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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 1997-98. Pick one to see the two side by side, or choose someone else.

John LeClair PHI · 87 P in 82 GP Ziggy Palffy NYI · 87 P in 82 GP Teemu Selanne ANA · 86 P in 73 GP Pavel Bure VAN · 90 P in 82 GP Wayne Gretzky NYR · 90 P in 82 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

1997-98 season totals

GP G A P +/- PIM Shots Hits P/GP Shooting % Avg TOI
81 25 62 87 12 20 189 21 1.07 13.2 22:20

Game log

Date Opponent Result G A P +/- PIM Shots Hits TOI
Apr 18, 1998 vs BOS W 5-2 0 1 1 1 0 4 1 20:58
Apr 15, 1998 vs TBL W 5-1 1 2 3 2 0 2 0 19:49
Apr 11, 1998 vs FLA T 3-3 (OT) 0 0 0 -2 0 3 0 20:34
Apr 9, 1998 @ OTT L 1-4 1 0 1 -3 0 4 1 22:18
Apr 7, 1998 vs PHX L 1-2 0 0 0 -1 0 2 0 25:04
Apr 5, 1998 @ FLA L 1-3 0 0 0 -2 2 2 0 26:22
Apr 4, 1998 @ TBL W 4-1 1 1 2 -1 0 2 0 21:37
Apr 1, 1998 vs SJS L 2-3 1 0 1 -1 2 1 0 23:26
Mar 29, 1998 vs OTT T 1-1 (OT) 0 1 1 0 0 0 0 25:26
Mar 28, 1998 vs NYR T 2-2 (OT) 0 0 0 0 0 5 1 26:52
Mar 26, 1998 @ NYI L 3-4 0 1 1 1 0 3 0 26:49
Mar 22, 1998 @ DAL T 0-0 (OT) 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 25:03
Mar 21, 1998 vs PHI W 4-3 1 1 2 -2 2 3 0 24:14
Mar 18, 1998 vs EDM W 4-2 0 2 2 3 2 1 1 22:32
Mar 15, 1998 @ BUF L 0-3 0 0 0 -2 0 3 0 22:29
Mar 14, 1998 vs BUF W 2-1 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 22:46
Mar 11, 1998 vs CGY W 4-1 0 2 2 1 0 1 0 20:46
Mar 8, 1998 @ PHI L 3-4 (OT) 0 1 1 1 0 2 0 24:30
Mar 7, 1998 vs PHI W 6-4 1 3 4 3 0 7 0 23:37
Mar 5, 1998 vs CHI T 2-2 (OT) 2 0 2 1 0 5 0 23:11
Mar 2, 1998 vs TOR W 3-1 0 0 0 -1 0 3 0 23:38
Feb 28, 1998 @ BOS L 2-6 0 1 1 -1 0 2 1 19:42
Feb 25, 1998 @ MTL W 6-2 1 3 4 5 0 2 0 18:51
Feb 7, 1998 @ OTT T 2-2 (OT) 0 0 0 0 0 2 0 22:22
Feb 6, 1998 @ BUF T 2-2 (OT) 0 1 1 1 4 3 0 24:50
Feb 4, 1998 vs WSH T 2-2 (OT) 0 1 1 0 0 5 0 26:47
Feb 2, 1998 vs NYI L 2-4 0 2 2 0 0 1 0 24:41
Jan 31, 1998 vs DET W 4-2 0 1 1 1 0 1 0 21:59
Jan 29, 1998 @ BOS W 4-2 0 2 2 1 0 1 1 24:19
Jan 28, 1998 @ WSH T 2-2 (OT) 0 0 0 0 0 4 0 26:19
Jan 26, 1998 vs STL W 4-2 0 0 0 -1 0 2 0 22:01
Jan 24, 1998 vs BOS W 4-2 0 1 1 2 0 2 0 20:31
Jan 22, 1998 @ NJD W 3-2 0 1 1 2 0 0 1 22:57
