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Ron Francis

Position: C
Shoots: Left
Height: 6-3    Weight: 200 lbs.
Born: March 1, 1963 in Sault Ste. Marie, Ontario

Inducted into Hockey Hall of Fame as Player in 2007

Drafted by the Hartford Whalers in the 1st round (4th overall) of the 1981 NHL Entry Draft.

Regular Season

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Season Age Team Lg GP G A PTS PTS/G GC GC/G TGF PGF TGA PGA +/- PIM ESG PPG SHG GWG SOG SOG/G SPCT TOI ATOI
1979-80 16 Sault Ste. Marie Legion NOHA 45 57 92 149 3.31
1980-81 17 Sault Ste. Marie Greyhounds OMJHL 64 26 43 69 1.08 33
1981-82 18 Sault Ste. Marie Greyhounds OHL 25 18 30 48 1.92 46
1981-82 18 Hartford Whalers NHL 59 25 43 68 1.15 25 0.43 91 38 93 27 -13 51 13 12 0 1 163 2.76 15.3
1982-83 19 Hartford Whalers NHL 79 31 59 90 1.14 33 0.42 114 33 129 23 -25 60 25 4 2 4 212 2.68 14.6
1983-84 20 Hartford Whalers NHL 72 23 60 83 1.15 29 0.41 119 59 78 8 -10 45 18 5 0 5 202 2.81 11.4
1984-85 21 Hartford Whalers NHL 80 24 57 81 1.01 29 0.36 129 63 95 6 -23 66 20 4 0 1 195 2.44 12.3
1984-85 21 Canada WEC-A 10 2 5 7 0.70 2
1985-86 22 Hartford Whalers NHL 53 24 53 77 1.45 28 0.53 113 48 64 7 8 24 16 7 1 4 120 2.26 20.0
1986-87 23 Hartford Whalers NHL 75 30 63 93 1.24 35 0.46 140 61 70 1 10 45 23 7 0 7 189 2.52 15.9
1987-88 24 Hartford Whalers NHL 80 25 50 75 0.94 28 0.35 104 51 71 10 -8 87 13 11 1 3 172 2.15 14.5
1988-89 25 Hartford Whalers NHL 69 29 48 77 1.12 29 0.43 116 49 83 20 4 36 21 8 0 4 156 2.26 18.6
1989-90 26 Hartford Whalers NHL 80 32 69 101 1.26 36 0.45 137 61 77 14 13 73 16 15 1 5 170 2.13 18.8
1990-91 27 2 Teams NHL 81 23 64 87 1.07 30 0.37 119 46 87 12 -2 72 12 10 1 7 174 2.15 13.2
1990-91 27 Hartford Whalers NHL 67 21 55 76 1.13 26 0.39 97 40 70 11 -2 51 10 10 1 6 149 2.22 14.1
1990-91 27 Pittsburgh Penguins NHL 14 2 9 11 0.79 4 0.26 22 6 17 1 0 21 2 0 0 1 25 1.79 8.0
1991-92 28 Pittsburgh Penguins NHL 70 21 33 54 0.77 20 0.29 107 44 89 19 -7 30 15 5 1 2 121 1.73 17.4
1992-93 29 Pittsburgh Penguins NHL 84 24 76 100 1.19 34 0.41 156 84 96 30 6 68 13 9 2 4 215 2.56 11.2
1993-94 30 Pittsburgh Penguins NHL 82 27 66 93 1.13 33 0.40 134 60 111 34 -3 62 19 8 0 2 216 2.63 12.5
1994-95 31 Pittsburgh Penguins NHL 44 11 48 59 1.34 19 0.44 77 25 43 21 30 18 8 3 0 1 94 2.14 11.7
1995-96 32 Pittsburgh Penguins NHL 77 27 92 119 1.55 39 0.51 189 92 101 29 25 56 14 12 1 4 158 2.05 17.1
1996-97 33 Pittsburgh Penguins NHL 81 27 63 90 1.11 32 0.39 141 50 110 26 7 20 16 10 1 2 183 2.26 14.8
1997-98 34 Pittsburgh Penguins NHL 81 25 62 87 1.07 30 0.37 126 50 73 9 12 20 18 7 0 5 189 2.33 13.2
1998-99 35 Carolina Hurricanes NHL 82 21 31 52 0.63 20 0.24 78 29 67 16 -2 34 13 8 0 2 133 1.62 15.8 1797 21:55
1999-00 36 Carolina Hurricanes NHL 78 23 50 73 0.94 26 0.34 104 43 59 8 10 18 16 7 0 4 150 1.92 15.3 1714 21:58
2000-01 37 Carolina Hurricanes NHL 82 15 50 65 0.79 22 0.27 93 47 71 10 -15 32 8 7 0 4 130 1.59 11.5 1661 20:15
2001-02 38 Carolina Hurricanes NHL 80 27 50 77 0.96 28 0.35 107 51 58 6 4 18 13 14 0 5 165 2.06 16.4 1655 20:41
2002-03 39 Carolina Hurricanes NHL 82 22 35 57 0.70 21 0.26 83 38 80 13 -22 30 13 8 1 1 156 1.90 14.1 1635 19:56
2003-04 40 2 Teams NHL 80 13 27 40 0.50 15 0.18 58 30 38 1 -9 14 6 7 0 2 91 1.14 14.3 1266 15:49
2003-04 40 Carolina Hurricanes NHL 68 10 20 30 0.44 11 0.16 44 23 34 1 -12 14 5 5 0 1 79 1.16 12.7 1101 16:12
2003-04 40 Toronto Maple Leafs NHL 12 3 7 10 0.83 4 0.29 14 7 4 0 3 0 1 2 0 1 12 1.00 25.0 165 13:44
Career NHL 1731 549 1249 1798 1.04 642 0.37 2635 1152 1843 350 -10 979 349 188 12 79 3754 2.17 14.6 9728 20:06

