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Ray Ferraro
Selected in
fifth round
No. 88 overall by Hartford Whalers
Born
August 23, 1964
 | Position:
Center
Height: 5-9 Weight: 170
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| BEFORE THE DRAFT |
Last Team:
Penticton (BCJHL)
Birthplace:
Trail, British Columbia (Canada)
Hometown: Trail, British
Columbia |
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| PRE-DRAFT
STATISTICS | | Year |
Team | League |
GP | G |
A | TP |
PIM | | 1980-81 |
Trail | WIHL |
1 | 0 |
1 | 1 |
0 | | 1981-82 |
Penticton | BCJHL |
48 | 65 |
70 | 135 |
50 |
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PRE-DRAFT AWARDS AND HONORS
Miscellaneous: Was outstanding baseball player as
boy in British
Columbia, playing on Trail's 1976 Canadian Little League title team. |
| NHL CAREER |
Debut: December 19, 1984 (Boston at
Hartford)
Numbers: 26 (Hartford); 33, 20
(N.Y. Islanders); 21 (N.Y. Rangers); 20, 26 (Los Angeles); 21 (Atlanta); 13
(St. Louis)
Stanley Cup: Never won.
Playing Status:
Retired August 2, 2002 |
| CAREER NHL STATISTICS | | Years |
Teams | GP |
G | A |
TP | PIM | | 1984-2002 |
Hartford, NYI, NYR,
L.A., Atlanta, STL | 1,258 |
408 | 490 |
898 | 1,288 |
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| CAREER NHL PLAYOFF STATISTICS | | Years |
Teams | GP |
G | A |
TP | PIM | | 1986-2002 |
HAR, NYI, LA, STL | 68 |
21 | 22 |
43 | 54 |
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NHL
AWARDS AND HONORS
All-Star Game: 1992 (N.Y. Islanders)
Hartford Favorite Whaler Award: 1988-89
Hartford Good Guy Award
(Media Vote): 1987-88
Hartford Founders Trophy (Community Service):
1987-88 (shared)
N.Y. Islanders Sportschannel MVP: 1995
N.Y.
Islanders Nystrom Award (Dedication): 1991-92
N.Y. Islanders Good
Guy Award (Media Vote): 1991-92
Atlanta 3-Stars Award (Home
3-Stars Leader): 1999-00, 2000-01
Atlanta Captain: September
2001 until March 18, 2002.
N.Y. Islanders Records: Most goals in a playoff game (4 on April 26,
1993, in Game 5 of first-round series at Washington, shares record)
NHL Shooting Percentage Leader: 1986-87 (Hartford) (28.1)
Hartford Playoffs Goals
Leader: 1989 (2, tie)
N.Y. Islanders Points
Leader: 1995 (43)
N.Y. Islanders Goals
Leader: 1991-92 (40, tie), 1995 (22)
N.Y. Islanders Assists Leader:
1995 (21)
N.Y. Islanders Playoffs Points
Leader: 1993 (20), 1994 (1, tie)
N.Y. Islanders Playoffs Goals
Leader: 1993 (13), 1994 (1, tie)
Los Angeles Goals
Leader: 1996-97 (25)
Atlanta Points Leader: 2000-01 (76)
Atlanta Assists
Leader: 2000-01 (47)
1999-00: Played on first Atlanta Thrashers team.
Broadcasting Career: Began working for ESPN as part-time hockey
analyst in 1998 NHL playoffs and continued in the role until retirement from
NHL in 2002. ... Named ESPN hockey analyst upon his Aug. 2, 2002, retirement
and remained in that position into 2003-04 season.
Miscellaneous: Was only NHL rookie to score two hat tricks during 1984-85
season. ... Missed part of 1985-86 season with separated shoulder, an injury
suffered during Hartford's Dec. 7, 1985, game vs. Boston. ... Scored two
goals in first game with N.Y. Islanders on Nov. 15, 1990, at Calgary. ...
Named NHL Player of Week for week ending Dec. 15, 1991. ... Was N.Y.
Islanders' nominee for 1991-92 NHL Bud Light Man of Year Award. ... Played
on line with Benoit Hogue and Pat Flatley for N.Y. Islanders in 1992-93. ...
Missed part of 1992-93 season with broken right fibula, an injury suffered
when he crashed into boards after being stopped on a breakaway by Ed Belfour and checked
from behind by Cam Russell during N.Y. Islanders' Dec.
10, 1992, game at Chicago. He did not return to action until Islanders'
March 9, 1993 game vs. Philadelphia. ... Missed part of 1992-93 season with
the flu, contracted in March 1993. ... Scored overtime goals in back-to-back
first-round playoff games for N.Y. Islanders vs. Washington on April 22 and
April 24, 1993. ... Missed part of 1995 season with knee injury, suffered
in N.Y. Islanders' March 9, 1995, game at Pittsburgh. ... Signed with
N.Y. Rangers as a Group III unrestricted free agent on July 19, 1995. ... Missed part of
1995-96 season with rib injury, suffered during Los Angeles' March 27, 1996,
game at Edmonton. ... Missed part of 1996-97 season with strained neck, suffered during Los Angeles' Feb. 1, 1997, game vs. Chicago. ... Was
Los Angeles' nominee for 1996-97 Mastertron Trophy. ... Missed part of
1997-98 season with torn cartilage in left knee, an injury suffered during
Los Angeles' Oct. 5, 1997, game at N.Y. Rangers. He did not return to action
until Los Angeles' Nov. 20, 1997, game vs. Chicago. ... Missed part of
1997-98 from complications related to knee injury that required surgery on
Dec. 8, 1997. He did not return to action until Los Angeles' Jan. 1, 1998,
game at Phoenix. ... Missed parts of 1997-98 season with strained
lower back, an injury suffered during Los Angeles' Jan. 20, 1998, game vs.
