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Wayne Connelly

Position: C
Shoots: Right
Height: 5-10    Weight: 170 lbs.
Born: December 16, 1939 in Rouyn, Quebec

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NHL/WHA Regular Season

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Season Age Team Lg GP G A PTS PTS/G GC GC/G TGF PGF TGA PGA +/- PIM ESG PPG SHG GWG SOG SOG/G SPCT TOI ATOI
1960-61 21 Montreal Canadiens NHL 3 0 0 0 0.00 0 0.00 0
1961-62 22 Boston Bruins NHL 61 8 12 20 0.33 8 0.12 34
1962-63 23 Boston Bruins NHL 18 2 6 8 0.44 3 0.15 2
1963-64 24 Boston Bruins NHL 26 2 3 5 0.19 2 0.07 12 2 0 0 0
1966-67 27 Boston Bruins NHL 64 13 17 30 0.47 12 0.19 12 12 1 0 1
1967-68 28 Minnesota North Stars NHL 74 35 21 56 0.76 24 0.33 82 40 75 1 -32 40 21 14 0 8 258 3.49 13.6
1968-69 29 2 Teams NHL 74 18 25 43 0.58 17 0.22 77 32 78 1 -32 11 13 5 0 1 251 3.39 7.2
1968-69 29 Minnesota North Stars NHL 55 14 16 30 0.55 12 0.21 55 22 58 0 -25 11 10 4 0 1 193 3.51 7.3
1968-69 29 Detroit Red Wings NHL 19 4 9 13 0.68 5 0.25 22 10 20 1 -7 0 3 1 0 0 58 3.05 6.9
1969-70 30 Detroit Red Wings NHL 76 23 36 59 0.78 23 0.31 114 42 56 11 27 10 18 5 0 5 242 3.18 9.5
1970-71 31 2 Teams NHL 79 13 29 42 0.53 16 0.20 74 32 74 3 -29 21 9 4 0 2 217 2.75 6.0
1970-71 31 Detroit Red Wings NHL 51 8 13 21 0.41 8 0.16 39 13 52 3 -23 12 7 1 0 2 115 2.25 7.0
1970-71 31 St. Louis Blues NHL 28 5 16 21 0.75 8 0.27 35 19 22 0 -6 9 2 3 0 0 102 3.64 4.9
1971-72 32 2 Teams NHL 68 19 25 44 0.65 17 0.25 67 30 61 3 -21 14 11 8 0 3 199 2.93 9.5
1971-72 32 St. Louis Blues NHL 15 5 5 10 0.67 4 0.28 15 7 14 0 -6 2 3 2 0 0 48 3.20 10.4
1971-72 32 Vancouver Canucks NHL 53 14 20 34 0.64 13 0.25 52 23 47 3 -15 12 8 6 0 3 151 2.85 9.3
1972-73 33 Minnesota Fighting Saints WHA 78 40 30 70 0.90 29 0.37 16 30 10 0
1973-74 34 Minnesota Fighting Saints WHA 78 42 53 95 1.22 36 0.47 16 27 15 0 6
1974-75 35 Minnesota Fighting Saints WHA 76 38 33 71 0.93 30 0.39 14 16 24 13 1 6 260 3.42 14.6
1975-76 36 2 Teams WHA 71 29 25 54 0.76 22 0.31 8 23 22 7 0 3 242 3.41 12.0
1975-76 36 Minnesota Fighting Saints WHA 59 24 23 47 0.80 19 0.32 9 19 20 4 0 2 203 3.44 11.8
1975-76 36 Cleveland Crusaders WHA 12 5 2 7 0.58 3 0.26 -1 4 2 3 0 1 39 3.25 12.8
1976-77 37 2 Teams WHA 63 18 21 39 0.62 15 0.24 -2 22 13 5 0 162 2.57 11.1
1976-77 37 Calgary Cowboys WHA 25 5 6 11 0.44 4 0.17 -2 4 4 1 0 51 2.04 9.8
1976-77 37 Edmonton Oilers WHA 38 13 15 28 0.74 11 0.29 0 18 9 4 0 111 2.92 11.7
Career NHL 543 133 174 307 0.57 121 0.22 414 176 344 19 -87 156 86 37 0 20 1167 3.15 9.3
Career WHA 366 167 162 329 0.90 132 0.36 20 93 116 50 1 15 664 3.16 12.8

NHL/WHA Playoffs

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Season Age Team Lg GP G A PTS PTS/G +/- PIM ESG PPG SHG GWG SOG SOG/G SPCT TOI ATOI
1967-68 28 Minnesota North Stars NHL 14 8 3 11 0.79 2 5 3 0 0
1969-70 30 Detroit Red Wings NHL 4 1 3 4 1.00 2 0 1 0 0
1970-71 31 St. Louis Blues NHL 6 2 1 3 0.50 0 1 1 0 1
1972-73 33 Minnesota Fighting Saints WHA 5 1 3 4 0.80 0 0
1973-74 34 Minnesota Fighting Saints WHA 11 6 7 13 1.18 4 0
1974-75 35 Minnesota Fighting Saints WHA 12 8 4 12 1.00 10 1
1975-76 36 Cleveland Crusaders WHA 3 1 0 1 0.33 -2 2 0
1976-77 37 Edmonton Oilers WHA 5 0 1 1 0.20 -4 0 0 0 0 0
Career NHL 24 11 7 18 0.75 4 6 5 0 1
Career WHA 36 16 15 31 0.86 -6 16 0 0 0 1