Playoffs

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Season Age Team Lg GP G A PTS PTS/G +/- PIM ESG PPG SHG GWG SOG SOG/G SPCT TOI ATOI
1980-81 17 Sault Ste. Marie Greyhounds OMJHL 19 7 8 15 0.79 34
1985-86 22 Hartford Whalers NHL 10 1 2 3 0.30 -1 4 1 0 0 0 27 2.70 3.7
1986-87 23 Hartford Whalers NHL 6 2 2 4 0.67 -1 6 1 1 0 0 15 2.50 13.3
1987-88 24 Hartford Whalers NHL 6 2 5 7 1.17 5 2 1 1 0 0 8 1.33 25.0
1988-89 25 Hartford Whalers NHL 4 0 2 2 0.50 -2 0 0 0 0 0 10 2.50 0.0
1989-90 26 Hartford Whalers NHL 7 3 3 6 0.86 2 8 2 1 0 0 21 3.00 14.3
1990-91 27 Pittsburgh Penguins NHL SC 24 7 10 17 0.71 13 24 7 0 0 4 48 2.00 14.6
1991-92 28 Pittsburgh Penguins NHL SC 21 8 19 27 1.29 8 6 6 2 0 2 58 2.76 13.8
1992-93 29 Pittsburgh Penguins NHL 12 6 11 17 1.42 5 19 5 1 0 1 26 2.17 23.1
1993-94 30 Pittsburgh Penguins NHL 6 0 2 2 0.33 -2 6 0 0 0 0 9 1.50 0.0
1994-95 31 Pittsburgh Penguins NHL 12 6 13 19 1.58 3 4 4 2 0 0 30 2.50 20.0
1995-96 32 Pittsburgh Penguins NHL 11 3 6 9 0.82 3 4 1 2 0 1 23 2.09 13.0
1996-97 33 Pittsburgh Penguins NHL 5 1 2 3 0.60 -7 2 0 1 0 0 6 1.20 16.7
1997-98 34 Pittsburgh Penguins NHL 6 1 5 6 1.00 5 2 1 0 0 0 19 3.17 5.3
1998-99 35 Carolina Hurricanes NHL 3 0 1 1 0.33 1 0 0 0 0 0 4 1.33 0.0 49 16:27
2000-01 37 Carolina Hurricanes NHL 3 0 0 0 0.00 -2 0 0 0 0 0 5 1.67 0.0 40 13:21
2001-02 38 Carolina Hurricanes NHL 23 6 10 16 0.70 -2 6 2 4 0 3 51 2.22 11.8 484 21:03
2003-04 40 Toronto Maple Leafs NHL 12 0 4 4 0.33 0 2 0 0 0 0 14 1.17 0.0 186 15:28
Career NHL 2 171 46 97 143 0.84 28 95 31 15 0 11 374 2.19 12.3 759 18:31

