL 3 4 0 4 2 1941-1942 Portage Terriers-MJHL 5 7 4 11 15 1941-1942 Portage Terriers-M-Cup 10 15 12 27 16 1942-1943 Niagara Falls Cataracts-OHA-Sr. 2 0 0 0 4 1944-1945 Bears-AHL 11 4 5 9 11 1946-1947 Springfield Indians-AHL 2 0 0 0 5 1948-1949 Springfield Indians-AHL 3 3 1 4 2 1949-1950 Springfield Indians-AHL 2 1 0 1 0 1950-1951 Springfield Indians-AHL 1 0 1 1 0 1952-1953 Syracuse Warriors-AHL 4 0 0 0 2

Bio/News RANGERS DEBUT Oct. 31, 1942 (Rangers at Toronto Maple Leafs) RANGERS ORGANIZATION STATISTICS Minor-league games: 115 Minor-league teams: Hershey/New Haven (AHL) 1944-1946 MISCELLANEOUS Full name: William Francis Charles Gooden Uniform Numbers: 16 Retired from pro hockey: 1957 NOTES Signed by Rangers in 1942 after playing on Portage la Prairie team that won Memorial Cup. His teammates there included future Rangers teammate Joe Bell and Lin Bend. ... Played his first NHL game at age 19 because Rangers were short on players due to World War II.