Career
Wiste was a college hockey star at the University of Denver, where he was named a Western Collegiate Hockey Association First-Team All-Star and National Collegiate Athletic Association First-Team All-American in both 1966-1967 and 1967-1968. He would also lead Denver to a memorable triumph over the University of North Dakota in the 1968 National Collegiate Athletic Association Championship game. Following his graduation, Wiste was signed as a free agent by the National Hockey League Chicago Black Hawks in 1968, one of three University of Denver teammates to join Chicago along with Keith Magnuson and Cliff Koroll.
He would establish himself as a quality scorer in minor-pro, but unlike Magnuson and Koroll who both became fixtures in the Chicago lineup for more than a decade, Wiste found the adjustment to the National Hockey League difficult, and found it hard to get icetime on a deep Black Hawk team
Exposed by Chicago in the 1970 National Hockey League Expansion Draft, Wiste was claimed by the Vancouver Canucks. After recording just 1 goal and 3 points through 23 games, he was reassigned to the Seattle Totems of the WHL. In Cleveland, he would experience the most successful portion of his career, recording totals of 71 and 58 points in his two years there.
Wiste moved to the Indianapolis Racers for the 1974-1975 season, but slumped to totals of 13 goals and 41 points. After a poor start to the 1975-1976 campaign, Wiste was assigned to the minors and would eventually retire.
Wiste recorded 1 goal and 10 assists for 11 points in 52 National Hockey League games, and added 64 goals and 108 assists for 172 points in 228 WHA contests.