Wayne Carleton

{{short description|Canadian ice hockey player}}

{{BLP no footnotes|date=October 2023}}

{{Infobox ice hockey player

| name = Wayne Carleton

| image = Wayne Carleton 1970 Bruins Alumni.jpg

| image_size = 200px

| caption = Wayne Carleton at a 1970s-era Bruins reunion in 2010

| birth_date = {{birth date and age|1946|8|4}}

| birth_place = Sudbury, Ontario, Canada

| height_ft = 6

| height_in = 3

| weight_lb = 212

| position = Left Wing

| shoots = Left

| played_for = Toronto Maple Leafs
Boston Bruins
California Golden Seals
Ottawa Nationals
Toronto Toros
New England Whalers
Edmonton Oilers
Birmingham Bulls

| career_start = 1966

| career_end = 1977

}}

Kenneth Wayne "Swoop" Carleton (born August 4, 1946) is a Canadian former professional ice hockey player. Carleton played in the National Hockey League (NHL) and the World Hockey Association (WHA) in the 1960s and 1970s. He was a member of the Stanley Cup-winning 1969–70 Boston Bruins team.

Playing career

Carleton played junior hockey for the Toronto Marlboros, from 1961–62 to 1965–66. During this period, with Carleton playing a starring role, the Marlboros won the 1964 Memorial Cup.

Carleton was called up by the Toronto Maple Leafs, for 2 games, during the 1965–66 NHL season. He earned a regular spot with the Leafs the following season, and he later played with the Boston Bruins and California Golden Seals.

Carleton was a member of one Stanley Cup championship team, the 1969–70 Bruins. He was on the ice as the left wing on Derek Sanderson's line when Bobby Orr scored his famous Cup-clinching goal in the fourth game of the 1970 Stanley Cup Finals.

Carleton played in the NHL until the 1971–72 NHL season, after which he moved to the WHA and played for the Ottawa Nationals, Toronto Toros, Edmonton Oilers, Birmingham Bulls, and New England Whalers.

Career statistics

=Regular season and playoffs=

border="0" cellpadding="1" cellspacing="0" style="text-align:center; width:60em"
bgcolor="#e0e0e0"

! colspan="3" bgcolor="#ffffff"|

! rowspan="100" bgcolor="#ffffff"|

! colspan="5"|Regular season

! rowspan="100" bgcolor="#ffffff"|

! colspan="5"|Playoffs

bgcolor="#e0e0e0"

! Season

! Team

! League

! GP !! G !! A !! Pts !! PIM

! GP !! G !! A !! Pts !! PIM

1961–62

| Unionville Seaforths

| OHA

| 15

9312

| —

bgcolor="#f0f0f0"

| 1961–62

| Toronto Marlboros

| OHA-Jr

| 16

58135

| 12

2464
1962–63

| Toronto Marlboros

| OHA-Jr

| 38

27245111

| 12

641021
bgcolor="#f0f0f0"

| 1963–64

| Toronto Marlboros

| OHA-Jr.

| 54

42226426

| 5

3250
1964–65

| Toronto Marlboros

| OHA-Jr.

| 15

13102312

| 14

561117
bgcolor="#f0f0f0"

| 1965–66

| Toronto Marlboros

| OHA-Jr.

| 16

951424

| 14

961528
1965–66

| Toronto Maple Leafs

| NHL

| 2

0110

| —

bgcolor="#f0f0f0"

| 1965–66

| Tulsa Oilers

| CHL

| —

| 6

3470
1966–67

| Toronto Maple Leafs

| NHL

| 5

10114

| —

bgcolor="#f0f0f0"

| 1966–67

| Tulsa Oilers

| CHL

| 52

17153248

| —

1966–67

| Rochester Americans

| AHL

| 13

55108

| 13

52731
bgcolor="#f0f0f0"

| 1967–68

| Toronto Maple Leafs

| NHL

| 65

8111934

| —

1968–69

| Toronto Maple Leafs

| NHL

| 12

1346

| —

bgcolor="#f0f0f0"

| 1968–69

| Rochester Americans

| AHL

| 13

5380

| —

1968–69

| Phoenix Roadrunners

| WHL

| 32

16132918

| —

bgcolor="#f0f0f0"

| 1969–70

| Toronto Maple Leafs

| NHL

| 7

0116

| —

1969–70

| Phoenix Roadrunners

| WHL

| 6

1340

| —

bgcolor="#f0f0f0"

| 1969–70

| Boston Bruins

| NHL

| 42

6192523

| 14

42614
1970–71

| Boston Bruins

| NHL

| 69

22244644

| 4

0000
bgcolor="#f0f0f0"

| 1971–72

| California Golden Seals

| NHL

| 76

17143145

| —

1972–73

| Ottawa Nationals

| WHA

| 75

42499142

| 3

3364
bgcolor="#f0f0f0"

| 1973–74

| Toronto Toros

| WHA

| 78

37559231

| 12

212144
1974–75

| New England Whalers

| WHA

| 73

35397450

| 6

25714
bgcolor="#f0f0f0"

| 1975–76

| New England Whalers

| WHA

| 35

1221336

| —

1975–76

| Edmonton Oilers

| WHA

| 26

516216

| 4

1122
bgcolor="#f0f0f0"

| 1976–77

| Birmingham Bulls

| WHA

| 3

1010

| —

1976–77

| Barrie Flyers

| OHA-Sr

| 20

720276

| —

bgcolor="#f0f0f0"

| 1977–78

| Barrie Flyers

| OHA-Sr

| 35

21234427

| —

bgcolor="#e0e0e0"

! colspan="3" | WHA totals

! 290 !! 132 !! 180 !! 312 !! 135

! 25 !! 8 !! 21 !! 29 !! 24

bgcolor="#e0e0e0"

! colspan="3" | NHL totals

! 278 !! 55 !! 73 !! 128 !! 172

! 18 !! 4 !! 2 !! 6 !! 14