Wayne Rivers

{{short description|Canadian ice hockey player}}

{{Use mdy dates|date=September 2013}}

{{Infobox ice hockey player

| alt =

| image = 1963 Topps Wayne Rivers (cropped).jpg

| caption =

| image_size = 230px

| position = Right Wing

| played_for = NHL
Detroit Red Wings
Boston Bruins
St. Louis Blues
New York Rangers
WHA
New York Raiders
New York Golden Blades
Jersey Knights

San Diego Mariners

| shoots = Right

| height_ft = 5

| height_in = 10

| weight_lb = 180

| birth_date = {{Birth date and age|1942|2|1}}

| birth_place = Hamilton, Ontario, Canada

| career_start = 1962

| career_end = 1979

}}

Wayne Rivers (born February 1, 1942) is a Canadian former professional ice hockey player. He played 108 games in the National Hockey League and 357 games in the World Hockey Association.

During the 1977–78 season, Rivers coached the San Francisco Shamrocks to win the Pacific Hockey League championship.{{Cite web | url=http://www.sfgate.com/sports/article/WHERE-ARE-THEY-NOW-Wayne-Rivers-Moon-on-2857938.php |title = WHERE ARE THEY NOW / Wayne Rivers / 'Moon' on long road trip / Ex-Shamrock, now a trucker, looks back on career|date = March 31, 2002}}

Career statistics

=Regular season and playoffs=

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

! colspan="5"|Regular season

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

! colspan="5"|Playoffs

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! Season

! Team

! League

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

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

1959–60

| Hamilton Red Wings

| OHA

| —

| —

bgcolor="#f0f0f0"

| 1959–60

| Hamilton Tiger Cubs

| OHA

| 2

0002

| —

1960–61

| Hamilton Red Wings

| OHA

| 41

13183138

| 4

00021
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| 1961–62

| Hamilton Red Wings

| OHA

| 48

14152955

| 10

21320
1961–62

| Hamilton Red Wings

| M-Cup

| —

| 14

1051543
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| 1961–62

| Detroit Red Wings

| NHL

| 2

0000

| —

1961–62

| Hershey Bears

| AHL

| 1

0000

| —

bgcolor="#f0f0f0"

| 1962–63

| Hershey Bears

| AHL

| 52

15314642

| 12

00013
1963–64

| Boston Bruins

| NHL

| 12

2796

| —

bgcolor="#f0f0f0"

| 1963–64

| Hershey Bears

| AHL

| 36

2062624

| —

1964–65

| Boston Bruins

| NHL

| 58

6172372

| —

bgcolor="#f0f0f0"

| 1964–65

| Hershey Bears

| AHL

| 14

68140

| —

1965–66

| Boston Bruins

| NHL

| 2

1122

| —

bgcolor="#f0f0f0"

| 1965–66

| Hershey Bears

| AHL

| 65

37306781

| 3

1012
1966–67

| Boston Bruins

| NHL

| 8

2136

| —

bgcolor="#f0f0f0"

| 1966–67

| Hershey Bears

| AHL

| 54

30376759

| 5

0224
1967–68

| St. Louis Blues

| NHL

| 22

4488

| —

bgcolor="#f0f0f0"

| 1967–68

| Kansas City Blue

| CHL

| 50

25376241

| 7

6179
1968–69

| New York Rangers

| NHL

| 4

0000

| —

bgcolor="#f0f0f0"

| 1968–69

| Buffalo Bisons

| AHL

| 67

30376735

| 6

3580
1969–70

| Buffalo Bisons

| AHL

| 68

27346158

| 14

39126
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| 1969–70

| Omaha Knights

| CHL

| —

| 6

3477
1970–71

| Baltimore Clippers

| AHL

| 65

38377566

| 6

3256
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| 1971–72

| Springfield Kings

| AHL

| 68

48338167

| 5

0334
1972–73

| New York Raiders

| WHA

| 75

37407747

| —

bgcolor="#f0f0f0"

| 1973–74

| New York Golden Blades/Jersey Knights

| WHA

| 73

30275720

| —

1974–75

| San Diego Mariners

| WHA

| 78

545310752

| 5

3148
bgcolor="#f0f0f0"

| 1975–76

| San Diego Mariners

| WHA

| 71

19254424

| 11

4484
1976–77

| San Diego Mariners

| WHA

| 60

18314940

| 7

1122
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| 1977–78

| San Francisco Shamrocks

| PHL

| 32

1122337

| —

1978–79

| San Francisco Shamrocks

| PHL

| 15

45925

| —

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! colspan="3" | WHA totals

! 357 !! 158 !! 176 !! 334 !! 183

! 23 !! 8 !! 6 !! 14 !! 14

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! colspan="3" | NHL totals

! 108 !! 15 !! 30 !! 45 !! 94

! — !! — !! — !! — !! —

References

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