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Ron Francis Whalers Career Highlights
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DATE	HIGHLIGHT
11/14/1981	Ron Francis plays his 1st career NHL game vs Washington.
11/18/1981	Ron Francis scores his 1st NHL goal and 1st NHL point (an assist) vs Toronto.
10/16/1982	Ron Francis records five assists (tying the club records for points & assists in a game) vs Vancouver.
2/8/1983	Ron Francis represents the Whalers in the '83 NHL All-Star game in New York.
3/6/1983	Ron Francis scores his 1st career NHL hat trick vs Quebec.
11/26/1983	Ron Francis wins a key faceoff with 11 seconds left in OT, passes to Blaine Stoughton who scores with 8 seconds left to beat the New York Rangers 4-3.
2/12/1984	Ron Francis sets the Whalers (NHL) record for fastest goal to start a period at 8 seconds into the 3rd vs Edmonton.
2/12/1984	Ron Francis scores a career high 4 goals (tying the team NHL record for goals in a game while scoring his 2nd career hat trick) vs Edmonton.
1/7/1985	Ron Francis scores his 3rd career NHL hat trick (and added an assist) vs Toronto.
2/12/1985	Ron Francis represents the Whalers, scoring a goal in the '85 NHL All-Star game in Calgary.
2/22/1985	Ron Francis is named team captain (6th NHL, 7th Franchise), replacing Mark Johnson.
3/10/1985	Ron Francis scores his 100th career NHL goal (and added two assists) vs Montreal.
10/19/1985	Ron Francis scores his 4th career NHL hat trick vs Montreal.
11/23/1985	Ron Francis scores his 5th career NHL hat trick vs Winnipeg.
1/17/1986	Ron Francis scores on the Whalers 6th NHL penalty shot (against Richard Sevigny) vs Quebec.
1/18/1986	Ron Francis suffers a fractured ankle and torn ligaments vs Quebec, causing him to miss the '86 All-Star game.
10/12/1986	Ron Francis collects his 400th career NHL point (a goal) vs Boston.
12/31/1986	Ron Francis records his 300th career NHL assist vs Minnesota.
3/1/1987	Ron Francis scores his 150th career NHL goal vs New Jersey.
3/5/1987	Ron Francis records 6 assists (a career high) setting the team NHL record for assists in a game (and tying the points in an game record) vs Boston.
3/9/1987	Ron Francis is named NHL player of the week with 12 points in 3 games.
10/24/1987	Ron Francis collects his 500th career NHL point (an assist) vs Chicago.
11/18/1987	Ron Francis scores his 6th career NHL hat trick (tying Blain Stoughton for the franchise NHL record) vs Buffalo.
10/8/1988	Ron Francis plays his 500th career NHL game vs Boston.
12/2/1988	Ron Francis records his 400th career NHL assist vs Buffalo.
12/19/1988	Ron Francis records his 600th career NHL point (an assist) vs Montreal.
1/25/1989	Ron Francis scores his 200th career NHL goal vs St. Louis.
1/27/1989	Ron Francis scores his 7th career NHL hat trick vs New Jersey.
10/8/1989	Ron Francis ties (for the second time) the Whalers (NHL) record for points in a game with 6 while recording his 8th career NHL hat trick (3g,3a) vs Quebec.
11/4/1989	Ron Francis scores his 220th career goal to move past Blaine Stoughton as the Whalers all time leading goal scorer vs Los Angeles.
12/26/1989	Ron Francis is named NHL co-player of the week (shared with Bill Ranford) with 10 points in 3 games.
1/10/1990	Ron Francis records his 700th career NHL point (an assist) vs Vancouver.
1/21/1990	Ron Francis represents the Whalers, recording 2 assists in the '90 NHL All-Star game in Pittsburgh.
3/24/1990	Ron Francis records his 500th career NHL assist vs Montreal.
4/1/1990	Ron Francis scores his career high 32nd goal of the season vs Montreal.
11/23/1990	Ron Francis scores his 250th career NHL goal vs Boston.
12/7/1990	Ron Francis is relieved of his captian duties by head coach Rick Ley.
2/13/1991	Ron Francis records his last career Whalers goals (his 9th career NHL hat trick, setting the Whalers NHL record for career hat tricks) vs Detroit.
3/3/1991	Ron Francis plays his last career Whalers game, recording his last points (2 assists) vs Toronto.
11/12/2007	Ron Francis is inducted into the Hockey Hall of Fame.