Jan 20, 1998 vs OTT T 0-0 (OT) 0 0 0 0 2 2 1 27:52
Jan 14, 1998 @ BOS L 2-5 0 0 0 -1 0 2 1 24:52
Jan 12, 1998 @ CAR W 4-1 2 1 3 2 0 3 1 19:51
Jan 10, 1998 vs NJD W 4-1 0 1 1 1 0 1 0 22:14
Jan 7, 1998 @ NJD L 1-3 0 0 0 -1 0 2 0 23:37
Jan 6, 1998 @ NYI W 4-2 0 1 1 0 0 0 0 24:10
Jan 3, 1998 vs COL L 4-5 (OT) 0 1 1 1 0 2 0 25:37
Dec 31, 1997 vs CAR W 3-2 0 1 1 0 0 3 0 26:07
Dec 29, 1997 vs NYI W 5-1 3 0 3 2 0 8 1 20:35
Dec 27, 1997 vs MTL L 0-1 0 0 0 0 2 1 1 21:00
Dec 26, 1997 @ WSH W 4-1 0 2 2 2 0 3 0 22:58
Dec 20, 1997 @ STL L 1-4 1 0 1 -1 0 4 0 21:54
Dec 19, 1997 @ COL T 3-3 (OT) 0 1 1 2 0 3 0 25:24
Dec 16, 1997 vs TBL T 1-1 (OT) 0 0 0 -1 0 2 0 27:51
Dec 12, 1997 @ PHX T 2-2 (OT) 1 0 1 0 0 3 0 25:24
Dec 10, 1997 @ ANA W 3-0 0 1 1 1 0 1 0 20:18
Dec 9, 1997 @ LAK W 2-1 0 1 1 -1 0 2 0 24:16
Dec 6, 1997 vs ANA W 5-2 1 3 4 3 0 2 0 21:04
Dec 4, 1997 vs NJD L 0-4 0 0 0 -3 0 2 0 17:51
Dec 1, 1997 @ MTL W 1-0 0 1 1 1 0 1 1 22:03
Nov 29, 1997 vs MTL W 6-3 0 3 3 1 0 0 0 16:30
Nov 26, 1997 vs CAR W 3-2 0 0 0 -1 0 5 0 24:49
Nov 24, 1997 vs BUF W 5-1 0 1 1 1 0 3 0 22:32
Nov 22, 1997 vs NYR W 4-3 (OT) 0 0 0 2 0 2 0 24:53
Nov 20, 1997 @ OTT W 2-0 0 1 1 0 0 2 1 21:53
Nov 19, 1997 vs BOS T 3-3 (OT) 0 0 0 -1 0 0 0 22:29
Nov 15, 1997 @ TOR W 5-0 1 1 2 3 0 1 0 20:06
Nov 14, 1997 @ NYR L 1-3 0 0 0 -1 0 1 0 20:19
Nov 12, 1997 vs WSH L 1-4 0 0 0 -2 0 1 0 20:34
Nov 8, 1997 vs BUF T 2-2 (OT) 0 1 1 -2 0 2 0 21:41
Nov 7, 1997 @ DET T 1-1 (OT) 0 0 0 -1 0 2 1 23:33
Nov 5, 1997 vs DAL L 2-5 0 1 1 1 0 3 0 23:32
Nov 2, 1997 @ CHI L 1-3 0 0 0 0 2 1 0 21:25
Nov 1, 1997 vs VAN W 7-6 (OT) 1 2 3 -2 0 2 0 21:47
Oct 28, 1997 @ CGY L 3-6 0 0 0 -2 0 1 1 23:07
Oct 25, 1997 @ VAN W 3-2 (OT) 0 1 1 0 0 7 1 22:14
Oct 24, 1997 @ EDM L 3-4 1 2 3 0 0 4 4 22:17
Oct 22, 1997 @ SJS W 5-2 1 1 2 1 0 2 0 23:32
Oct 19, 1997 @ FLA W 4-1 0 2 2 1 0 0 0 16:03
Oct 17, 1997 @ TBL W 4-1 1 1 2 2 0 2 0 20:17
Oct 15, 1997 @ MTL T 1-1 (OT) 0 0 0 -1 0 0 0 18:02
Oct 14, 1997 @ NYR W 1-0 1 0 1 1 0 5 0 22:42
Oct 11, 1997 vs CAR W 4-1 1 1 2 1 0 6 0 00:00
Oct 9, 1997 @ PHI L 1-3 0 1 1 -1 2 2 0 20:31
Oct 8, 1997 vs MTL L 0-3 0 0 0 -1 0 1 0 21:31
Oct 4, 1997 vs FLA L 3-5 0 0 0 -4 0 2 0 18:33
Oct 3, 1997 @ CAR W 4-3 1 0 1 1 0 3 0 15:22
Oct 1, 1997 vs LAK T 3-3 (OT) 0 1 1 1 0 2 0 26:52