Wayne Merrick

Position: C ▪ Shoots: Left
Height: 6-1 ▪ Weight: 195 lbs.
Born: April 23, 1952 in Sarnia, Ontario
Draft: St. Louis, 1st round (9th overall), 1972 NHL Amateur

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NHL Standard

					Scoring Stats						Goals				Assists					Ice Time
Season	Age	Tm	Lg	GP	G	A	PTS	GC	+/-	PIM	EV	PP	SH	GW	EV	SH	PP	S	S%	TOI	ATOI
1972-73	20	STL	NHL	50	10	11	21	8	-2	10	7	3	0	0	11	0	0	81	12.3
1973-74	21	STL	NHL	64	20	23	43	17	-11	32	18	2	0	4	19	0	4	147	13.6
1974-75	22	STL	NHL	76	28	37	65	26	29	57	26	2	0	3	31	0	6	205	13.7
1975-76	23	TOT	NHL	75	32	35	67	28	-3	36	24	8	0	4	23	0	12	246	13.0
1975-76	23	STL	NHL	19	7	8	15	6	0	0	6	1	0	0	7	0	1	56	12.5
1975-76	23	CGS	NHL	56	25	27	52	21	-3	36	18	7	0	4	16	0	11	190	13.2
1976-77	24	CLE	NHL	80	18	38	56	20	-21	25	14	4	0	2	23	0	15	201	9.0
1977-78	25	TOT	NHL	55	12	19	31	12	-8	16	10	2	0	2	15	0	4	102	11.8
1977-78	25	CLE	NHL	18	2	5	7	2	-10	8	2	0	0	0	3	0	2	42	4.8
1977-78	25	NYI	NHL	37	10	14	24	9	2	8	8	2	0	2	12	0	2	60	16.7
1978-79	26	NYI	NHL	75	20	21	41	16	13	24	18	2	0	0	20	0	1	128	15.6
1979-80	27	NYI	NHL	70	13	22	35	13	12	16	11	2	0	4	20	0	2	111	11.7
1980-81	28	NYI	NHL	71	16	15	31	13	12	30	15	1	0	2	12	0	3	89	18.0
1981-82	29	NYI	NHL	68	12	27	39	14	4	20	11	1	0	3	24	0	3	112	10.7
1982-83	30	NYI	NHL	59	4	12	16	5	-3	27	3	1	0	2	10	0	2	46	8.7
1983-84	31	NYI	NHL	31	6	5	11	5	2	10	6	0	0	0	5	0	0	32	18.8
Career			NHL	774	191	265	456	177	24	303	163	28	0	26	213	0	52	1500	12.7

NHL Miscellaneous

					Per Game						Adjusted				Plus/Minus					Point Shares
Season	Age	Tm	Lg	GP	G	A	PTS	GC	PIM	S	G	A	PTS	GC	TGF	PGF	TGA	PGA	+/-	OPS	DPS	PS
1972-73	20	STL	NHL	50	0.20	0.22	0.42	0.17	0.20	1.62	9	10	19	8	26	3	27	2	-2	0.4	0.7	1.1
1973-74	21	STL	NHL	64	0.31	0.36	0.67	0.27	0.50	2.30	19	22	41	16	55	7	73	14	-11	2.6	0.8	3.4
1974-75	22	STL	NHL	76	0.37	0.49	0.86	0.34	0.75	2.70	24	32	56	22	95	20	48	2	29	4.3	1.7	6.0
1975-76	23	TOT	NHL	75	0.43	0.47	0.89	0.37	0.48	3.28	27	31	58	23	83	29	59	2	-3	4.9	1.2	6.0
1975-76	23	STL	NHL	19	0.37	0.42	0.79	0.32	0.00	2.95	6	7	13	5	17	4	15	2	0	1.0	0.2	1.2
1975-76	23	CGS	NHL	56	0.45	0.48	0.93	0.38	0.64	3.39	21	24	45	18	66	25	44	0	-3	3.9	0.9	4.8
1976-77	24	CLE	NHL	80	0.23	0.48	0.70	0.25	0.31	2.51	16	34	50	18	76	26	71	0	-21	2.8	0.8	3.6
1977-78	25	TOT	NHL	55	0.22	0.35	0.56	0.21	0.29	1.85	11	18	29	11	44	12	41	1	-8	1.3	0.3	1.6
1977-78	25	CLE	NHL	18	0.11	0.28	0.39	0.14	0.44	2.33	2	5	7	2	13	7	17	1	-10	0.0	0.0	0.0
1977-78	25	NYI	NHL	37	0.27	0.38	0.65	0.25	0.22	1.62	9	13	22	8	31	5	24	0	2	1.3	0.4	1.6
1978-79	26	NYI	NHL	75	0.27	0.28	0.55	0.22	0.32	1.71	17	18	35	14	58	4	41	0	13	1.6	0.9	2.5
1979-80	27	NYI	NHL	70	0.19	0.31	0.50	0.19	0.23	1.59	11	19	30	11	49	5	32	0	12	0.8	1.2	2.0
1980-81	28	NYI	NHL	71	0.23	0.21	0.44	0.18	0.42	1.25	12	12	24	10	43	5	28	2	12	0.5	1.0	1.5
1981-82	29	NYI	NHL	68	0.18	0.40	0.57	0.20	0.29	1.65	9	20	29	10	56	5	47	0	4	0.6	0.7	1.3
1982-83	30	NYI	NHL	59	0.07	0.20	0.27	0.09	0.46	0.78	3	10	13	4	20	3	20	0	-3	-0.9	0.7	-0.2
1983-84	31	NYI	NHL	31	0.19	0.16	0.35	0.15	0.32	1.03	5	4	9	4	14	0	12	0	2	0.0	0.3	0.3
Career			NHL	774	0.25	0.34	0.59	0.23	0.39	1.94	163	230	393	152	619	119	499	23	24	18.8	10.2	29.0

