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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)

Trophy case

×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 1978-79. Pick one to see the two side by side, or choose someone else.

Rolf Edberg WSH · 41 P in 76 GP Gary Croteau CLR · 41 P in 79 GP Walt Tkaczuk NYR · 42 P in 77 GP Reg Kerr CHI · 40 P in 73 GP Dennis Ververgaert PHI · 42 P in 72 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

1978-79 season totals

GP G A P +/- PIM Shots Hits P/GP Shooting % Avg TOI
75 20 21 41 13 24 128 0 0.55 15.6 0:00

Game log

Date Opponent Result G A P +/- PIM Shots Hits TOI
Apr 8, 1979 @ NYR W 5-2 1 0 1 2 0 1 0 00:00
Apr 7, 1979 vs PHI W 9-2 1 3 4 4 0 2 0 00:00
Apr 5, 1979 @ PHI W 3-1 0 1 1 1 0 3 0 00:00
Apr 3, 1979 vs AFM W 3-2 0 0 0 0 0 2 0 00:00
Apr 1, 1979 @ WSH L 4-6 0 0 0 -1 2 1 0 00:00
Mar 31, 1979 vs BUF W 2-0 0 1 1 1 2 3 0 00:00
Mar 29, 1979 @ CHI L 1-6 0 0 0 -1 0 0 0 00:00
Mar 25, 1979 @ PIT T 2-2 0 0 0 -1 0 0 0 00:00
Mar 24, 1979 vs PIT T 3-3 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 00:00
Mar 22, 1979 @ MTL W 5-3 0 0 0 -2 0 1 0 00:00
Mar 18, 1979 @ MNS W 5-3 0 0 0 -1 0 2 0 00:00
Mar 17, 1979 vs NYR W 5-2 0 0 0 1 2 1 0 00:00
Mar 15, 1979 vs TOR W 6-2 0 0 0 0 2 1 0 00:00
Mar 13, 1979 vs BOS W 7-2 0 0 0 1 2 1 0 00:00
Mar 11, 1979 @ BOS T 4-4 0 0 0 -1 0 1 0 00:00
Mar 10, 1979 vs CHI W 7-1 2 2 4 3 0 3 0 00:00
Mar 7, 1979 @ STL T 5-5 0 0 0 -4 0 2 0 00:00
Mar 6, 1979 vs BUF L 2-3 0 0 0 -1 0 0 0 00:00
Mar 3, 1979 vs AFM W 4-2 0 0 0 1 0 1 0 00:00
Mar 2, 1979 @ AFM L 2-3 1 0 1 1 0 1 0 00:00
Feb 27, 1979 vs MTL W 7-3 0 0 0 -1 0 2 0 00:00
Feb 25, 1979 @ NYR L 2-3 0 0 0 0 0 2 0 00:00
Feb 24, 1979 vs DET W 3-1 0 0 0 -1 0 0 0 00:00
Feb 22, 1979 vs STL W 6-1 0 0 0 0 0 2 0 00:00
Feb 19, 1979 @ LAK W 8-3 2 1 3 2 0 6 0 00:00
Feb 17, 1979 @ VAN W 5-3 0 0 0 2 0 2 0 00:00
Feb 14, 1979 @ BUF L 1-2 0 0 0 -1 0 2 0 00:00
Feb 13, 1979 vs CLR W 6-1 1 0 1 1 0 4 0 00:00
Feb 4, 1979 @ CHI L 4-5 0 0 0 -1 0 1 0 00:00
Feb 3, 1979 vs BOS T 4-4 1 0 1 1 0 3 0 00:00
Feb 1, 1979 @ PHI W 4-1 0 0 0 -1 0 0 0 00:00
Jan 30, 1979 vs MNS L 4-5 0 0 0 -2 0 1 0 00:00
