Wayne Carleton

Kenneth Wayne "Swoop" Carleton (born August 4, 1946) is a Canadian former professional ice hockey player. Carleton played in the National Hockey League (NHL) and the World Hockey Association (WHA) in the 1960s and 1970s. He was a member of the Stanley Cup-winning 1969–70 Boston Bruins team.

Playing career

Carleton played junior hockey for the Toronto Marlboros, from 1961–62 to 1965–66. During this period, with Carleton playing a starring role, the Marlboros won the 1964 Memorial Cup.

Carleton was called up by the Toronto Maple Leafs, for 2 games, during the 1965–66 NHL season. He earned a regular spot with the Leafs the following season, and he later played with the Boston Bruins and California Golden Seals.

Carleton was a member of one Stanley Cup championship team, the 1969–70 Bruins. He was on the ice as the left wing on Derek Sanderson's line when Bobby Orr scored his famous Cup-clinching goal in the fourth game of the 1970 Stanley Cup Finals. His best NHL season came in 1970-71 when he scored 46 points 22 goals and 24 assists.

Carleton played in the NHL until the 1971–72 NHL season he then moved to the WHA and played for the Ottawa Nationals, Toronto Toros, Edmonton Oilers, Birmingham Bulls, and New England Whalers. Carlton would see some great success in the WHA as in the 1972-73 season he would have a 91 point season with 42 goals and 49 assists. This would lead to him being named 1973 WHA All-Star Game also being the named the MVP of the game. Then being named a 3rd team all star at the end of the season. Carleton would continue to put up good numbers as the following season would be his statistical best with 92 points 37 goals 55 assists in 78 games. Once again playing in the WHA all star game and being named a second team all star at the end of the season. He would make the all star game one more time in 1976. But his numbers would start to decline. He would leave the WHA in 1976 playing a season and a half in the OHA with the Barrie Flyers putting where he would put up good numbers but would ultimately retire after the 1978.

Awards and achievements

Stanley Cup champion (1970) Memorial Cup champion (1964) played in the WHA all star game in 1973, 1974 and 1976 WHA second team all star 1974 WHA third team all star 1973

Career statistics Regular season and playoffs Regular seasonPlayoffs Season Team League GP G A Pts PIM GP G A Pts PIM 1961–62 Unionville Seaforths OHA 15 9 3 12 — — — — — — 1961–62 Toronto Marlboros OHA-Jr 16 5 8 13 5 12 2 4 6 4 1962–63 Toronto Marlboros OHA-Jr 38 27 24 51 11 12 6 4 10 21 1963–64 Toronto Marlboros OHA-Jr. 54 42 22 64 26 5 3 2 5 0 1964–65 Toronto Marlboros OHA-Jr. 15 13 10 23 12 14 5 6 11 17 1965–66 Toronto Marlboros OHA-Jr. 16 9 5 14 24 14 9 6 15 28 1965–66 Toronto Maple Leafs NHL 2 0 1 1 0 — — — — — 1965–66 Tulsa Oilers CHL — — — — — 6 3 4 7 0 1966–67 Toronto Maple Leafs NHL 5 1 0 1 14 — — — — — 1966–67 Tulsa Oilers CHL 52 17 15 32 48 — — — — — 1966–67 Rochester Americans AHL 13 5 5 10 8 13 5 2 7 31 1967–68 Toronto Maple Leafs NHL 65 8 11 19 34 — — — — — 1968–69 Toronto Maple Leafs NHL 12 1 3 4 6 — — — — — 1968–69 Rochester Americans AHL 13 5 3 8 0 — — — — — 1968–69 Phoenix Roadrunners WHL 32 16 13 29 18 — — — — — 1969–70 Toronto Maple Leafs NHL 7 0 1 1 6 — — — — — 1969–70 Phoenix Roadrunners WHL 6 1 3 4 0 — — — — — 1969–70 Boston Bruins NHL 42 6 19 25 23 14 4 2 6 14 1970–71 Boston Bruins NHL 69 22 24 46 44 4 0 0 0 0 1971–72 California Golden Seals NHL 76 17 14 31 45 — — — — — 1972–73 Ottawa Nationals WHA 75 42 49 91 42 3 3 3 6 4 1973–74 Toronto Toros WHA 78 37 55 92 31 12 2 12 14 4 1974–75 New England Whalers WHA 73 35 39 74 50 6 2 5 7 14 1975–76 New England Whalers WHA 35 12 21 33 6 — — — — — 1975–76 Edmonton Oilers WHA 26 5 16 21 6 4 1 1 2 2 1976–77 Birmingham Bulls WHA 3 1 0 1 0 — — — — — 1976–77 Barrie Flyers OHA-Sr 20 7 20 27 6 — — — — — 1977–78 Barrie Flyers OHA-Sr 35 21 23 44 27 — — — — — WHA totals 290 132 180 312 135 25 8 21 29 24 NHL totals 278 55 73 128 172 18 4 2 6 14