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Wayne Merrick

#11 · Centre · New York Islanders

Born Apr 23, 1952 in Sarnia, Ontario, CAN · 6'0", 196 lb · Shoots left · Drafted 9th overall in 1972 by STL (round 1)

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×4 Stanley Cup NHL Champion 1982-83, 1981-82, 1980-81, 1979-80

Compare with a similar player

The forwards closest to him in points in 1976-77. Pick one to see the two side by side, or choose someone else.

Bobby Nystrom NYI · 56 P in 80 GP J.P. Parise NYI · 56 P in 80 GP Jim Lorentz BUF · 56 P in 79 GP Willi Plett AFM · 56 P in 64 GP Don Murdoch NYR · 56 P in 59 GP

Career

Regular season games only. Pick a season to see its game log below.

02040601972-73: 21 points2172-731973-74: 43 points4373-741974-75: 65 points6574-751975-76: 67 points6775-761976-77: 56 points5676-771977-78: 31 points3177-781978-79: 41 points4178-791979-80: 35 points3579-801980-81: 31 points3180-811981-82: 39 points3981-821982-83: 16 points1682-831983-84: 11 points1183-84

Points by season. The darker bar is the season shown below.

Season Team GP G A P +/- PIM Shots Hits P/GP
1972-73 STL 50 10 11 21 -2 10 81 0 0.42
1973-74 STL 64 20 23 43 -12 32 146 0 0.67
1974-75 STL 76 28 37 65 29 57 205 0 0.86
1975-76 STL 19 7 8 15 0 0 56 0 0.79
1975-76 CGS 56 25 27 52 -3 36 190 0 0.93
1976-77 CLE 80 18 38 56 -21 25 199 0 0.70
1977-78 CLE 18 2 5 7 -10 8 42 0 0.39
1977-78 NYI 37 10 14 24 2 8 60 0 0.65
1978-79 NYI 75 20 21 41 13 24 128 0 0.55
1979-80 NYI 70 13 22 35 12 16 111 0 0.50
1980-81 NYI 71 16 15 31 12 30 89 0 0.44
1981-82 NYI 68 12 27 39 4 20 112 0 0.57
1982-83 NYI 59 4 12 16 -3 27 46 0 0.27
1983-84 NYI 31 6 5 11 2 10 32 0 0.35
12 seasons Career 774 191 265 456 23 303 1497 0 0.59

Playoffs

Playoff games only. Pick a season to see that year's bracket.

Season Team GP G A P +/- PIM Shots Hits P/GP
1972-73 STL 5 0 1 1 -2 2 7 0 0.20
1974-75 STL 2 1 1 2 -1 0 8 0 1.00
1977-78 NYI 7 1 0 1 -1 0 8 0 0.14
1978-79 NYI 10 2 3 5 -1 2 13 0 0.50
1979-80 NYI 21 2 4 6 -9 2 47 0 0.29
1980-81 NYI 18 6 12 18 12 8 25 0 1.00
1981-82 NYI 19 6 6 12 4 6 26 0 0.63
1982-83 NYI 19 1 3 4 -1 10 24 0 0.21
1983-84 NYI 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.00
9 seasons Playoffs 102 19 30 49 1 30 158 0 0.48

1976-77 season totals

GP G A P +/- PIM Shots Hits P/GP Shooting % Avg TOI
80 18 38 56 -21 25 199 0 0.70 9.0 0:00

