{{short description|Canadian ice hockey player (b. 1937)}} {{Infobox ice hockey player | position = Centre | shoots = Left | height_ft = 5 | height_in = 07 | weight_lb = 160 | played_for = Pittsburgh Penguins<br>Toronto Maple Leafs<br>Oakland Seals<br>Chicago Black Hawks<br>Winnipeg Jets | birth_date = {{birth date and age|1937|9|27|mf=y}} | birth_place = Cowan, Manitoba, Canada | career_start = 1965 | career_end = 1973 | image = WallyBoyerCHI.png |caption=Boyer in 1966-67 photo }} '''Walter Boyer''' (born September 27, 1937) is a Canadian former professional ice hockey centre. He played in the National Hockey League with four teams between 1965 and 1971 and in the World Hockey Association during the 1972–73 season.
==Career== thumb|1967 photo of Boyer for the California Seals thumb|1972-73 OPC card of Boyer for the Winnipeg Jets Wally Boyer was known as a creative playmaker and talented penalty killer throughout his National Hockey League career. Boyer recorded 54 goals and 105 assists for 159 points in 365 career NHL games. A product of the Toronto Maple Leafs' development system, Boyer played his first NHL games with the Leafs during the mid-1960s, before joining the Chicago Black Hawks. At the end of the 1966–67 season, the Hawks won the Prince of Wales Trophy for finishing first overall in the six-team standings. When the league expanded to 12 clubs that fall, Boyer joined the Oakland Seals and was later traded to another expansion franchise, the Pittsburgh Penguins.
==Career statistics== ===Regular season and playoffs=== {| border="0" cellpadding="1" cellspacing="0" style="text-align:center; width:60em" |- bgcolor="#e0e0e0" ! colspan="3" bgcolor="#ffffff"| ! rowspan="101" bgcolor="#ffffff" | ! colspan="5"|Regular season ! rowspan="101" bgcolor="#ffffff" | ! colspan="5"|Playoffs |- bgcolor="#e0e0e0" ! Season ! Team ! League ! GP !! G !! A !! Pts !! PIM ! GP !! G !! A !! Pts !! PIM |- | 1955–56 | Toronto Marlboros | OHA | 48 || 14 || 19 || 33 || 51 | 11 || 2 || 2 || 4 || 4 |- bgcolor="#f0f0f0" | 1955–56 | Toronto Marlboros | M-Cup | — || — || — || — || — | 13 || 3 || 7 || 10 || 2 |- | 1956–57 | Toronto Marlboros | OHA | 40 || 17 || 17 || 34 || 21 | 8 || 2 || 6 || 8 || 19 |- bgcolor="#f0f0f0" | 1957–58 | Toronto Marlboros | OHA | 27 || 11 || 11 || 22 || 17 | 12 || 6 || 14 || 20 || 17 |- | 1957–58 | Toronto Marlboros | M-Cup | — || — || — || — || — | 5 || 0 || 2 || 2 || 2 |- bgcolor="#f0f0f0" | 1958–59 | Hershey Bears | AHL | 4 || 0 || 1 || 1 || 2 | — || — || — || — || — |- | 1958–59 | Chicoutimi Sagueneens | QSHL | 28 || 3 || 7 || 10 || 8 | 4 || 0 || 0 || 0 || 0 |- bgcolor="#f0f0f0" | 1958–59 | New Westminster Royals | WHL | 27 || 5 || 5 || 10 || 0 | — || — || — || — || — |- | 1959–60 | Sudbury Wolves | EPHL | 70 || 23 || 42 || 65 || 36 | 11 || 2 || 4 || 6 || 4 |- bgcolor="#f0f0f0" | 1960–61 | Rochester Americans | AHL | 70 || 24 || 33 || 57 || 31 | — || — || — || — || — |- | 1961–62 | Rochester Americans | AHL | 67 || 20 || 21 || 41 || 67 | 2 || 0 || 0 || 0 || 0 |- bgcolor="#f0f0f0" | 1962–63 | Springfield Indians | AHL | 66 || 28 || 45 || 73 || 59 | — || — || — || — || — |- | 1963–64 | Rochester Americans | AHL | 52 || 20 || 19 || 39 || 35 | 2 || 1 || 0 || 1 || 2 |- bgcolor="#f0f0f0" | 1964–65 | Rochester Americans | AHL | 70 || 20 || 41 || 61 || 28 | 10 || 2 || 4 || 6 || 4 |- | 1965–66 | Rochester Americans | AHL | 19 || 3 || 10 || 13 || 13 | — || — || — || — || — |- bgcolor="#f0f0f0" | 1965–66 | Toronto Maple Leafs | NHL | 46 || 4 || 17 || 21 || 23 | 4 || 0 || 1 || 1 || 0 |- | 1966–67 | Chicago Black Hawks | NHL | 42 || 5 || 6 || 11 || 15 | 1 || 0 || 0 || 0 || 0 |- bgcolor="#f0f0f0" | 1966–67 | Portland Buckaroos | WHL | 17 || 7 || 6 || 13 || 10 | — || — || — || — || — |- | 1967–68 | California/Oakland Seals | NHL | 74 || 13 || 20 || 33 || 44 | — || — || — || — || — |- bgcolor="#f0f0f0" | 1968–69 | Pittsburgh Penguins | NHL | 62 || 10 || 19 || 29 || 17 | — || — || — || — || — |- | 1969–70 | Pittsburgh Penguins | NHL | 72 || 11 || 12 || 23 || 34 | 10 || 1 || 2 || 3 || 0 |- bgcolor="#f0f0f0" | 1970–71 | Pittsburgh Penguins | NHL | 68 || 11 || 30 || 41 || 30 | — || — || — || — || — |- | 1971–72 | Pittsburgh Penguins | NHL | 1 || 0 || 1 || 1 || 0 | — || — || — || — || — |- bgcolor="#f0f0f0" | 1971–72 | Hershey Bears | AHL | 64 || 18 || 30 || 48 || 43 | 3 || 1 || 0 || 1 || 2 |- | 1972–73 | Winnipeg Jets | WHA | 69 || 6 || 28 || 34 || 27 | 14 || 4 || 2 || 6 || 4 |- bgcolor="#e0e0e0" ! colspan="3" | WHA totals ! 69 !! 6 !! 28 !! 34 !! 27 ! 14 !! 4 !! 2 !! 6 !! 4 |- bgcolor="#e0e0e0" ! colspan="3" |AHL totals !412 !133 !200 !333 !278 !17 !4 !4 !8 !8 |- bgcolor="#e0e0e0" ! colspan="3" | NHL totals ! 365 !! 54 !! 105 !! 159 !! 163 ! 15 !! 1 !! 3 !! 4 !! 0 |}
==Awards and achievements== *Memorial Cup Championship (1956) *Calder Cup (AHL) Championship (1965) *Honoured Member of the Manitoba Hockey Hall of Fame
==External links== * {{icehockeystats}} * [http://www.mbhockeyhalloffame.ca/honoured/players.html?category=9&id=55 Wally Boyer's biography] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20141222133841/http://www.mbhockeyhalloffame.ca/honoured/players.html?category=9&id=55 |date=2014-12-22 }} at [http://www.mbhockeyhalloffame.ca/index.html Manitoba Hockey Hall of Fame] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20141004060054/http://www.mbhockeyhalloffame.ca/index.html |date=2014-10-04 }}
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