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Wayne Carleton |
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He was a talented junior
with tremendous size and
strength, a blue chip
prospect, one to watch
out for, for sure. But
he suffered two
debilitating knee
injuries as a teenager,
once playing hockey,
once playing baseball.
Serious surgery was
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Carleton broke his elbow
in 1969 followed quickly
by a viral infection
that sent him to the
hospital. He broke his
wrist twice and his leg
once, but for the first
five years of his career
his greatest obstacle
was Toronto coach Punch
Imlach, who sent Swoop
up and down to the farm
with the same windswept
ease that Carleton
skated when given the
chance. |
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He was traded to Boston
midway through the
1969-70 season, was on
the bench when Orr flew
through the air and won
the Stanley Cup, and was
just as quickly
dispatched to California
in the summer of 1971,
the greatest dive of
all. He showed up to
camp weighing 245
pounds, unhappy and
unfit. But Swoop moved
on to the WHA where he
made an impact as a
scorer and signed a huge
five-year contract. |
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After being traded from
Hartford to Edmonton
during his WHA days, he
claimed Edmonton owed
him $2,300 for moving
expenses. A judge
agreed, and ordered the
Oilers equipment
confiscated just hours
before a game. He got
his money. After
retiring, he turned to
his farm in Stayner
called Springwater
Stables. Some of his
horses were named
Frosty's Bretta, Sly
Hal, Minto Don, and Won
To Victory. He later
worked as a financial
planner for an
investment syndicate in
Kitchener. |
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REGULAR SEASON |
PLAYOFFS |
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Season |
Club |
League |
GP |
G |
A |
TP |
PIM |
+/- |
GP |
G |
A |
TP |
PIM |
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1961-62 |
Unionville Seaforths |
OHA-Jr. |
15 |
9 |
3 |
12 |
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1961-62 |
Toronto Marlboros |
OHA-Jr. |
16 |
5 |
8 |
13 |
5 |
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12 |
2 |
4 |
6 |
4 |
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1962-63 |
Toronto Marlboros |
OHA-Jr. |
38 |
27 |
24 |
51 |
11 |
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11 |
6 |
4 |
10 |
21 |
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1963-64 |
Toronto Marlboros |
OHA-Jr. |
54 |
42 |
22 |
64 |
26 |
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5 |
3 |
2 |
5 |
0 |
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1963-64 |
Toronto Marlboros |
M-Cup |
12 |
10 |
15 |
25 |
6 |
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1964-65 |
Toronto Marlboros |
OHA-Jr. |
15 |
13 |
10 |
23 |
12 |
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14 |
5 |
6 |
11 |
17 |
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1965-66 |
Toronto Marlboros |
OHA-Jr. |
16 |
9 |
5 |
14 |
24 |
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14 |
9 |
6 |
15 |
28 |
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1965-66 |
Toronto Maple Leafs |
NHL |
2 |
0 |
1 |
1 |
0 |
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1965-66 |
Tulsa Oilers |
CPHL |
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6 |
3 |
4 |
7 |
0 |
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1966-67 |
Toronto Maple Leafs |
NHL |
5 |
1 |
0 |
1 |
14 |
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Stanley Cup |
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1966-67 |
Tulsa Oilers |
CPHL |
52 |
17 |
15 |
32 |
48 |
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1966-67 |
Rochester Americans |
AHL |
13 |
5 |
5 |
10 |
8 |
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13 |
5 |
2 |
7 |
31 |
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1967-68 |
Toronto Maple Leafs |
NHL |
65 |
8 |
11 |
19 |
34 |
5 |
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1968-69 |
Toronto Maple Leafs |
NHL |
12 |
1 |
3 |
4 |
6 |
-8 |
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1968-69 |
Rochester Americans |
AHL |
13 |
5 |
3 |
8 |
0 |
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1968-69 |
Phoenix Roadrunners |
WHL |
32 |
16 |
13 |
29 |
18 |
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1969-70 |
Toronto Maple Leafs |
NHL |
7 |
0 |
1 |
1 |
6 |
1 |
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1969-70 |
Phoenix Roadrunners |
WHL |
6 |
1 |
3 |
4 |
0 |
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1969-70 |
Boston Bruins |
NHL |
42 |
6 |
19 |
25 |
23 |
6 |
14 |
2 |
4 |
6 |
14 |
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1970-71 |
Boston Bruins |
NHL |
69 |
22 |
24 |
46 |
44 |
35 |
4 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
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1971-72 |
California Golden Seals |
NHL |
76 |
17 |
14 |
31 |
45 |
-23 |
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