Game log

Date Opponent Result G A P +/- PIM Shots Hits TOI
Apr 3, 1977 @ CHI W 4-2 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 00:00
Apr 2, 1977 @ STL L 2-9 0 0 0 -4 0 2 0 00:00
Mar 30, 1977 vs PHI T 3-3 0 0 0 0 0 2 0 00:00
Mar 29, 1977 @ MNS L 2-4 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 00:00
Mar 27, 1977 vs NYI L 3-6 0 0 0 -2 2 2 0 00:00
Mar 25, 1977 vs VAN T 4-4 0 0 0 -1 0 8 0 00:00
Mar 23, 1977 @ BUF L 2-4 1 0 1 -2 0 2 0 00:00
Mar 21, 1977 @ TOR W 7-2 0 1 1 1 0 4 0 00:00
Mar 20, 1977 vs AFM W 5-4 1 1 2 1 0 4 0 00:00
Mar 18, 1977 vs MNS T 2-2 1 0 1 0 0 3 0 00:00
Mar 16, 1977 vs BUF L 2-6 0 0 0 -2 0 2 0 00:00
Mar 15, 1977 @ WSH W 5-1 0 1 1 0 0 2 0 00:00
Mar 12, 1977 @ NYI L 3-8 0 1 1 0 0 2 0 00:00
Mar 10, 1977 @ PHI L 2-7 0 0 0 -2 0 1 0 00:00
Mar 6, 1977 @ NYR L 3-4 1 1 2 0 0 2 0 00:00
Mar 5, 1977 @ AFM W 2-1 0 0 0 0 0 3 0 00:00
Mar 2, 1977 @ TOR W 4-1 0 2 2 2 0 2 0 00:00
Feb 28, 1977 @ STL W 5-2 0 2 2 2 0 2 0 00:00
Feb 26, 1977 @ MTL L 3-5 0 1 1 0 0 2 0 00:00
Feb 25, 1977 vs NYI L 1-2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 00:00
Feb 23, 1977 vs BUF L 3-5 0 0 0 -3 0 0 0 00:00
Feb 20, 1977 @ PIT L 1-4 0 0 0 0 2 2 0 00:00
Feb 18, 1977 vs CLR T 3-3 0 0 0 0 0 3 0 00:00
Feb 16, 1977 vs TOR L 3-5 0 1 1 -1 0 1 0 00:00
Feb 13, 1977 @ BOS L 2-4 1 0 1 0 2 5 0 00:00
Feb 11, 1977 vs CLR W 3-0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 00:00
Feb 9, 1977 vs LAK W 6-3 0 0 0 -1 0 0 0 00:00
Feb 5, 1977 vs CHI W 3-2 0 0 0 0 0 6 0 00:00
Feb 3, 1977 vs PIT T 0-0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 00:00
Feb 1, 1977 vs MTL L 3-7 0 1 1 -2 0 0 0 00:00
Jan 30, 1977 @ CHI L 3-9 0 1 1 1 0 1 0 00:00
Jan 29, 1977 @ DET L 3-4 0 2 2 1 0 5 0 00:00
Jan 23, 1977 @ BUF W 3-0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 00:00
Jan 21, 1977 vs BOS L 2-5 0 0 0 -2 0 0 0 00:00
Jan 19, 1977 vs NYR T 3-3 0 1 1 0 0 3 0 00:00
Jan 15, 1977 @ VAN W 4-2 0 1 1 0 0 1 0 00:00
Jan 12, 1977 vs DET W 3-1 2 1 3 1 0 4 0 00:00
Jan 9, 1977 @ BUF L 4-7 0 0 0 -2 0 1 0 00:00
Jan 7, 1977 vs VAN W 8-4 1 0 1 0 0 3 0 00:00
Jan 5, 1977 vs BOS L 2-3 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 00:00
Jan 1, 1977 vs PHI L 2-7 0 0 0 -3 0 0 0 00:00
Dec 31, 1976 @ DET L 2-4 1 0 1 1 0 3 0 00:00
Dec 29, 1976 vs TOR L 2-6 0 0 0 -1 0 2 0 00:00
Dec 27, 1976 @ MTL L 2-4 1 1 2 0 0 5 0 00:00
Dec 26, 1976 @ BOS L 3-6 1 0 1 0 0 3 0 00:00
Dec 22, 1976 vs MNS W 4-3 0 1 1 1 0 2 0 00:00
Dec 19, 1976 @ NYR L 2-3 0 0 0 -1 0 3 0 00:00
Dec 18, 1976 vs BOS W 6-4 0 2 2 0 0 4 0 00:00
Dec 16, 1976 @ PIT L 4-5 0 0 0 0 2 2 0 00:00
Dec 15, 1976 vs DET W 7-3 1 3 4 2 0 8 0 00:00
Dec 11, 1976 @ WSH W 4-2 0 0 0 0 2 0 0 00:00
Dec 10, 1976 vs WSH W 7-1 0 3 3 2 0 3 0 00:00
Dec 8, 1976 vs BUF L 1-5 1 0 1 1 0 4 0 00:00
Dec 6, 1976 @ MTL L 0-1 0 0 0 0 0 4 0 00:00
Dec 5, 1976 @ PHI L 2-6 0 0 0 -2 0 2 0 00:00
Dec 3, 1976 vs STL T 2-2 0 0 0 -1 0 4 0 00:00
Dec 1, 1976 @ CLR L 3-5 0 2 2 -1 4 1 0 00:00
Nov 28, 1976 @ TOR L 1-5 0 0 0 -1 0 2 0 00:00
Nov 26, 1976 vs PIT L 1-3 0 0 0 -1 2 3 0 00:00
Nov 24, 1976 vs MTL L 1-8 0 1 1 -1 0 2 0 00:00
Nov 19, 1976 @ DET L 2-5 0 0 0 0 0 3 0 00:00
Nov 17, 1976 @ MNS T 3-3 0 0 0 1 0 1 0 00:00
Nov 16, 1976 @ LAK T 0-0 0 0 0 0 0 5 0 00:00
Nov 14, 1976 @ WSH W 3-2 1 0 1 1 0 6 0 00:00
Nov 12, 1976 @ AFM T 3-3 1 0 1 0 4 3 0 00:00
Nov 10, 1976 @ CLR W 2-1 0 0 0 -1 5 2 0 00:00
Nov 7, 1976 vs PIT T 2-2 0 1 1 1 0 4 0 00:00
Nov 5, 1976 vs PHI W 6-4 0 1 1 1 0 1 0 00:00
Nov 3, 1976 vs LAK L 2-4 1 0 1 0 0 5 0 00:00
Nov 1, 1976 vs TOR L 3-6 0 0 0 -2 0 2 0 00:00
Oct 30, 1976 @ LAK L 3-4 1 1 2 1 0 1 0 00:00
Oct 28, 1976 @ VAN L 1-3 0 0 0 1 0 1 0 00:00
Oct 26, 1976 vs NYR L 2-5 0 0 0 -1 0 4 0 00:00
Oct 21, 1976 vs STL W 6-2 0 1 1 1 0 2 0 00:00
Oct 19, 1976 vs CHI W 3-0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 00:00
Oct 16, 1976 @ NYI T 4-4 0 1 1 0 0 2 0 00:00
Oct 13, 1976 vs AFM L 2-4 0 0 0 -1 0 3 0 00:00
Oct 10, 1976 @ BOS L 3-4 0 1 1 -3 0 7 0 00:00
Oct 9, 1976 vs WSH W 6-3 1 1 2 0 0 4 0 00:00
Oct 6, 1976 vs LAK T 2-2 0 0 0 0 0 2 0 00:00