| Position | Right wing |
|---|---|
| Shoots | Right |
| Height | 5 ft |
| Height in | 11 |
| Weight lb | 180 |
| Played for | NHL Chicago Blackhawks San Jose Sharks Buffalo Sabres New York Rangers Toronto Maple Leafs IHL Detroit Vipers |
| League | NHL |
| Birth date | March 23, 1965 (age 61) |
| Birth place | Dearborn, Michigan, U.S. |
| Ntl team | USA |
| Career start | 1984 |
| Career end | 1998 |
| Draft (1983) | 39th overall |
| Draft team | Chicago Black Hawks |
Wayne Richard Presley (born March 23, 1965) is an American former professional ice hockey right winger who played 12 seasons in the National Hockey League from 1984–85 until 1995–96.
Biography
Presley was born in Dearborn, Michigan and raised in Taylor, Michigan.[citation needed] As a youth, he played in the 1978 Quebec International Pee-Wee Hockey Tournament with a minor ice hockey team from Detroit.[1]
Presley was drafted 39th by the Chicago Black Hawks in the 1983 NHL entry draft.[citation needed] His best statistical season was the 1986–87 NHL season, when he scored 32 goals and 61 points. He also scored five shorthanded goals in consecutive years, 1993–94 and 1994–95. He played 684 career NHL games, scoring 155 goals and 147 assists for 302 points.[2]
Presley also represented the United States at the 1987 Canada Cup.[3]
Career statistics
Regular season and playoffs
| Regular season | Playoffs | |||||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Season | Team | League | GP | G | A | Pts | PIM | GP | G | A | Pts | PIM | ||
| 1981–82 | Detroit Little Caesars | Midget | 61 | 35 | 56 | 91 | 146 | — | — | — | — | — | ||
| 1982–83 | Kitchener Rangers | OHL | 70 | 39 | 48 | 87 | 99 | 12 | 1 | 4 | 5 | 9 | ||
| 1983–84 | Kitchener Rangers | OHL | 70 | 63 | 76 | 139 | 156 | 16 | 12 | 16 | 28 | 38 | ||
| 1983–84 | Kitchener Rangers | MC | — | — | — | — | — | 4 | 3 | 2 | 5 | 7 | ||
| 1984–85 | Chicago Black Hawks | NHL | 3 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | — | — | — | — | — | ||
| 1984–85 | Kitchener Rangers | OHL | 31 | 25 | 21 | 46 | 77 | — | — | — | — | — | ||
| 1984–85 | Sault Ste. Marie Greyhounds | OHL | 11 | 5 | 9 | 14 | 14 | 16 | 13 | 9 | 22 | 13 | ||
| 1984–85 | Sault Ste. Marie Greyhounds | MC | — | — | — | — | — | 4 | 2 | 2 | 4 | 4 | ||
| 1985–86 | Chicago Black Hawks | NHL | 38 | 7 | 8 | 15 | 38 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| 1985–86 | Nova Scotia Oilers | AHL | 29 | 6 | 9 | 15 | 22 | — | — | — | — | — | ||
| 1986–87 | Chicago Blackhawks | NHL | 80 | 32 | 29 | 61 | 114 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 9 | ||
| 1987–88 | Chicago Blackhawks | NHL | 42 | 12 | 10 | 22 | 52 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 | ||
| 1988–89 | Chicago Blackhawks | NHL | 72 | 21 | 19 | 40 | 100 | 14 | 7 | 5 | 12 | 18 | ||
| 1989–90 | Chicago Blackhawks | NHL | 49 | 6 | 7 | 13 | 69 | 19 | 9 | 6 | 15 | 29 | ||
| 1990–91 | Chicago Blackhawks | NHL | 71 | 15 | 19 | 34 | 122 | 6 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 38 | ||
| 1991–92 | San Jose Sharks | NHL | 47 | 8 | 14 | 22 | 76 | — | — | — | — | — | ||
| 1991–92 | Buffalo Sabres | NHL | 12 | 2 | 2 | 4 | 57 | 7 | 3 | 3 | 6 | 14 | ||
| 1992–93 | Buffalo Sabres | NHL | 79 | 15 | 17 | 32 | 96 | 8 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 6 | ||
| 1993–94 | Buffalo Sabres | NHL | 65 | 17 | 8 | 25 | 103 | 7 | 2 | 1 | 3 | 14 | ||
| 1994–95 | Buffalo Sabres | NHL | 46 | 14 | 5 | 19 | 41 | 5 | 3 | 1 | 4 | 8 | ||
| 1995–96 | New York Rangers | NHL | 61 | 4 | 6 | 10 | 71 | — | — | — | — | — | ||
| 1995–96 | Toronto Maple Leafs | NHL | 19 | 2 | 2 | 4 | 14 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | ||
| 1996–97 | Detroit Vipers | IHL | 42 | 7 | 16 | 23 | 80 | 18 | 0 | 4 | 4 | 50 | ||
| 1996–97 | St. John's Maple Leafs | AHL | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | — | — | — | — | — | ||
| 1997–98 | Detroit Vipers | IHL | 16 | 1 | 5 | 6 | 47 | 23 | 4 | 6 | 10 | 60 | ||
| NHL totals | 684 | 155 | 147 | 302 | 953 | 83 | 26 | 17 | 43 | 142 | ||||
International
| Year | Team | Event | GP | G | A | Pts | PIM | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1987 | United States | CC | 5 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 12 |
References
- ^ "Pee-Wee players who have reached NHL or WHA". Quebec International Pee-Wee Hockey Tournament. 2018. Archived from the original on March 6, 2019. Retrieved 2019-01-14.
- ^ "Wayne Presley Stats and News | NHL.com". www.nhl.com. Retrieved 2025-08-27.
- ^ "1987 Canada Cup". teamusa.usahockey.com. Archived 2025-08-27 at the Wayback Machine. Retrieved 2025-08-27.