Jan 27, 1979 vs NYR L 2-7 0 1 1 -1 0 1 0 00:00
Jan 25, 1979 @ BOS W 4-2 0 1 1 1 0 0 0 00:00
Jan 22, 1979 @ CHI W 2-1 0 0 0 0 2 0 0 00:00
Jan 20, 1979 vs CHI W 4-2 0 0 0 -1 0 3 0 00:00
Jan 17, 1979 @ NYR L 3-5 0 0 0 0 0 2 0 00:00
Jan 16, 1979 vs WSH W 6-2 0 0 0 -1 0 0 0 00:00
Jan 14, 1979 @ PHI T 1-1 0 0 0 0 0 2 0 00:00
Jan 12, 1979 @ AFM W 4-1 2 0 2 2 0 3 0 00:00
Jan 10, 1979 @ DET T 5-5 1 0 1 0 0 1 0 00:00
Jan 9, 1979 vs LAK W 7-1 0 0 0 0 0 4 0 00:00
Jan 6, 1979 vs PHI W 5-1 0 1 1 1 2 1 0 00:00
Jan 4, 1979 @ PHI L 2-3 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 00:00
Jan 2, 1979 vs VAN W 9-0 1 1 2 1 0 4 0 00:00
Dec 30, 1978 vs AFM W 4-2 1 0 1 1 0 3 0 00:00
Dec 28, 1978 @ AFM W 10-4 2 0 2 2 0 2 0 00:00
Dec 26, 1978 vs TOR W 5-1 0 1 1 0 0 2 0 00:00
Dec 23, 1978 vs NYR W 9-4 0 0 0 -2 0 1 0 00:00
Dec 21, 1978 vs STL W 5-1 0 1 1 1 0 2 0 00:00
Dec 17, 1978 @ DET W 3-0 0 1 1 1 0 1 0 00:00
Dec 16, 1978 @ STL T 2-2 0 0 0 0 0 2 0 00:00
Dec 14, 1978 vs DET W 4-1 0 0 0 0 0 3 0 00:00
Dec 12, 1978 vs LAK T 5-5 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 00:00
Dec 10, 1978 @ MTL L 3-4 0 0 0 -1 0 1 0 00:00
Dec 9, 1978 @ TOR W 3-2 0 0 0 0 2 2 0 00:00
Dec 7, 1978 vs STL W 7-1 0 0 0 0 0 2 0 00:00
Dec 5, 1978 vs PIT T 3-3 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 00:00
Dec 2, 1978 @ CLR W 5-2 1 0 1 0 0 3 0 00:00
Nov 29, 1978 @ LAK T 5-5 0 1 1 0 0 3 0 00:00
Nov 25, 1978 @ VAN W 5-2 1 0 1 1 2 2 0 00:00
Nov 18, 1978 vs PHI W 8-2 0 2 2 3 0 1 0 00:00
Nov 17, 1978 @ WSH W 4-2 0 0 0 0 0 3 0 00:00
Nov 14, 1978 vs CLR T 2-2 0 0 0 0 2 2 0 00:00
Nov 12, 1978 @ NYR W 5-3 0 0 0 -1 4 3 0 00:00
Nov 11, 1978 vs AFM W 4-2 0 1 1 1 0 1 0 00:00
Nov 7, 1978 vs MNS W 5-2 1 0 1 1 0 2 0 00:00
Nov 4, 1978 vs WSH W 4-1 0 0 0 0 0 3 0 00:00
Nov 2, 1978 @ BOS L 1-4 1 0 1 -1 0 4 0 00:00
Oct 24, 1978 vs PHI T 4-4 0 1 1 2 0 2 0 00:00
Oct 21, 1978 vs NYR W 5-3 0 0 0 3 0 2 0 00:00
Oct 18, 1978 @ PIT W 5-3 0 0 0 1 0 1 0 00:00
Oct 17, 1978 vs MTL W 3-1 0 1 1 0 0 0 0 00:00
Oct 14, 1978 @ TOR L 7-10 0 0 0 -3 0 0 0 00:00
Oct 12, 1978 @ BUF T 2-2 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 00:00