Ron Francis Whalers Career Highlights
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| DATE |
HIGHLIGHT |
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| 11/14/1981 | Ron Francis plays his 1st NHL game vs Washington. |
| 11/18/1981 | Ron Francis scores his 1st NHL goal and 1st NHL point (an assist) vs Toronto. |
| 1/27/1982 | Ron Francis scores his 14th NHL goal off of his face (narrowly avoiding eye damage) vs Calgary. He would don a shield for the rest of his career. |
| 10/6/1982 | Ron Francis changes his jersey number from 4 to 10. |
| 10/9/1982 | Ron Francis records his 1st NHL major penalty for fighting vs Boston. |
| 10/16/1982 | Ron Francis records five assists (tying the club records for points & assists in a game) vs Vancouver. |
| 12/8/1982 | Ron Francis records 100th NHL point (a goal) vs Montreal. |
| 1/9/1983 | Ron Francis plays his 100th NHL game vs Philadelphia. |
| 2/1/1983 | Ron Francis is named to the 1983 NHL All-Star game in New York. |
| 2/8/1983 | Ron Francis represents the Whalers in the 1983 NHL All-Star game in New York. |
| 3/6/1983 | Ron Francis scores his 1st NHL hat trick vs Quebec. |
| 3/21/1983 | Ron Francis records his 100th NHL assist vs Calgary. |
| 4/2/1983 | Ron Francis scores his 31st goal of the season to lead the Whalers in points with 90 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 record the Whalers 1st NHL overtime goal/win vs the New York Rangers. |
| 2/12/1984 | Ron Francis ties the club record for points in a game with 5 (4 goals, 1 assist) vs Edmonton. |
| 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 NHL hat trick) vs Edmonton. |
| 2/12/1984 | Greg Malone and Ron Francis record hat tricks in the same game for only the 2nd time in team history vs Edmonton. |
| 2/18/1984 | Ron Francis is named The Hockey News player of the week recording 5 goals and 4 assists in three games. |
| 3/21/1984 | Sylvain Turgeon ties the Whalers rookie points record (Ron Francis 81/82) with his 68th of the season (an assist) vs Edmonton. |
| 3/25/1984 | Sylvain Turgeon breaks the Whalers rookie points record (Ron Francis 81/82) with his 69th of the season (an assist) vs Quebec. |
| 12/15/1984 | Ron Francis scores the 1,500th goal in Whalers NHL history vs Montreal. |
| 1/7/1985 | Ron Francis scores his 3rd NHL hat trick (and added an assist) vs Toronto. |
| 2/12/1985 | Ron Francis represents the Whalers, scoring a goal in the 1985 NHL All-Star game in Calgary. |
| 2/23/1985 | Ron Francis is named team captain (6th NHL, 7th Franchise), replacing Mark Johnson. |
| 3/1/1985 | Ron Francis records his 300th NHL point (an assist) vs New Jersey. |
| 3/10/1985 | Ron Francis scores his 100th NHL goal (and added two assists) vs Montreal. |
| 4/7/1985 | Ron Francis records his 81st point of the season (an assist) to lead the Whalers in scoring vs Quebec. |
| 10/19/1985 | Ron Francis scores his 4th NHL hat trick vs Montreal. |
| 11/23/1985 | Ron Francis scores his 5th NHL hat trick (2nd of the season) 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 1986 All-Star game. |
| 1/19/1986 | Dave Babych is named interim team captain while Ron Francis recovers from a broken ankle. |
| 1/21/1986 | Ron Francis is named to the 1986 All-Star game. A fractured ankle will prevent him from playing and Sylvain Turgeon is later named as his replacement. |
| 4/9/1986 | Ron Francis records his 1st NHL playoff point (an assist) in his 1st NHL playoff game vs Quebec. |
