Wayne Merrick

{{Short description|Canadian ice hockey player (born 1952)}}

{{Infobox ice hockey player

|image=File:Wayne Merrick 1973.jpg

| played_for = NHL
St. Louis Blues
California Seals
Cleveland Barons
New York Islanders

| position = Centre

| shoots = Left

| height_ft = 6

| height_in = 1

| weight_lb = 190

| ntl_team = CAN

| birth_date = {{birth date and age|1952|4|23|mf=y}}

| birth_place = Sarnia, Ontario, Canada

| draft = 9th overall

| draft_year = 1972

| draft_team = St. Louis Blues

| career_start = 1972

| career_end = 1984

}}

Leonard Wayne Merrick (born April 23, 1952) is a Canadian former professional ice hockey player who played 774 career National Hockey League games for the St. Louis Blues, California Seals, Cleveland Barons and New York Islanders.

Playing career

Wayne Merrick helped provide toughness and grit to the talent-laden New York Islanders of the late 1970s and early 1980s, acquired from the Cleveland Barons in exchange for J.P. Parise and Jean Potvin during the 1977-78 season.{{cite news |last1=Anderson |first1=Dave |title=By Sports of The Times; The Cup Embodies Merrick's Dreams |url=https://www.nytimes.com/1981/05/19/sports/by-sports-of-the-times-the-cup-embodies-merrick-s-dreams.html |newspaper=The New York Times |accessdate=10 August 2018 |language=en |date=19 May 1981}} He played on the famed "Banana Line" centering John Tonelli and Bob Nystrom.{{cite web |title=Hockey's All-Time Classic Lines |url=https://www.si.com/nhl/photos/2012/03/12hockeys-all-time-classic-lines#10 |website=SI.com |publisher=Sports Illustrated |accessdate=10 August 2018 |language=en |date=12 March 2012}} He won four Stanley Cups with the Islanders between 1980 and 1983.{{cite web |last1=Brooks |first1=Larry |title=DYNASTY IN THE DARK – NO CHEERS FOR ISLANDERS 25 YEARS AFTER FIRST CUP |url=https://nypost.com/2005/05/22/dynasty-in-the-dark-no-cheers-for-islanders-25-years-after-first-cup/ |website=New York Post |publisher=New York Post |accessdate=10 August 2018 |date=22 May 2005}} He scored the Cup-clinching goal in Game Five of the 1981 Stanley Cup Finals.{{cite web |title=Stanley Cup Champions 1980-1989 |url=https://www.nhl.com/news/nhl-stanley-cup-champions-1980-1989/c-287938780 |website=NHL.com |accessdate=10 August 2018 |date=1 January 2017}}

Career statistics

=Regular season and playoffs=

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

! rowspan="99" bgcolor="#ffffff" |

! colspan="5" | Regular season

! rowspan="99" bgcolor="#ffffff" |

! colspan="5" | Playoffs

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! Team

! League

! GP

! G

! A

! GP

! G

! A

! Pts

! PIM

| 51

| 10

| 17

| 27

| 10

| 5

| 0

| 2

| 2

| 0

style="background:#f0f0f0;"

| Ottawa 67's

| OHA-Jr.

| 62

| 34

| 42

| 76

| 41

| 11

| 6

| 8

| 14

| 4

| Ottawa 67's

| OHA-Jr.

| 62

| 39

| 56

| 95

| 21

| 18

| 13

| 6

| 19

| 0

style="background:#f0f0f0;"

| St. Louis Blues

| 50

| 10

| 11

| 21

| 10

| 5

| 0

| 1

| 1

| 2

| 22

| 6

| 13

| 19

| 6

| —

| —

| —

| —

| —

style="background:#f0f0f0;"

| St. Louis Blues

| NHL

| 64

| 20

| 23

| 43

| 32

| —

| —

| —

| —

| —

| St. Louis Blues

| NHL

| 76

| 28

| 37

| 65

| 57

| 2

| 1

| 1

| 2

| 0

style="background:#f0f0f0;"

| St. Louis Blues

| NHL

| 19

| 7

| 8

| 15

| 0

| —

| —

| —

| —

| —

1975–76

| California Golden Seals

| NHL

| 56

| 25

| 27

| 52

| 36

| —

| —

| —

| —

| —

style="background:#f0f0f0;"

| Cleveland Barons

| NHL

| 80

| 18

| 38

| 56

| 25

| —

| —

| —

| —

| —

| Cleveland Barons

| NHL

| 18

| 2

| 5

| 7

| 8

| —

| —

| —

| —

| —

style="background:#f0f0f0;"

| 1977–78

| New York Islanders

| NHL

| 37

| 10

| 14

| 24

| 8

| 7

| 1

| 0

| 1

| 0

| New York Islanders

| NHL

| 75

| 20

| 21

| 41

| 24

| 10

| 2

| 3

| 5

| 2

style="background:#f0f0f0;"

| New York Islanders

| NHL

| 70

| 13

| 22

| 35

| 16

| 21

| 2

| 4

| 6

| 2

| New York Islanders

| NHL

| 71

| 16

| 15

| 31

| 30

| 18

| 6

| 12

| 18

| 8

style="background:#f0f0f0;"

| New York Islanders

| NHL

| 68

| 12

| 27

| 39

| 20

| 19

| 6

| 6

| 12

| 6

| New York Islanders

| NHL

| 59

| 4

| 12

| 16

| 27

| 19

| 1

| 3

| 4

| 10

style="background:#f0f0f0;"

| New York Islanders

| NHL

| 31

| 6

| 5

| 11

| 10

| 1

| 0

| 0

| 0

| 0

style="background:#e0e0e0;"

! colspan="3" | NHL totals

! 774

! 191

! 265

! 456

! 303

! 102

! 19

! 30

! 49

! 30

=International=

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! Year

! Team

! Event

! rowspan="99" bgcolor="#ffffff" |

! GP

! G

! A

! Pts

! PIM

| WC

| 10

| 4

| 3

| 7

| 10

References

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External links

{{Ice hockey stats}}

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{{succession box | before = Gene Carr | title = St. Louis Blues first round draft pick | years = 1972 | after = John Davidson}}

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Category:1952 births

Category:Living people

Category:California Golden Seals players

Category:Canadian ice hockey centres

Category:Cleveland Barons (NHL) players

Category:20th-century Canadian sportsmen

Category:Denver Spurs (WHL) players

Category:Ice hockey people from Sarnia

Category:NHL first-round draft picks

Category:New York Islanders players

Category:Ottawa 67's players

Category:St. Louis Blues draft picks

Category:St. Louis Blues players

Category:Stanley Cup champions

Category:Canadian expatriate ice hockey players in the United States

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