Appearances on Leader Boards, Awards, and Honors

Glossary

All-Star Games

1983 NHL
1985 NHL
1990 NHL
1996 NHL

Awards

1994-95 NHL Frank J. Selke Trophy
1994-95 NHL Lady Byng Memorial Trophy
1997-98 NHL Lady Byng Memorial Trophy
2001-02 NHL King Clancy Memorial Trophy
2001-02 NHL Lady Byng Memorial Trophy

Games Played

1984-85 NHL 80 (1)
 1987-88 NHL 80 (1)
 1989-90 NHL 80 (1)
 1990-91 NHL 81 (2)
1992-93 NHL 84 (2)
1998-99 NHL 82 (2)
2000-01 NHL 82 (3)
2002-03 NHL 82 (4)
Career NHL 1731 (3)

Goals

Career NHL 549 (24)

Assists

1982-83 NHL 59 (10)
1986-87 NHL 63 (5)
1989-90 NHL 69 (7)
1990-91 NHL 64 (10)
1992-93 NHL 76 (9)
1993-94 NHL 66 (9)
1994-95 NHL 48 (1)
 1995-96 NHL 92 (1)
 1996-97 NHL 63 (3)
1997-98 NHL 62 (4)
1999-00 NHL 50 (10)
2001-02 NHL 50 (4)
Career NHL 1249 (2)

Assists Per Game

1985-86 NHL 1.00 (5)
1986-87 NHL 0.84 (6)
1989-90 NHL 0.86 (9)
1994-95 NHL 1.09 (1)
 1995-96 NHL 1.19 (2)
1996-97 NHL 0.78 (8)
1997-98 NHL 0.77 (5)
Career NHL 0.72 (19)

Points

1994-95 NHL 59 (5)
1995-96 NHL 119 (4)
1996-97 NHL 90 (8)
1997-98 NHL 87 (5)
2001-02 NHL 77 (9)
Career NHL 1798 (4)

Points Per Game

1985-86 NHL 1.45 (7)
1994-95 NHL 1.34 (4)
1995-96 NHL 1.55 (4)
1997-98 NHL 1.07 (10)
Career NHL 1.04 (38)

Goals Created

1997-98 NHL 30.2 (10)
Career NHL 641.7 (7)

Goals Created Per Game

1995-96 NHL 0.51 (9)
Career NHL 0.37 (75)

Total Goals For

1995-96 NHL 189 (3)
1996-97 NHL 141 (5)
1997-98 NHL 126 (1)
 Career NHL 2635 (6)

Power Play Goals For

1984-85 NHL 63 (2)
1986-87 NHL 61 (4)
1992-93 NHL 84 (6)
1995-96 NHL 92 (2)
1996-97 NHL 50 (6)
1997-98 NHL 50 (10)
2001-02 NHL 51 (3)
Career NHL 1152 (4)

Total Goals Against

1996-97 NHL 110 (7)
Career NHL 1843 (9)

Power Play Goals Against

Career NHL 350 (78)

Plus/Minus

1994-95 NHL 30 (1)

Even Strength Goals

Career NHL 349 (24)

Power Play Goals

2001-02 NHL 14 (6)
Career NHL 188 (18)

Game-Winning Goals

1986-87 NHL 7 (5)
1990-91 NHL 7 (8)
Career NHL 79 (23)

Shots on Goal

Career NHL 3754 (21)
  

Transactions

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March 4, 1991: Traded to Pittsburgh by Hartford with Grant Jennings and Ulf Samuelsson for John Cullen, Jeff Parker and Zarley Zalapski, March 4, 1991.

July 13, 1998: Signed as a free agent by Carolina, July 13, 1998.

March 9, 2004: Traded to Toronto by Carolina for Toronto's 4th round choice (later traded to Columbus - Columbus selected Jared Boll) in 2005 Entry Draft, March 9, 2004.

September 14, 2005: Officially announced retirement, September 14, 2005.