| Wayne Groulx | |
| Birth Date: | February 2, 1965 |
| Birth Place: | Welland, Ontario, Canada |
| Height Ft: | 5 |
| Height In: | 9 |
| Weight Lb: | 178 |
| Position: | Centre |
| Shoots: | Right |
| Played For: | Quebec Nordiques KalPa EHC Lustenau ATSE Graz EC Graz |
| Ntl Team: | AUT |
| Draft: | 172nd overall |
| Draft Year: | 1983 |
| Draft Team: | Quebec Nordiques |
| Career Start: | 1985 |
| Career End: | 1995 |
Wayne Groulx (born February 2, 1965) is a Canadian-born Austrian former ice hockey centre. During the 1984–85 NHL season, he played one game for the Quebec Nordiques.
Groulx was drafted 172nd overall by the Nordiques in the 1983 NHL Entry Draft and played one game for them during the 1984-85 NHL season. He also played in the International Hockey League for the Muskegon Lumberjacks and in the American Hockey League for the Fredericton Express and Baltimore Skipjacks. Groulx played in Finland's SM-liiga for KalPa before spending six seasons in Austria, with EHC Lustenau and five seasons with EC Graz. He represented Austria in the 1992 World Hockey Championship.
Despite three 100-point campaigns with the Ontario Hockey League's Sault Ste. Marie Greyhounds, including winning the Red Tilson Trophy as Most Outstanding Player in 1985, his success never translated beyond the junior level in North America, though he later became a star player in the Austrian Hockey League in the 1990s.
After retiring as a player, Groulx coached the Fort Erie Meteors of the Golden Horseshoe Junior Hockey League.[1]
| Regular season | Playoffs | |||||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Season | Team | League | GP | G | A | Pts | PIM | GP | G | A | Pts | PIM | ||
| 1980–81 | Welland Cougars | GHL | 38 | 44 | 32 | 76 | 44 | — | — | — | — | — | ||
| 1981–82 | Sault Ste. Marie Greyhounds | OHL | 66 | 25 | 41 | 66 | 66 | 13 | 6 | 8 | 14 | 8 | ||
| 1982–83 | Sault Ste. Marie Greyhounds | OHL | 67 | 44 | 86 | 130 | 54 | 16 | 7 | 9 | 16 | 13 | ||
| 1983–84 | Sault Ste. Marie Greyhounds | OHL | 70 | 59 | 78 | 137 | 48 | 16 | 14 | 22 | 36 | 13 | ||
| 1984–85 | Sault Ste. Marie Greyhounds | OHL | 64 | 59 | 85 | 144 | 102 | 16 | 18 | 18 | 36 | 24 | ||
| 1984–85 | Quebec Nordiques | NHL | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | — | — | — | — | — | ||
| 1984–85 | Sault Ste. Marie Greyhounds | M-Cup | — | — | — | — | — | 4 | 2 | 2 | 4 | 7 | ||
| 1985–86 | Fredericton Express | AHL | 15 | 2 | 6 | 8 | 12 | — | — | — | — | — | ||
| 1985–86 | Muskegon Lumberjacks | IHL | 55 | 22 | 27 | 49 | 56 | 12 | 4 | 4 | 8 | 26 | ||
| 1986–87 | Fredericton Express | AHL | 30 | 11 | 7 | 18 | 8 | — | — | — | — | — | ||
| 1986–87 | Muskegon Lumberjacks | IHL | 38 | 18 | 22 | 40 | 49 | — | — | — | — | — | ||
| 1986–87 | Canada | Intl. | 9 | 3 | 4 | 7 | 8 | — | — | — | — | — | ||
| 1987–88 | KalPa | SM-l | 27 | 17 | 10 | 27 | 54 | — | — | — | — | — | ||
| 1987–88 | Baltimore Skipjacks | AHL | 5 | 5 | 0 | 5 | 15 | — | — | — | — | — | ||
| 1988–89 | EHC Lustenau | AUT | 40 | 40 | 47 | 87 | — | — | — | — | — | — | ||
| 1989–90 | ATSE Graz | AUT | 36 | 42 | 41 | 83 | 87 | — | — | — | — | — | ||
| 1990–91 | ATSE Graz | AUT | 32 | 26 | 22 | 48 | 85 | — | — | — | — | — | ||
| 1991–92 | ATSE Graz | AUT | 29 | 14 | 19 | 33 | — | — | — | — | — | — | ||
| 1992–93 | EC Graz | AUT | 55 | 64 | 38 | 102 | — | — | — | — | — | — | ||
| 1993–94 | EC Graz | AUT | 44 | 20 | 17 | 37 | — | — | — | — | — | — | ||
| 1994–95 | Lakeland Ice Warriors | SuHL | 13 | 7 | 12 | 19 | 22 | — | — | — | — | — | ||
| IHL totals | 93 | 40 | 49 | 89 | 105 | 12 | 4 | 4 | 8 | 26 | ||||
| AUT totals | 236 | 206 | 184 | 390 | — | — | — | — | — | — | ||||
| Year | Team | Event | GP | G | A | Pts | PIM | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1992 | Austria | WC B | 7 | 7 | 7 | 14 | 43 | |
| 1993 | Austria | WC | 6 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 10 |