Kammala wannan magana: Golden ya kasance dan wasa ne na makarantar sakandare ta Reading Memorial High School a Massachusetts, yana jagorantar tawagarsa zuwa gasar zakarun Middlesex yayin da ya zira kwallaye kusan maki 3 a kowane wasa. Edmonton Oilers sun ƙare da zaɓar shi a zagaye na 2 na NHL Entry Draft na 1983 kuma ya fara halartar Jami'ar New Hampshire a cikin kaka. Matsayin Golden a Durham ya ɗauki wasanni 7 kawai kuma ya bar tsakiyar kakar wasa don yin wasa a duka ƙungiyar matasa-B da kuma a
Gasar zakarun duniya.