Ron Francis

Toronto Maple Leafs

63 y.o.

Center

🏒Left Shot

Canada

Drafted4th Overallby

HFDin1981

Career Summary

Ron Francis played 23 NHL SEASONS from 1981-82 to 2003-04 for the Whalers, Penguins, Hurricanes, and Leafs. Across his NHL career, Francis recorded 549 GOALS and 1,249 ASSISTS for 1,798 CAREER POINTS. In the playoffs, Francis added 46 GOALS and 143 POINTS in 171 games. A 2-TIME STANLEY CUP champion, 3-TIME LADY BYNG MEMORIAL TROPHY winner, 1-TIME FRANK J. SELKE TROPHY winner and 1-TIME KING CLANCY MEMORIAL TROPHY winner. Francis was inducted into the Hockey Hall of Fame and named to the NHL Top 100 All-Time list.

Statistics

Per game

International

Regular Season Stats


1979-80	NOHA	Soo Legion	45	57	92	149	-	-	-	-
1980-81	OMJHL	Sault Ste. Marie	64	26	43	69	-	-	-	33
1981-82	NHL	Hartford Whalers	59	25	43	68	-15	163	15.3%	51
1981-82	OHL	Sault Ste. Marie	25	18	30	48	-	-	-	46
1982-83	NHL	Hartford Whalers	79	31	59	90	-26	210	14.8%	60
1983-84	NHL	Hartford Whalers	72	23	60	83	-12	202	11.4%	45
1984-85	NHL	Hartford Whalers	80	24	57	81	-24	199	12.1%	64
1985-86	NHL	Hartford Whalers	53	24	53	77	5	120	20.0%	24
1986-87	NHL	Hartford Whalers	75	30	63	93	11	189	15.9%	45
1987-88	NHL	Hartford Whalers	80	25	50	75	-8	172	14.5%	87
1988-89	NHL	Hartford Whalers	69	29	48	77	4	156	18.6%	36
1989-90	NHL	Hartford Whalers	80	32	69	101	13	170	18.8%	73
1990-91	NHL	Hartford Whalers	67	21	55	76	-2	149	14.1%	51
1990-91	NHL	Pittsburgh Penguins	14	2	9	11	0	25	8.0%	21
1991-92	NHL	Pittsburgh Penguins	70	21	33	54	-7	121	17.4%	30
1992-93	NHL	Pittsburgh Penguins	84	24	76	100	6	215	11.2%	68
1993-94	NHL	Pittsburgh Penguins	82	27	66	93	-3	216	12.5%	62
1994-95	NHL	Pittsburgh Penguins	44	11	48	59	30	94	11.7%	18
1995-96	NHL	Pittsburgh Penguins	77	27	92	119	25	158	17.1%	56
1996-97	NHL	Pittsburgh Penguins	81	27	63	90	7	183	14.8%	20
1997-98	NHL	Pittsburgh Penguins	81	25	62	87	12	189	13.2%	20
1998-99	NHL	Carolina Hurricanes	82	21	31	52	-2	133	15.8%	34
1999-00	NHL	Carolina Hurricanes	78	23	50	73	10	150	15.3%	18
2000-01	NHL	Carolina Hurricanes	82	15	50	65	-15	130	11.5%	32
2001-02	NHL	Carolina Hurricanes	80	27	50	77	4	165	16.4%	18
2002-03	NHL	Carolina Hurricanes	82	22	35	57	-22	156	14.1%	30
2003-04	NHL	Carolina Hurricanes	68	10	20	30	-12	79	12.7%	14
2003-04	NHL	Toronto Maple Leafs	12	3	7	10	3	12	25.0%	0

NHL Totals	–	1731	549	1249	1798	-18	3756	14.6%	977

Juniors Totals	–	25	18	30	48	-	-	-	46

Scores a goal every 6.2 games

Records an assist every 3.0 games

Earns a point every 2.0 games

Takes 1.1 shots per game

Gets at least 2 PIMs every 11.4 games

Scores a PP goal every 11.4 games

Earns a PP point every 4.0 games

Playoff Stats


1980-81	OMJHL	Sault Ste. Marie	19	7	8	15	-	-	-	34
1985-86	NHL	Hartford Whalers	10	1	2	3	-1	27	3.7%	4
1986-87	NHL	Hartford Whalers	6	2	2	4	-1	15	13.3%	6
1987-88	NHL	Hartford Whalers	6	2	5	7	5	8	25.0%	2
1988-89	NHL	Hartford Whalers	4	0	2	2	-2	10	0.0%	0
1989-90	NHL	Hartford Whalers	7	3	3	6	2	21	14.3%	8
1990-91	NHL	Pittsburgh Penguins	24	7	10	17	13	48	14.6%	24
1991-92	NHL	Pittsburgh Penguins	21	8	19	27	8	58	13.8%	6
1992-93	NHL	Pittsburgh Penguins	12	6	11	17	5	26	23.1%	19
1993-94	NHL	Pittsburgh Penguins	6	0	2	2	-2	9	0.0%	6
1994-95	NHL	Pittsburgh Penguins	12	6	13	19	3	30	20.0%	4
1995-96	NHL	Pittsburgh Penguins	11	3	6	9	3	23	13.0%	4
1996-97	NHL	Pittsburgh Penguins	5	1	2	3	-7	6	16.7%	2
1997-98	NHL	Pittsburgh Penguins	6	1	5	6	5	19	5.3%	2
1998-99	NHL	Carolina Hurricanes	3	0	1	1	1	4	0.0%	0
2000-01	NHL	Carolina Hurricanes	3	0	0	0	-2	5	0.0%	0
2001-02	NHL	Carolina Hurricanes	23	6	10	16	-2	51	11.8%	6
2003-04	NHL	Toronto Maple Leafs	12	0	4	4	0	14	0.0%	2

NHL Totals	–	171	46	97	143	28	374	12.3%	95

Records an assist every 3.0 games

Earns a point every 3.0 games

Takes 1.2 shots per game

Gets at least 2 PIMs every 12.0 games

Earns a PP point every 6.0 games

Last 5 Games

Season	Opponent	Date	A	P	+/-	S	Shifts	TOI
Playoffs	@ PHI	May 2	1	1	-1	1	22	16:23
Playoffs	vs PHI	Apr 30	0	0	1	2	22	15:32
Playoffs	vs PHI	Apr 28	1	1	1	1	19	14:04
Playoffs	@ PHI	Apr 25	0	0	0	1	17	14:13
Playoffs	@ PHI	Apr 22	0	0	-1	1	19	13:53

Awards

Year	Award
2001-02	King Clancy Memorial Trophy
2001-02	Lady Byng Memorial Trophy
2001-02	NHL Foundation Player Award
1997-98	Lady Byng Memorial Trophy
1994-95	Frank J. Selke Trophy
1994-95	Lady Byng Memorial Trophy
1991-92	Stanley Cup
1990-91	Stanley Cup