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Ron Francis's 1981-1982 season

Points

NHL#74

Goals

NHL#89

Assists

NHL#60

Plus/minus

-15

NHL#531

Games

73% of 80

Centre Ron Francis was 18 years old when the 1981-1982 season began, his 1st in the NHL, and played it for Hartford Whalers. He played 59 of a possible 80 games and scored 25 goals and 43 assists for 68 points, 1.15 points per game. Hartford Whalers did not reach the playoffs.

Below: the whole season, game by game.

1981-1982

Year 1981
45 years ago
A late start
November 14
Ron Francis's season starts in game 17 of 80
Hartford Whalers have played 16 games16 of 80 without him
NHL debut
November 14
Ron Francis makes his NHL debut
WSHWashington Capitals4–0HFDHartford Whalers
Ron was 18 years old · Hartford Civic Center, USA
One other Swede was on the ice: Bengt-Åke Gustafsson.
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- The game
  WSH4–0HFD
  L
  November 14game 17/801
  His night
  No points
  0+/-3SOG
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- The game
  TOR5–8HFD
  W
  November 18game 18/801
  His night
  +3P+1G+2A
  +1+/-3SOG1PPP
  +3 points
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Milestone
Ron Francis records his first NHL assist
in the game against Toronto Maple Leafs · November 18
Milestone
Ron Francis scores his first NHL goal
in the game against Toronto Maple Leafs · November 18
- The game
  HFD1–6BOS
  L
  November 19game 19/80
  His night
  No points
  0+/-2SOG
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- The game
  HFD3–7QUE
  L
  November 21game 20/80
  His night
  +1P+1A
  -2+/-1SOG
  +1 assist
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- Checkpoint
  November 21
  1/4 into the season
  Game 20 of 804 of 20 played
  4
  points
  NHL#303
  1
  goals
  NHL#276
  3
  assists
  NHL#282
  HFD
  3-10-0W-L-OT13Points
  19th in the whole NHL
- The game
  QUE3–3HFD
  November 25game 21/80
  His night
  No points
  0+/-2SOG
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- The game
  WSH2–6HFD
  W
  November 28game 22/801
  His night
  +1P+1G
  0+/-3SOG
  +1 goal
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- The game
  HFD3–6MTL
  L
  November 29game 23/80
  His night
  +3P+1G+2A
  +1+/-2SOG2PPP
  +3 points
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- December 1981
- The game
  HFD5–3TOR
  W
  December 2game 24/801
  His night
  +3P+1G+2A
  0+/-2SOG2PPP
  +3 points
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- The game
  BUF4–2HFD
  L
  December 4game 25/80
  His night
  No points
  0+/-0SOG
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- The game
  HFD5–3NYR
  W
  December 6game 26/801
  His night
  +1P+1A
  -1+/-3SOG1PPP
  +1 assist
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- The game
  STL1–5HFD
  W
  December 9game 27/801
  His night
  +4P+2G+2A
  +2+/-4SOG2PPP
  +4 points
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- The game
  CLR4–2HFD
  L
  December 12game 28/80
  His night
  No points
  0+/-3SOG
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- The game
  HFD3–8CHI
  L
  December 13game 29/80
  His night
  +1P+1A
  -1+/-1SOG
  +1 assist
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- The game
  MTL6–1HFD
  L
  December 16game 30/80
  His night
  No points
  -1+/-1SOG
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- The game
  LAK5–5HFD
  December 19game 31/80
  His night
  +2P+1G+1A
  -2+/-4SOG1PPP
  +2 points
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- The game
  HFD2–8BUF
  L
  December 20game 32/80
  His night
  No points
  -1+/-1SOG
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- The game
  HFD3–2DET
  W
  December 22game 33/80
  His night
  +1P+1A
  0+/-2SOG
  +1 assist
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- The game
  BOS9–6HFD
  L
  December 26game 34/80
  His night
  +2P+2A
  -3+/-1SOG1PPP
  +2 assists
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- The game
  TOR3–7HFD
  W
  December 27game 35/801
  His night
  +3P+3A
  +2+/-0SOG1PPP
  +3 assists
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- The game
  HFD1–6STL
  L
  December 29game 36/801
  His night
  +1P+1A
  0+/-3SOG
  +1 assist
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- The game
  HFD6–1WIN
  W
  December 30game 37/802
  His night
  No points
  0+/-2SOG
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Year 1982
44 years ago
- The game
  HFD4–9PIT
  L
  January 2game 38/80
  His night
  +2P+1G+1A
  -2+/-3SOG1PPP
  +2 points
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- The game
  PIT6–4HFD
  L
  January 3game 39/80
  His night
  +3P+1G+2A
  +1+/-8SOG1PPP
  +3 points
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- The game
  WIN5–3HFD
  L
  January 6game 40/803
  His night
  +1P+1A
  0+/-2SOG1PPP
  +1 assist
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- Checkpoint
  January 6
  1/2 into the season
  Game 40 of 8024 of 40 played
  32
  points
  NHL#90
  9
  goals
  NHL#138
  23
  assists
  NHL#45
  HFD
  10-21-0W-L-OT29Points
  18th in the whole NHL
- The game
  BUF3–2HFD
  L
  January 9game 41/80
  His night
  No points
  +1+/-2SOG
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- The game
  HFD2–6QUE
  L
  January 11game 42/80
  His night
  +1P+1G
  -3+/-3SOG1PPP
  +1 goal
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- The game
  HFD3–3BOS
  January 16game 43/80
  His night
  +1P+1A
  +1+/-1SOG
  +1 assist
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- The game
