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Ron Francis

#10 · Centre · Toronto Maple Leafs · Hockey Hall of Fame

Born Mar 1, 1963 in Sault Ste. Marie, Ontario, CAN · 6'3", 200 lb · Shoots left · Drafted 4th overall in 1981 by HFD (round 1)

Trophy case

×2 Stanley Cup NHL Champion 1991-92, 1990-91
×3 Lady Byng Memorial Trophy Sportsmanship and Gentlemanly Conduct 2001-02, 1997-98, 1994-95
King Clancy Memorial Trophy Leadership and Humanitarian Contribution 2001-02
NHL Foundation Player Award Community Service 2001-02
Frank J. Selke Trophy Top Defensive Forward 1994-95

Compare with a similar player

The forwards closest to him in points in 1996-97. Pick one to see the two side by side, or choose someone else.

Ziggy Palffy NYI · 90 P in 80 GP Brendan Shanahan DET · 88 P in 81 GP Keith Tkachuk PHX · 86 P in 81 GP Mats Sundin TOR · 94 P in 82 GP Peter Forsberg COL · 86 P in 65 GP

Career

Regular season games only. Pick a season to see its game log below.

0501001981-82: 68 points6881-821982-83: 90 points901983-84: 83 points8383-841984-85: 81 points811985-86: 77 points7785-861986-87: 93 points931987-88: 75 points7587-881988-89: 77 points771989-90: 101 points10189-901990-91: 87 points871991-92: 54 points5491-921992-93: 100 points1001993-94: 93 points9393-941994-95: 59 points591995-96: 119 points11995-961996-97: 90 points901997-98: 87 points8797-981998-99: 52 points521999-00: 73 points7399-002000-01: 65 points652001-02: 77 points7701-022002-03: 57 points572003-04: 40 points4003-04

Points by season. The darker bar is the season shown below.

Season Team GP G A P +/- PIM Shots Hits P/GP
1981-82 HFD 59 25 43 68 -15 51 163 0 1.15
1982-83 HFD 79 31 59 90 -26 60 210 0 1.14
1983-84 HFD 72 23 60 83 -12 45 202 0 1.15
1984-85 HFD 80 24 57 81 -24 64 199 0 1.01
1985-86 HFD 53 24 53 77 5 24 120 0 1.45
1986-87 HFD 75 30 63 93 11 45 189 0 1.24
1987-88 HFD 80 25 50 75 -8 87 172 0 0.94
1988-89 HFD 69 29 48 77 4 36 156 0 1.12
1989-90 HFD 80 32 69 101 13 73 170 0 1.26
1990-91 HFD 67 21 55 76 -2 51 149 0 1.13
1990-91 PIT 14 2 9 11 0 21 25 0 0.79
1991-92 PIT 70 21 33 54 -7 30 121 0 0.77
1992-93 PIT 84 24 76 100 6 68 215 0 1.19
1993-94 PIT 82 27 66 93 -3 62 216 0 1.13
1994-95 PIT 45 11 48 59 30 18 94 0 1.31
1995-96 PIT 77 27 92 119 25 56 158 0 1.55
1996-97 PIT 81 27 63 90 7 20 183 0 1.11
1997-98 PIT 81 25 62 87 12 20 189 21 1.07
1998-99 CAR 82 21 31 52 -2 34 133 36 0.63
1999-00 CAR 78 23 50 73 10 18 150 48 0.94
2000-01 CAR 82 15 50 65 -15 32 130 37 0.79
2001-02 CAR 80 27 50 77 4 18 165 19 0.96
2002-03 CAR 82 22 35 57 -22 30 156 4 0.70
2003-04 CAR 68 10 20 30 -12 14 79 7 0.44
2003-04 TOR 12 3 7 10 3 0 12 4 0.83
23 seasons Career 1732 549 1249 1798 -18 977 3756 176 1.04

Playoffs

Playoff games only. Pick a season to see that year's bracket.