NHL Playoffs

						Scoring Stats						Goals						Ice Time
Season	Age	Tm	Lg		GP	G	A	PTS	GC	+/-	PIM	EV	PP	SH	GW	S	S%	TOI	ATOI
1972-73	20	STL	NHL		5	0	1	1	0		2	0	0	0	0
1974-75	22	STL	NHL		2	1	1	2	1		0	0	1	0	0
1977-78	25	NYI	NHL		7	1	0	1	1		0	1	0	0	0
1978-79	26	NYI	NHL		10	2	3	5	2		2	2	0	0	0
1979-80	27	NYI	NHL	SC	21	2	4	6	2		2	2	0	0	1
1980-81	28	NYI	NHL	SC	18	6	12	18	7		8	6	0	0	1
1981-82	29	NYI	NHL	SC	19	6	6	12	5		6	6	0	0	1
1982-83	30	NYI	NHL	SC	19	1	3	4	1		10	1	0	0	0
1983-84	31	NYI	NHL		1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Career			NHL	4	102	19	30	49	19	0	30	18	1	0	3	0

Other Standard

					Scoring Stats						Goals						Ice Time
Season	Age	Team	Lg	GP	G	A	PTS	GC	+/-	PIM	EV	PP	SH	GW	S	S%	TOI	ATOI
1969-70	17	Ottawa 67's	OHA-Jr.	51	10	17	27			10
1970-71	18	Ottawa 67's	OHA-Jr.	62	34	42	76			41
1971-72	19	Ottawa 67's	OHA-Jr.	62	39	56	95			21
1972-73	20	Denver Spurs	WHL	22	6	13	19			6
1976-77	24	Canada	WEC-A	10	4	3	7			10
Career		3 Seasons	OHA-Jr.	175	83	115	198			72
Career		1 Season	WEC-A	10	4	3	7			10
Career		1 Season	WHL	22	6	13	19			6

Other Playoffs

					Scoring Stats						Goals						Ice Time
Season	Age	Team	Lg	GP	G	A	PTS	GC	+/-	PIM	EV	PP	SH	GW	S	S%	TOI	ATOI
1969-70	17	Ottawa 67's	OHA-Jr.	5	0	2	2			0
1970-71	18	Ottawa 67's	OHA-Jr.	11	6	8	14			4
1971-72	19	Ottawa 67's	OHA-Jr.	18	13	6	19			0
Career		3 Seasons	OHA-Jr.	34	19	16	35			4

Similarity Scores

Explanation ▪ Players with careers of similar quality and shape (thru 2012-13)

