Leonard Wayne Merrick (born April 23, 1952) is a Canadian former professional ice hockey player who played 774 career National Hockey League games for the St. Louis Blues, California Seals, Cleveland Barons and New York Islanders.

Wayne Merrick helped provide toughness and grit to the talent-laden New York Islanders of the late 1970s and early 1980s, acquired from the Cleveland Barons in exchange for J.P. Parise and Jean Potvin during the 1977-78 season.

[1] He played on the famed "Banana Line" centering John Tonelli and Bob Nystrom.

[3] He scored the Cup-clinching goal in Game Five of the 1981 Stanley Cup Finals.

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