Season Team GP G A P +/- PIM Shots Hits P/GP
1985-86 HFD 10 1 2 3 -1 4 27 0 0.30
1986-87 HFD 6 2 2 4 -1 6 15 0 0.67
1987-88 HFD 6 2 5 7 5 2 8 0 1.17
1988-89 HFD 4 0 2 2 -2 0 10 0 0.50
1989-90 HFD 7 3 3 6 2 8 21 0 0.86
1990-91 PIT 24 7 10 17 13 24 48 0 0.71
1991-92 PIT 21 8 19 27 8 6 58 0 1.29
1992-93 PIT 12 6 11 17 5 19 26 0 1.42
1993-94 PIT 6 0 2 2 -2 6 9 0 0.33
1994-95 PIT 12 6 13 19 3 4 30 0 1.58
1995-96 PIT 11 3 6 9 3 4 23 0 0.82
1996-97 PIT 5 1 2 3 -7 2 6 0 0.60
1997-98 PIT 6 1 5 6 5 2 19 5 1.00
1998-99 CAR 3 0 1 1 1 0 4 4 0.33
2000-01 CAR 3 0 0 0 -2 0 5 5 0.00
2001-02 CAR 23 6 10 16 -2 6 51 17 0.70
2003-04 TOR 12 0 4 4 0 2 14 13 0.33
17 seasons Playoffs 171 46 97 143 28 95 374 44 0.84

1996-97 season totals

GP G A P +/- PIM Shots Hits P/GP Shooting % Avg TOI
81 27 63 90 7 20 183 0 1.11 14.8 0:00

