New Brunswick with the Riverview Trappers. It was his last season of competitive ice hockey. His father, who had helped Goldthorpe recuperate from the shooting, died not long after. His death changed Goldthorpe, who then returned to school. His hockey career was over, but he stayed in shape and became a bodybuilder, winning the 1985 "Mr. New Brunswick" competition. Later, Goldthorpe returned to San Diego, eventually becoming foreman at a construction company. As of 2017, he was living in Vancouver, British Columbia, working for the same firm. Goldthorpe also does speaking engagements. Career Statistics Slap Shot The comedy movie Slap Shot was made while Goldthorpe was still an active player. According to Ned Dowd, brother of "Slap Shot" writer Nancy Dowd (and a hockey player in his own right), the character incorporated elements of Goldthorpe (especially his wild demeanor and frizzy, Harpo Marx-like haircut), but was not actually him. Goldthorpe has said that the producers were thinking about putting him in the film, but he was not offered a role after he was charged with assault and broke a bottle in the dressing room when Paul Newman's brother visited. (Dowd himself wound up playing the Goldie-like character, "Ogie" Ogilthorpe.) Goldthorpe was well known for never backing down from any challenge, on or off the ice. He ended up in jail no less than eighteen times, incidents he now attributes mostly to his drinking. Like the fictional "Ogie", Goldthorpe once was serving a jail sentence but was allowed out for practices and games. On January 1, 2008, during the first intermission of the NHL's Winter Classic outdoor game in Buffalo, NBC showed a short piece on the movie Slap Shot and Goldthorpe's connection to Bob Costas: Costas once did radio play-by-play for the 1973-74 Syracuse Blazers, Goldie's team at the time. In the 2013 TV movie Mr. Hockey: The Gordie Howe Story, actor Bryan Clark (a former player who had appeared in the hockey comedy Goon) plays a character obviously inspired by Goldthorpe. (In Goldie's usual subtle style, the player threatens to "bury (Gordie's) entire family in the desert!" before referees drag him away.) References External links 1953 births Living people Baltimore Blades players Canadian ice hockey left wingers Denver Spurs (WHA) players Ice hockey people from Ontario Michigan Stags players Minnesota Fighting Saints players Moncton Alpines (AHL) players New Haven Nighthawks players Ontario Hockey Association Senior A League (1890–1979) players