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.
Life Goodman was born in 1898 to Icelandic immigrant Gísli Guðmundsson and Ólöf Björnsdóttir. 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.
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. He died in Miami in 1991 at the age of 93, the last surviving member of the Winnipeg Falcons.
Awards and achievements Allan Cup Championship (1920) Olympic Gold Medalist (1920) AHA Championships (1927 & 1934) "Honoured Member" of the Manitoba Hockey Hall of Fame
Career statistics
Regular season and playoffs Regular seasonPlayoffs Season Team League GP G A Pts PIM GP G A Pts PIM 1919–20 Winnipeg Falcons MHL-Mstatistics unavailable — — — — — 1919–20 Winnipeg Falcons Al-Cupstatistics unavailable — — — — — 1923–24 Duluth Rangers USAHAstatistics 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 Year Team Event GP G A Pts PIM 1920 Canada OG 3 3 0 3 0Senior totals 3 3 0 3 0
Head coaching record Team Year Regular season Postseason G W L T Pts Division Rank ResultDuluth Hornets / Wichita Blue Jays1932–334217241344thMissed playoffsKansas City Greyhounds1933–344826184522ndWon ChampionshipKansas City Greyhounds1934–354823250462ndLost in finalsWichita Skyhawks1935–364816320326thMissed playoffsWichita Skyhawks1935–364818273365thMissed playoffsWichita Skyhawks1935–364823214463rdLost in Round 1Coral Gables Seminoles1938–39141220241st (no playoffs)Total 29613514912270
References
External links
Mike Goodman's biography at databaseOlympics.com Falcons