Craig Brian Sarner (born June 20, 1949 in Saint Paul, Minnesota) is a retired American ice hockey forward who appeared in a total of 7 National Hockey League regular season games with the Boston Bruins in 1974–75. He also played briefly for the WHA Minnesota Fighting Saints 1976 before moving to Europe where he was a top scorer in Germany and Switzerland. He retired from hockey after the 1980–81 season.

Before turning professional, Sarner played for the United States national team at the 1972 Winter Olympics. He also played at the 1972, 1976, 1979 World Championships.

Career statistics Regular season and playoffs Regular seasonPlayoffs Season Team League GP G A Pts PIM GP G A Pts PIM 1968–69 University of Minnesota WCHA 28 5 0 5 4 — — — — — 1969–70 University of Minnesota WCHA 33 13 10 23 2 — — — — — 1970–71 University of Minnesota WCHA 29 12 19 31 17 — — — — — 1971–72 Oklahoma City Blazers CHL 5 1 0 1 0 — — — — — 1971–72 United States National Team Intl 53 27 34 61 21 — — — — — 1972–73 Boston Braves AHL 74 27 27 54 16 5 2 3 5 2 1973–74 Boston Braves AHL 66 15 26 41 18 — — — — — 1974–75 Boston Bruins NHL 7 0 0 0 0 — — — — — 1974–75 Rochester Americans AHL 47 14 13 27 26 12 4 3 7 4 1975–76 Minnesota Fighting Saints WHA 1 0 0 0 0 — — — — — 1976–77 Kölner EC GER 41 35 26 61 100 — — — — — 1977–78 Kölner EC GER 46 49 42 91 — — — — — — 1978–79 Berliner SC GER 46 52 64 116 68 — — — — — 1979–80 HC Davos NLA 28 19 15 34 — — — — — — 1980–81 HC Davos NLA 36 16 14 30 — — — — — — 1981–82 HC Davos NLA — — — — — — — — — — WHA totals 1 0 0 0 0 — — — — — NHL totals 7 0 0 0 0 — — — — —

International Year Team Event GP G A Pts PIM 1972 United States OLY 6 4 6 10 0 1972 United States WC-B 6 4 4 8 — 1976 United States WC 10 2 1 3 13 1979 United States WC 8 1 1 2 4 Senior totals 30 11 12 23 17

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