Game log

Date Opponent Result G A P +/- PIM Shots Hits TOI
Apr 13, 1997 @ BOS L 3-7 1 2 3 0 0 3 0 00:00
Apr 11, 1997 @ FLA L 2-4 0 0 0 -1 2 2 0 00:00
Apr 10, 1997 @ TBL L 3-4 0 0 0 0 0 2 0 00:00
Apr 8, 1997 vs BOS W 3-1 0 1 1 1 0 2 0 00:00
Apr 5, 1997 vs OTT W 5-2 0 0 0 -1 4 0 0 00:00
Apr 3, 1997 vs HFD T 5-5 (OT) 1 0 1 -2 0 4 0 00:00
Mar 31, 1997 vs FLA W 4-3 0 2 2 1 0 4 0 00:00
Mar 29, 1997 vs LAK W 4-1 2 1 3 3 0 4 0 00:00
Mar 26, 1997 @ MTL L 5-8 1 4 5 2 0 3 0 00:00
Mar 24, 1997 @ NYR L 0-3 0 0 0 -2 0 1 0 00:00
Mar 22, 1997 vs NJD L 2-3 0 0 0 -1 0 0 0 00:00
Mar 20, 1997 vs TOR W 6-3 0 1 1 0 2 2 0 00:00
Mar 18, 1997 vs BUF W 5-3 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 00:00
Mar 16, 1997 @ DAL L 2-6 0 1 1 1 0 1 0 00:00
Mar 14, 1997 @ COL L 3-6 1 0 1 -1 0 4 0 00:00
Mar 12, 1997 @ PHX T 5-5 (OT) 0 1 1 0 0 0 0 00:00
Mar 10, 1997 vs MTL T 2-2 (OT) 0 0 0 -1 0 1 0 00:00
Mar 8, 1997 vs PHI W 3-2 (OT) 0 1 1 0 0 4 0 00:00
Mar 5, 1997 @ BUF L 2-4 0 2 2 -2 2 1 0 00:00
Mar 4, 1997 vs NJD L 1-3 0 0 0 -2 0 3 0 00:00
Mar 1, 1997 @ NJD L 3-6 0 0 0 -3 0 3 0 00:00
Feb 27, 1997 @ DET L 1-4 0 0 0 0 2 0 0 00:00
Feb 22, 1997 vs CHI L 2-5 0 0 0 -4 0 3 0 00:00
Feb 18, 1997 vs FLA W 4-2 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 00:00
Feb 16, 1997 vs PHI L 2-6 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 00:00
Feb 15, 1997 @ PHI L 1-5 0 0 0 -2 0 3 0 00:00
Feb 12, 1997 vs NYI L 1-5 1 0 1 -3 0 4 0 00:00
Feb 8, 1997 vs DET L 5-6 (OT) 0 2 2 1 0 1 0 00:00
Feb 5, 1997 @ MTL W 6-3 0 2 2 -2 0 3 0 00:00
Feb 4, 1997 vs VAN W 6-4 1 1 2 1 0 2 0 00:00
Feb 1, 1997 vs PHX W 4-1 0 0 0 1 0 1 0 00:00
Jan 29, 1997 @ BUF L 1-3 0 1 1 -2 0 2 0 00:00
Jan 26, 1997 @ MTL W 5-2 0 3 3 2 0 2 0 00:00
Jan 25, 1997 vs NYR L 4-7 0 0 0 -1 0 2 0 00:00
Jan 23, 1997 vs COL L 3-4 (OT) 1 0 1 -1 0 4 0 00:00
Jan 21, 1997 vs CGY W 4-2 1 1 2 1 4 2 0 00:00
Jan 15, 1997 @ HFD W 3-0 0 1 1 2 0 1 0 00:00
Jan 14, 1997 vs DAL W 3-1 0 2 2 2 0 3 0 00:00
Jan 11, 1997 @ OTT T 3-3 (OT) 0 0 0 0 0 3 0 00:00
Jan 10, 1997 vs NYI W 5-2 1 2 3 3 0 3 0 00:00
Jan 7, 1997 @ NYI W 5-3 1 0 1 1 0 2 0 00:00
Jan 4, 1997 vs TBL W 7-3 2 1 3 3 0 4 0 00:00
Jan 2, 1997 @ NJD W 6-1 1 0 1 2 0 2 0 00:00
Dec 30, 1996 vs WSH W 5-3 0 0 0 -1 0 0 0 00:00
Dec 28, 1996 vs BUF W 2-0 0 1 1 1 0 3 0 00:00
Dec 26, 1996 vs MTL T 3-3 (OT) 0 2 2 0 0 0 0 00:00
Dec 23, 1996 @ TOR W 6-5 1 1 2 -1 0 4 0 00:00
Dec 21, 1996 vs SJS W 3-1 1 1 2 3 0 4 0 00:00
Dec 19, 1996 @ STL W 4-0 0 1 1 2 0 0 0 00:00
Dec 17, 1996 vs BOS L 4-6 1 0 1 -1 0 5 0 00:00
Dec 15, 1996 @ CHI L 1-2 0 0 0 -2 0 2 0 00:00
Dec 13, 1996 @ SJS W 4-0 0 0 0 1 2 0 0 00:00
Dec 11, 1996 @ ANA W 7-3 0 2 2 0 0 0 0 00:00
Dec 10, 1996 @ LAK W 5-3 0 2 2 0 0 2 0 00:00
Dec 7, 1996 vs ANA W 5-3 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 00:00
Dec 6, 1996 @ WSH W 5-3 1 0 1 -1 0 3 0 00:00
Dec 4, 1996 @ OTT W 4-2 1 1 2 1 0 2 0 00:00
Dec 3, 1996 vs HFD T 4-4 (OT) 0 0 0 -1 0 2 0 00:00
Nov 30, 1996 vs BOS W 6-2 1 2 3 4 0 4 0 00:00
Nov 27, 1996 vs MTL T 2-2 (OT) 0 0 0 -1 0 4 0 00:00
Nov 22, 1996 @ HFD W 7-1 1 0 1 2 0 3 0 00:00
Nov 21, 1996 @ PHI L 3-7 0 1 1 0 0 1 0 00:00
Nov 19, 1996 vs STL W 4-2 0 1 1 1 0 1 0 00:00
Nov 16, 1996 vs NYR L 3-8 0 1 1 2 2 1 0 00:00
Nov 14, 1996 @ BOS L 1-2 (OT) 0 0 0 -1 0 1 0 00:00
Nov 12, 1996 vs BUF W 3-0 0 1 1 2 0 1 0 00:00
Nov 9, 1996 @ FLA L 2-4 0 1 1 -3 0 4 0 00:00
Nov 8, 1996 @ TBL T 5-5 (OT) 0 2 2 0 0 2 0 00:00
Nov 6, 1996 vs EDM W 5-2 1 2 3 2 0 3 0 00:00
Nov 2, 1996 vs OTT W 7-3 1 3 4 3 0 4 0 00:00
Nov 1, 1996 @ WSH L 2-4 0 0 0 -2 0 3 0 00:00
Oct 26, 1996 @ VAN L 1-2 0 1 1 0 0 1 0 00:00
Oct 24, 1996 @ CGY L 5-7 2 0 2 1 0 3 0 00:00
Oct 22, 1996 @ EDM L 2-5 0 0 0 -1 0 5 0 00:00
Oct 19, 1996 vs WSH W 2-1 1 0 1 1 0 4 0 00:00
Oct 17, 1996 @ BUF L 1-4 0 0 0 1 0 4 0 00:00
Oct 16, 1996 @ NYR L 1-8 0 1 1 -3 0 4 0 00:00
Oct 12, 1996 vs OTT W 3-2 0 2 2 -1 0 5 0 00:00
Oct 11, 1996 @ OTT L 2-3 0 1 1 1 0 5 0 00:00
Oct 8, 1996 @ HFD L 3-7 0 1 1 -1 0 0 0 00:00
Oct 5, 1996 vs TBL L 3-4 (OT) 0 0 0 1 0 1 0 00:00