Ray Ferraro's NHL career
Centre Ray Ferraro was drafted 88th overall by Hartford Whalers in 1982. He played 18 seasons for 6 clubs, 1984-2002. That came to 1258 games and 898 points, 408 goals and 490 assists.
Below: the whole of Ray Ferraro's career, season by season.
- Year 19821982 NHL Draft
Ray Ferraro is drafted 88 overall by Hartford Whalers
Selected88 overall, round 5Swedes drafted
14 selectedFirst Swede off the board
Jens Johansson#30First off the board- 1Gord KluzakBOS
- 2Brian BellowsMNS
- 3Gary NylundTOR
Swedes from the same draftUlf Samuelsson1080 GP · 332 P
Tomas Sandström983 GP · 856 P
Ulf Isaksson50 GP · 22 P
- 2 years, 6 months and 10 days later · 3 seasonsYear 19841984-1985 seasonNHL debut
Ray Ferraro makes his NHL debut
Ray was 20 years old ·
Hartford Civic Center, USA
One other Swede was on the ice:
Mats Thelin.
Year 1985Season1984-1985
Ray Ferraro's first NHL season: 28 points
Events36games missedThe whole season1984-1985Points28NHL#249Games44 of 8055%Goals11NHL#224Assists17NHL#254P/GP0.64NHL#159+/--1NHL#297 - Year 1986Season
1985-1986
Ray Ferraro scores 77 points
EventsCareer bestHis best assist seasonThe whole season and the playoff run1985-1986Points77NHL#36Games76 of 8095%Goals30NHL#54Assists47NHL#38P/GP1.01NHL#46+/-+10NHL#104PlayoffsEliminated by Montréal Canadiens0 of 10 games0 pointsFirst roundQUEQuebec Nordiques3–0Second roundMTLMontréal Canadiens3–4 - Year 1987Season
1986-1987
Ray Ferraro scores 59 points
The whole season and the playoff run1986-1987Points59NHL#80Games80 of 80100%Goals27NHL#60Assists32NHL#102P/GP0.74NHL#104+/--9NHL#511PlayoffsEliminated by Quebec Nordiques0 of 6 games0 pointsFirst roundQUEQuebec Nordiques2–4 - Year 1988Season
1987-1988
Ray Ferraro scores 50 points
The whole season and the playoff run1987-1988Points50NHL#117Games68 of 8085%Goals21NHL#100Assists29NHL#125P/GP0.74NHL#111+/-+1NHL#224PlayoffsEliminated by Montréal Canadiens0 of 6 games0 pointsFirst roundMTLMontréal Canadiens2–4 - Year 1989Season
1988-1989
Ray Ferraro scores 41 goals — his best goal-scoring season
EventsCareer bestHis best goal-scoring seasonThe whole season and the playoff run1988-1989Points76NHL#43Games80 of 80100%Goals41NHL#19Assists35NHL#91P/GP0.95NHL#58+/-+1NHL#221PlayoffsEliminated by Montréal Canadiens0 of 4 games0 pointsFirst roundMTLMontréal Canadiens0–4 - Year 1990Season
1989-1990
Ray Ferraro scores 54 points
The whole season and the playoff run1989-1990Points54NHL#104Games79 of 8099%Goals25NHL#73Assists29NHL#128P/GP0.68NHL#135+/--15NHL#607PlayoffsEliminated by Boston Bruins0 of 7 games0 pointsFirst roundBOSBoston Bruins3–4 - Year 1991Season
1990-1991
Ray Ferraro scores 42 points
The whole season1990-1991Points42NHL#129Games76 of 8095%Goals21NHL#79Assists21NHL#171P/GP0.55NHL#157+/--12NHL#586 - Year 1992Season
1991-1992
Ray Ferraro scores 80 points — the best season of his career
EventsCareer bestHis best points seasonThe whole season1991-1992Points80NHL#28Games80 of 80100%Goals40NHL#14Assists40NHL#58P/GP1.00NHL#35+/-+25NHL#16 - Year 1993Season
1992-1993
Ray Ferraro plays only 46 games for 27 points
Events38games missedThe whole season and the playoff run1992-1993Points27NHL#253Games46 of 8455%Goals14NHL#184Assists13NHL#320P/GP0.59NHL#181+/-0NHL#303PlayoffsEliminated by Montréal Canadiens0 of 18 games0 pointsFirst roundWSHWashington Capitals4–2Second roundPITPittsburgh Penguins4–3Conference finalMTLMontréal Canadiens1–4 - Year 1994Season
1993-1994
Ray Ferraro scores 53 points
The whole season and the playoff run1993-1994Points53NHL#111Games82 of 8498%Goals21NHL#102Assists32NHL#108P/GP0.65NHL#129+/-+1NHL#257PlayoffsEliminated by New York Rangers0 of 4 games0 pointsFirst roundNYRNew York Rangers0–4 - Year 1995Season
1994-1995
Ray Ferraro scores 43 points
The whole season1994-1995Points43NHL#27Games47 of 4898%Goals22NHL#18Assists21NHL#66P/GP0.91NHL#43+/-+1NHL#244 - Year 1996Season
1995-1996
Ray Ferraro scores 60 points
The whole season1995-1996Points60NHL#74Games76 of 8293%Goals29NHL#44Assists31NHL#103P/GP0.79NHL#78+/-0NHL#311 - Year 1997Season
1996-1997
Ray Ferraro scores 46 points
The whole season1996-1997Points46NHL#109Games81 of 8299%Goals25NHL#56Assists21NHL#174P/GP0.57NHL#148+/--22NHL#751 - Year 1998Season
1997-1998
Ray Ferraro plays only 40 games for 15 points
Events42games missedThe whole season and the playoff run1997-1998Points15NHL#355Games40 of 8249%Goals6NHL#292Assists9NHL#361P/GP0.38NHL#245+/--10NHL#662PlayoffsEliminated by St. Louis Blues0 of 4 games0 pointsFirst roundSTLSt. Louis Blues0–4 - Year 1999Season
1998-1999
Ray Ferraro scores 31 points
Events1,000NHL games17games missedThe whole season1998-1999Points31NHL#192Games65 of 8279%Goals13NHL#158Assists18NHL#203P/GP0.48NHL#188+/-0NHL#316 - Year 2000Season
1999-2000
Ray Ferraro scores 44 points
The whole season1999-2000Points44NHL#118Games81 of 8299%Goals19NHL#99Assists25NHL#136P/GP0.54NHL#159+/--33NHL#836 - Year 2001Season
2000-2001
Ray Ferraro scores 76 points
EventsCareer bestHis best assist seasonThe whole season2000-2001Points76NHL#29Games81 of 8299%Goals29NHL#45Assists47NHL#23P/GP0.94NHL#42+/--11NHL#778 - Year 2002Season
2001-2002
Ray Ferraro's last season: 37 points
Events400career goals1,250NHL gamesThe whole season and the playoff run2001-2002Points37NHL#171Games76 of 8293%Goals14NHL#157Assists23NHL#163P/GP0.49NHL#190+/--30NHL#869PlayoffsEliminated by Detroit Red Wings0 of 10 games0 pointsFirst roundCHIChicago Blackhawks4–1Second roundDETDetroit Red Wings1–4 - The career
Ray Ferraro played his last NHL game in 2002
The career ended after 18 seasons, the last of them with St. Louis Blues.