| 4/12/1986 | Ron Francis scores his 1st NHL playoff goal (an adds an assists) vs Quebec. |
| 10/12/1986 | Ron Francis collects his 400th NHL point (a goal) vs Boston. |
| 12/31/1986 | Ron Francis records his 300th NHL assist vs Minnesota. |
| 2/14/1987 | Ron Francis plays his 400th NHL game vs Los Angeles. |
| 3/1/1987 | Ron Francis scores his 150th 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 held by Paul Lawless) vs Boston. |
| 3/9/1987 | Ron Francis is named NHL player of the week with 12 points in 3 games including a 6 assist game. |
| 10/24/1987 | Ron Francis collects his 500th NHL point (an assist) vs Chicago. |
| 11/18/1987 | Ron Francis scores his 6th NHL hat trick (tying Blaine Stoughton for the franchise NHL record) vs Buffalo. |
| 4/3/1988 | Ron Francis records his 75th point of the season (an assist) to lead the Whalers in scoring vs Pittsburgh. |
| 10/8/1988 | Ron Francis plays his 500th NHL game vs Boston. |
| 12/2/1988 | Ron Francis records his 400th NHL assist vs Buffalo. |
| 12/19/1988 | Ron Francis records his 600th NHL point (an assist) vs Montreal. |
| 1/25/1989 | Dave Tippett is named interim team captain while Ron Francis recovers from a broken finger. |
| 1/25/1989 | Ron Francis scores his 200th NHL goal vs St. Louis. |
| 1/27/1989 | Ron Francis scores his 7th NHL hat trick (adding 2 assists) vs New Jersey. |
| 2/9/1989 | Joel Quenneville assumes the interim team captain role (from Dave Tippett) while Ron Francis recovers from a broken finger. |
| 2/11/1989 | Dave Tippett re-assumes the interim team captain role (from Joel Quenneville who is back out with a shoulder injury) while Ron Francis recovers from a broken finger. Kevin Dineen and John Anderson serve as assistant captains. |
| 10/8/1989 | Ron Francis ties the Whalers (NHL) record for points in a game with 6 while recording his 8th NHL hat trick (3 goals, 3 assists) vs Quebec. |
| 11/3/1989 | 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. |
| 1/9/1990 | Ron Francis is selected for the 1990 NHL All-Star game (his 4th) in Pittsburgh. |
| 1/10/1990 | Ron Francis records his 700th NHL point (an assist) vs Vancouver. |
| 1/21/1990 | Ron Francis represents the Whalers, recording 2 assists in the 1990 NHL All-Star game in Pittsburgh. |
| 3/24/1990 | Ron Francis records his 500th NHL assist while breaking the Whalers franchise record for assist in a season with his 66th (Mike Rogers NHL, Mark Howe WHA) vs Montreal. |
| 3/31/1990 | Ron Francis records his 100th point of the season (an assist) vs Quebec. |
| 4/1/1990 | Ron Francis scores his career high 32nd goal of the season and sets his Whalers career high of 101 points vs Montreal. |
| 10/8/1990 | Ron Francis records his 750th NHL point (a goal) vs Montreal. |
| 11/23/1990 | Ron Francis scores his 250th NHL goal vs Boston. |
| 12/7/1990 | Ron Francis is relieved of his captain duties by head coach Rick Ley. Pat Verbeek, Randy Ladouceur, and Dean Evason are named assistant captains. |
| 2/2/1991 | Ron Francis plays his 700th NHL game recording a goal and an assist vs Philadelphia. |
| 2/6/1991 | Ron Francis records his 800th NHL point (a goal, and added two assists) vs Edmonton. |
| 2/13/1991 | Ron Francis scores his 264th (and last) Whalers goals (his 9th NHL hat trick, setting the Whalers NHL record for career hat tricks) while adding 2 assists vs Detroit. |
| 3/3/1991 | Ron Francis plays his last Whalers game, recording his last points (2 assists) vs Toronto. |
| 11/12/2007 | Ron Francis is inducted into the Hockey Hall of Fame. |