Calgary, with the flu, contracted in March 1998, and with strained
left knee, suffered in Los Angeles' March 21, 1998, game vs.
Phoenix and re-aggravated during Los Angeles' April 11, 1998, game vs.
Colorado. ... Missed part of 1998-99 season with torn lateral meniscus in
right knee, an injury suffered during Los Angeles' Jan. 5, 1999, game at
Edmonton. He did not return to action until Los Angeles' Jan. 29, 1999, game
at Washington. ... Played in his 1,000th career NHL game for Los Angeles on
Feb. 28, 1999, at Dallas.... Signed with Atlanta as a Group II unrestricted
free agent on Aug. 2, 1999. ... Missed part of 2000-01 season with strained
neck, suffered during Atlanta's Nov. 22, 2000, game at Tampa Bay.
... Scored first regular-season overtime goal in Atlanta Thrashers history
to beat Florida on Dec. 8, 2000. ... Named Atlanta assistant captain on Oct.
5, 2000, and served in role until promoted to captain. ... Played on line
with Andrew Brunette and Donald Audette for Atlanta in 2000-01. ... Was Atlanta's
nominee and an overall finalist for 2000-01 Masterton Trophy. ... Missed
start of 2001-02 season with knee injury, suffered during Atlanta's training
camp in September 2001. The injury required surgery on Sept. 28, 2001. ...
Missed part of 2001-02 season with back injury, suffered in Atlanta's Nov.
10, 2001, game at Washington and re-aggravated during Atlanta's Nov. 19,
2001, game vs. Buffalo. ... Scored his 400th career NHL goal for Atlanta on
Dec. 28, 2001, vs. Toronto. ... Missed part of 2001-02 season with sprained
wrist, an injury suffered during Atlanta's Feb. 12, 2002, game at St. Louis.
... Traded by Atlanta to St. Louis in exchange for a 2002 fourth-round pick
(Lane Manson) on March 18, 2002. The deal was made to give Ferraro a last
chance to win the Stanley Cup before his impending retirement. ...
Represented by agent Steve Bartlett during latter part of his career. |
| NON-NHL CAREER |
Post-Draft Teams:
Portland, Brandon (WHL); Binghamton (AHL); Capital District (AHL)
World Championships: 1989
(silver), 1992 (eighth), 1996 (silver)
NON-NHL
AWARDS AND HONORS
Memorial Cup: 1983 (Portland)
British
Columbia Hockey Hall of Fame: Inducted 2004
WHL MVP: 1983-84 (Brandon)
Molson/Cooper WHL Player of Year: 1983-84 (Brandon)
WHL
BrownridgeTrophy (Points
Leader): 1983-84 (Brandon) (192)
WHL
East All-Star First Team: 1983-84 (Brandon)
WHL Records: Most goals in season (108 for Brandon in 1983-84),
most hat tricks in season (15 for Brandon in 1983-84), most goals in game (7 for Brandon vs. Prince Albert on Jan. 5, 1984, shares record)
Brandon
Records: Most goals in one season (108 in 1983-84), most power-play
goals in one season (43 in 1983-84), most hat tricks in one season (15 in
1983-84), most goals in one game (7 vs. Prince Albert on Jan. 5, 1984,
shares record)
WHL Goals Leader: 1983-84 (Brandon) (108 goals)
1984-85: Played on AHL regular-season champion (Binghamton).
Miscellaneous: Traded by Portland (WHL)
with Brad Dugan, Derek Laxdal, Dave Thomlinson and Tony Horacek to Brandon in exchange for Blaine Chrest
in August 1983. ... Set WHL
single-season record (since broken) with 43 power play goals for Brandon in
1983-84. ... Assigned by N.Y. Islanders to Capital District (AHL) for
one-game injury-rehab stint in March 1993. ... Was active in charitable causes during his playing days, including work with Muscular Dystrophy Association,
the Connecticut
governor's anti-drug program and Los Angeles charity helping children with
AIDS. ... Was an avid Boston Red Sox fan throughout
his career. ... Named to center position on all-time Brandon (WHL) team by
team officials in March 1993.
Personal: Nicknamed "Chicken Parm"
by ESPN's NHL commentator and broadcast partner John Buccigross because
Ferraro once spilled
chicken parmesan on his work clothes while eating food brought into the
office from a restaurant near ESPN headquarters in Bristol, Conn. |
| HOW HE GOT AWAY |
| TRADE:
Hartford traded Ferraro to N.Y. Islanders in exchange for Doug Crossman on
November 13, 1990. |
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SNAPSHOT '82 | | Total Selected: |
252 | | Forwards: |
152 | | Defense: |
82 | | Goaltenders: |
18 | | Major Junior: |
129 | | Tier II/Jr. B: |
27/4 | | College Players: |
20 | | High School: |
37 |
| Canadian: |
152 |
| Euro-Canadian: |
3 | | USA Citizens: |
62 | | U.S.-Born: |
62 |
| European: |
35 |
| Reached NHL: |
109 |
| Stanley Cup: |
18 | | Hall of Fame: |
0 |
| All-Star Game: |
14 |
| Year-end All-Star: |
4 |
| Olympians: |
37 |
| Picks Traded: |
50 |
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