  HFD1–7BUF
  L
  January 17game 44/80
  His night
  +1P+1A
  -1+/-2SOG1PPP
  +1 assist
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- The game
  QUE2–4HFD
  W
  January 20game 45/80
  His night
  +1P+1G
  0+/-6SOG1PPP
  +1 goal
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- The game
  HFD2–2DET
  January 23game 46/80
  His night
  +1P+1A
  0+/-0SOG
  +1 assist
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- The game
  HFD6–5CHI
  W
  January 25game 47/80
  His night
  +2P+2G
  +1+/-3SOG1PPP
  +2 goals
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- The game
  CGY1–3HFD
  W
  January 27game 48/802
  His night
  +1P+1G
  +1+/-1SOG
  +1 goal
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- February 1982
- The game
  HFD3–3PIT
  February 10game 54/80
  His night
  +2P+1G+1A
  +2+/-4SOG
  +2 points
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- The game
  NYR3–2HFD
  L
  February 13game 55/801
  His night
  +2P+1G+1A
  0+/-4SOG2PPP
  +2 points
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- The game
  NYI9–1HFD
  L
  February 14game 56/803
  His night
  +1P+1A
  -2+/-3SOG1PPP
  +1 assist
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- The game
  HFD2–7CGY
  L
  February 16game 57/801
  His night
  +2P+2A
  0+/-3SOG
  +2 assists
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- The game
  HFD4–7EDM
  L
  February 19game 58/80
  His night
  No points
  0+/-2SOG
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- The game
  HFD2–4VAN
  L
  February 20game 59/803
  His night
  No points
  -1+/-5SOG
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- The game
  HFD7–8MNS
  L
  February 22game 60/802
  His night
  +2P+2A
  -1+/-4SOG1PPP
  +2 assists
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- Checkpoint
  February 22
  3/4 into the season
  Game 60 of 8039 of 60 played
  49
  points
  NHL#85
  16
  goals
  NHL#116
  33
  assists
  NHL#59
  HFD
  16-30-0W-L-OT46Points
  17th in the whole NHL
- The game
  BOS3–4HFD
  W
  February 24game 61/80
  His night
  No points
  0+/-3SOG
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- The game
  HFD1–7WSH
  L
  February 27game 62/80
  His night
  No points
  -1+/-3SOG
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- The game
  MTL5–0HFD
  L
  February 28game 63/80
  His night
  No points
  0+/-2SOG
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- March 1982
- The game
  HFD3–3BUF
  March 3game 64/80
  His night
  No points
  -1+/-1SOG
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- The game
  BUF2–2HFD
  March 6game 65/80
  His night
  No points
  0+/-4SOG
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- The game
  LAK6–7HFD
  W
  March 7game 66/80
  His night
  +2P+1G+1A
  +1+/-5SOG
  +2 points
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- The game
  WIN2–6HFD
  W
  March 10game 67/803
  His night
  +3P+1G+2A
  +3+/-4SOG
  +3 points
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- The game
  HFD0–5MTL
  L
  March 13game 68/80
  His night
  No points
  -1+/-1SOG
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- The game
  CLR4–3HFD
  L
  March 14game 69/80
  His night
  +1P+1G
  -1+/-5SOG
  +1 goal
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- The game
  HFD7–5QUE
  W
  March 16game 70/80
  His night
  +2P+1G+1A
  +1+/-2SOG
  +2 points
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- The game
  BUF1–4HFD
  W
  March 18game 71/80
  His night
  +2P+2A
  +2+/-2SOG
  +2 assists
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- The game
  PHI5–2HFD
  L
  March 20game 72/801
  His night
  +2P+1G+1A
  -2+/-5SOG2PPP
  +2 points
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- The game
  HFD3–5PHI
  L
  March 21game 73/801
  His night
  No points
  -2+/-3SOG
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- The game
  QUE3–3HFD
  March 24game 74/80
  His night
  +1P+1A
  +1+/-5SOG
  +1 assist
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- The game
  HFD4–5NYI
  L
  March 27game 75/803
  His night
  +2P+2G
  -1+/-4SOG
  +2 goals
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- The game
  MNS5–2HFD
  L
  March 28game 76/802
  His night
  +1P+1A
  0+/-3SOG
  +1 assist
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- The game
  HFD4–6MTL
  L
  March 30game 77/80
  His night
  +2P+2G
  0+/-6SOG1PPP
  +2 goals
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- The game
  MTL5–1HFD
  L
  March 31game 78/80
  His night
  +1P+1A
  -2+/-1SOG1PPP
  +1 assist
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- April 1982
- The game
  NYR3–3HFD
  April 3game 79/80
  His night
  No points
  -2+/-2SOG
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- The game
  HFD2–7BOS
  L
  April 4game 80/80
  His night
  No points
  -2+/-3SOG
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The season in numbers
April 4
Ron Francis closes the 1981-1982 season with 68 points
HFDHartford Whalers
Hartford Whalers did not reach the playoffs
Points
68
NHL#74
Games
59of 80
74%
Goals
25
NHL#89
Assists
43
NHL#60
P/GP
1.15
NHL#34
+/-
-15
NHL#531
Events
50
career points
25
career goals
1
First NHL assist
11 i rad
games with a point · 15 pts
4 i rad
games with a goal

Ron Francis's season starts in game 17 of 80

Ron Francis makes his NHL debut

Ron Francis records his first NHL assist

Ron Francis scores his first NHL goal

1/4 into the season

1/2 into the season

3/4 into the season

Ron Francis closes the 1981-1982 season with 68 points