Thru 12 Years		Adjusted Point Shares (Best to Worst)
Player		1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	11	12
Wayne Merrick		6.0	6.0	3.6	3.4	2.5	2.0	1.6	1.5	1.3	1.1	0.3	-0.2
Sergei Brylin	88.4	6.3	5.3	3.6	3.4	2.9	1.8	1.6	1.5	1.3	0.4	0.0	-0.6
Adam Creighton	88.2	5.6	4.0	3.4	3.0	2.9	2.2	2.0	2.0	1.3	0.2	0.0	-0.3
Laurie Boschman	87.5	5.3	5.1	4.0	2.8	2.7	1.9	1.6	1.1	1.1	0.7	0.5	0.4
Aaron Broten	87.5	6.6	5.9	3.3	3.1	3.0	2.4	2.2	1.5	1.5	1.0	0.5	0.0
Willi Plett	86.7	6.1	5.4	3.1	2.9	2.4	2.4	1.9	1.5	1.3	-0.1	-0.2	-0.5
Niklas Hagman	86.5	5.4	4.9	4.2	3.2	2.3	2.1	1.9	1.6	1.4	0.6
Red Sullivan	85.9	6.4	5.7	3.6	3.5	2.2	2.0	1.7	1.4	0.6	0.0
Mark Johnson	85.7	6.2	5.3	3.4	3.3	3.1	2.6	2.6	1.9	1.2	0.6	0.3
Dean McAmmond	85.3	5.8	5.7	4.1	2.9	2.8	2.5	2.5	2.0	1.9	1.9	0.0	-0.2
Dan Maloney	85.0	5.9	5.3	4.0	3.9	3.1	2.6	2.5	2.3	1.5	1.1	0.1

Career		Adjusted Point Shares (Best to Worst)
Player		1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	11	12	13	14
Wayne Merrick		6.0	6.0	3.6	3.4	2.5	2.0	1.6	1.5	1.3	1.1	0.3	-0.2
Adam Creighton	89.0	5.6	4.0	3.4	3.0	2.9	2.2	2.0	2.0	1.4	1.3	0.2	0.0	-0.2	-0.3
Sergei Brylin	88.1	6.3	5.3	3.6	3.4	2.9	1.8	1.6	1.5	1.3	0.5	0.4	0.0	-0.6
Aaron Broten	87.5	6.6	5.9	3.3	3.1	3.0	2.4	2.2	1.5	1.5	1.0	0.5	0.0
Curtis Brown	87.2	6.1	5.2	3.9	3.3	3.2	2.5	1.9	1.2	1.2	0.4	0.3	-0.1	-0.1
Laurie Boschman	86.6	5.3	5.1	4.0	2.8	2.7	1.9	1.6	1.1	1.1	1.0	0.7	0.5	0.4	-0.2
Niklas Hagman	86.5	5.4	4.9	4.2	3.2	2.3	2.1	1.9	1.6	1.4	0.6
Red Sullivan	85.9	6.4	5.7	3.6	3.5	2.2	2.0	1.7	1.4	0.6	0.0
Mark Johnson	85.7	6.2	5.3	3.4	3.3	3.1	2.6	2.6	1.9	1.2	0.6	0.3
Dan Maloney	85.0	5.9	5.3	4.0	3.9	3.1	2.6	2.5	2.3	1.5	1.1	0.1
Leo Labine	84.4	5.2	4.7	3.7	3.4	3.4	2.4	2.0	1.6	1.4	0.8	0.4

Appearances on Leaderboards, Awards, and Honors

Rate Statistic Requirements

Championships (Minimum 1 playoff game) 1980 New York Islanders (NHL) 1981 New York Islanders (NHL) 1982 New York Islanders (NHL) 1983 New York Islanders (NHL)	Games Played 1976-77 NHL 80 (1)

Championships
(Minimum 1 playoff game)

1980 New York Islanders (NHL)
1981 New York Islanders (NHL)
1982 New York Islanders (NHL)
1983 New York Islanders (NHL)

Games Played

1976-77 NHL 80 (1)

Transactions

Transaction information may be incomplete.

November 24, 1975: Traded to California by St. Louis for Larry Patey and California's 3rd round choice (later traded back to California - California/Cleveland selected Reg Kerr) in 1977 Amateur Draft, November 24, 1975.

August 26, 1976: Transferred to Cleveland after California franchise relocated, August 26, 1976.

January 10, 1978: Parise and Jean Potvin, January 10, 1978.

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