Other Regular Season

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Season Age Team Lg GP G A PTS PTS/G GC GC/G TGF PGF TGA PGA +/- PIM ESG PPG SHG GWG SOG SOG/G SPCT TOI ATOI
1955-56 16 Kitchener Canucks OHA-Jr. 9 0 1 1 0.11 2
1956-57 17 Peterborough Petes OHA-Jr. 52 19 7 26 0.50 83
1957-58 18 Peterborough Petes OHA-Jr. 52 18 19 37 0.71 32
1958-59 19 Peterborough Petes OHA-Jr. 54 36 54 90 1.67 46
1958-59 19 Peterborough Petes M-Cup 12 10 5 15 1.25 9
1959-60 20 Peterborough Petes OHA-Jr. 47 48 34 82 1.74 47
1960-61 21 Montreal Royals EPHL 64 28 21 49 0.77 36
1961-62 22 Hull-Ottawa Canadiens EPHL 7 2 3 5 0.71 4
1962-63 23 Kingston Frontenacs EPHL 34 10 24 34 1.00 19
1963-64 24 San Francisco Seals WHL 33 12 18 30 0.91 10
1964-65 25 San Francisco Seals WHL 70 36 36 72 1.03 51
1965-66 26 San Francisco Seals WHL 72 45 41 86 1.19 14
Career EPHL 105 40 48 88 0.84 59
Career M-Cup 12 10 5 15 1.25 9
Career OHA-Jr. 214 121 115 236 1.10 210
Career WHL 175 93 95 188 1.07 75

Other Playoffs

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Season Age Team Lg GP G A PTS PTS/G +/- PIM ESG PPG SHG GWG SOG SOG/G SPCT TOI ATOI
1955-56 16 Kitchener Canucks OHA-Jr. 8 0 0 0 0.00 0
1957-58 18 Peterborough Petes OHA-Jr. 5 0 1 1 0.20 6
1958-59 19 Peterborough Petes OHA-Jr. 19 6 13 19 1.00 38
1959-60 20 Montreal Royals EPHL 8 6 4 10 1.25 4
1959-60 20 Peterborough Petes OHA-Jr. 12 10 9 19 1.58 4
1962-63 23 Kingston Frontenacs EPHL 5 1 4 5 1.00 2
1963-64 24 San Francisco Seals WHL 11 2 3 5 0.45 8
1965-66 26 San Francisco Seals WHL 7 4 4 8 1.14 2
Career EPHL 13 7 8 15 1.15 6
Career OHA-Jr. 44 16 23 39 0.89 48
Career WHL 18 6 7 13 0.72 10

Appearances on Leader Boards, Awards, and Honors

Glossary

Games Played

1967-68 NHL 74 (2)
1969-70 NHL 76 (1)
 1970-71 NHL 79 (1)
 1972-73 WHA 78 (1)
 1973-74 WHA 78 (1)
 Career WHA 366 (64)

Goals

1967-68 NHL 35 (4)
1972-73 WHA 40 (9)
1973-74 WHA 42 (5)
Career WHA 167 (20)

Goals Per Game

1967-68 NHL 0.47 (6)
1973-74 WHA 0.54 (8)

Assists

1973-74 WHA 53 (7)
Career WHA 162 (56)

Assists Per Game

1973-74 WHA 0.68 (10)

Points

1973-74 WHA 95 (4)
Career WHA 329 (35)

Points Per Game

1973-74 WHA 1.22 (6)

Goals Created

1973-74 WHA 36.4 (5)
Career WHA 132.4 (30)

Goals Created Per Game

1973-74 WHA 0.47 (7)

Total Goals For

1969-70 NHL 114 (8)

Power Play Goals For

1967-68 NHL 40 (2)

Power Play Goals

1967-68 NHL 14 (1)

Game-Winning Goals

1967-68 NHL 8 (1)

Shots on Goal

1967-68 NHL 258 (7)
    

Transactions

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October 26, 1961: Traded to Boston by Montreal (Hull-Ottawa-EPHL) for the loan of Bob Armstrong and Dallas Smith and cash, October 26, 1961.

June 6, 1964: Traded to San Francisco (WHL) by Boston for cash, June 6, 1964.

June 14, 1966: Traded to Boston by San Francisco (WHL) for cash, June 14, 1966.

June 6, 1967: Claimed by Minnesota from Boston in Expansion Draft, June 6, 1967.

February 15, 1969: Traded to Detroit by Minnesota for Danny Lawson and the rights to Brian Conacher, February 15, 1969.

February 6, 1971: Traded to St. Louis by Detroit with Garry Unger for Red Berenson and Tim Ecclestone, February 6, 1971.

November 15, 1971: Traded to NY Rangers by St. Louis with Gene Carr and Jim Lorentz for Andre Dupont, Jack Egers and Mike Murphy, November 15, 1971.

November 16, 1971: Traded to Vancouver by NY Rangers with Dave Balon and Ron Stewart for Gary Doak and Jim Wiste, November 16, 1971.

February 12, 1972: Selected by Minnesota (WHA) in 1972 WHA General Player Draft, February 12, 1972.

March 10, 1976: Signed as a free agent by Cleveland (WHA) after Minnesota (WHA) franchise folded, March 10, 1976.

June, 1976: Traded to New England (WHA) by Cleveland (WHA) for Fred O'Donnell and Bob McManama, June, 1976.

October, 1976: Traded to Calgary (WHA) by New England (WHA) for cash, October 1976.

January, 1977: Traded to Edmonton (WHA) by Calgary (WHA) with Claude St. Sauveur for cash, January 1977.