Ray Ferraro

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CanadaCanada  Ray Ferraro Ice hockey player
Date of birth 23rd August 1964
place of birth Trail , British Columbia , Canada
size 178 cm
Weight 87 kg
position center
number # 13
Shot hand Left
Draft
NHL Entry Draft 1982 , 5th lap, 88th position
Hartford Whalers
Career stations
1980-1981 Trail Smoke Eaters
1981-1982 Penticton Knights
1982-1983 Portland Winter Hawks
1983-1984 Brandon Wheat Kings
1984-1990 Hartford Whalers
1990-1995 New York Islanders
1995-1996 New York Rangers
1996-1999 Los Angeles Kings
1999-2002 Atlanta Thrashers
2002 St. Louis Blues

Raymond Vincent "Ray" Ferraro (born August 23, 1964 in Trail , British Columbia ) is a former Canadian ice hockey player of Italian descent, who in the course of his active career between 1981 and 2002, among other things, 1326 games for the Hartford Whalers , New York Islanders , New York Rangers , Los Angeles Kings , Atlanta Thrashers and St. Louis Blues in the National Hockey League on the position of the center has denied. Ferraro, who was the third team captain in the Atlanta Thrashers' franchise history in the 2001/02 season , celebrated his greatest career success in the jersey of the Canadian national team with silver medal wins at the World Championships in 1989 and 1996 .

Career

Only after Ferraro was selected in the 1982 NHL Entry Draft by the Hartford Whalers in the fifth round as 88th, he went to the Western Hockey League for the Portland Winter Hawks . After a good season he moved within the league to the Brandon Wheat Kings , where he achieved a remarkable 108 goals and 192 points scorer .

The Whalers brought him into their squad for the 1984/85 season . This season he was still commuting between the farm team and the NHL. A year later he was fully in the NHL and helped Hartford to move back into the finals after five years of playoff abstinence with 77 points in 76 games. He was one of the pillars of the team for four more years before he was handed over to the New York Islanders shortly after the beginning of the 1990/91 season . The second of the five years with the Islanders was his best season, in which he got 80 scorer points with 40 goals and assists each. The following year he missed half the season due to injury.

For the 1995/96 season he moved within New York to the Rangers, but at the trade deadline shortly before the end of the season he left Manhattan and went to the Los Angeles Kings . Three mediocre years in LA were followed by three successful years with the Atlanta Thrashers , who were newly inducted into the NHL. Here he was also the captain in his last season. Late in the 2001/02 season he was given to the St. Louis Blues . After the end of the season, he ended his active career at the age of 37.

Since the end of his career, Ferraro worked as an ice hockey analyst, initially in the Edmonton Oilers environment, for various television stations. Since then, he has also been in demand nationally in this position.

International

At the international level, Ferraro represented the Canadian national team at the World Championships in 1989 , 1992 and 1996 . He won the silver medal in 1989 and 1996. In a total of 23 World Cup matches, the striker scored 13 points .

Achievements and Awards

International

Career statistics

Regular season Playoffs
season team league Sp T V Pt SM Sp T V Pt SM
1980/81 Trail Smoke Eaters BCJHL 1 0 1 1 0 - - - - -
1981/82 Penticton Knights BCJHL 48 65 70 135 90 - - - - -
1982/83 Portland Winter Hawks WHL 50 41 49 90 39 14th 14th 10 24 13
1983 Portland Winter Hawks Memorial Cup 4th 1 2 3 4th
1983/84 Brandon Wheat Kings WHL 72 108 84 192 84 11 13 15th 28 20th
1984/85 Binghamton Whalers AHL 37 20th 13 33 29 - - - - -
1984/85 Hartford Whalers NHL 44 11 17th 28 40 - - - - -
1985/86 Hartford Whalers NHL 76 30th 47 77 57 10 3 6th 9 4th
1986/87 Hartford Whalers NHL 80 27 32 59 42 6th 1 1 2 8th
1987/88 Hartford Whalers NHL 68 21st 29 50 81 6th 1 1 2 6th
1988/89 Hartford Whalers NHL 80 41 35 76 86 4th 2 0 2 4th
1989/90 Hartford Whalers NHL 79 25th 29 54 109 7th 0 3 3 2
1990/91 Hartford Whalers NHL 15th 2 5 7th 18th - - - - -
1990/91 New York Islanders NHL 61 19th 16 35 52 - - - - -
1991/92 New York Islanders NHL 80 40 40 80 92 - - - - -
1992/93 Capital District Islanders AHL 1 0 2 2 2 - - - - -
1992/93 New York Islanders NHL 46 14th 13 27 40 18th 13 7th 20th 18th
1993/94 New York Islanders NHL 82 21st 32 53 83 4th 1 0 1 6th
1994/95 New York Islanders NHL 47 22nd 21st 43 30th - - - - -
1995/96 New York Rangers NHL 65 25th 29 54 82 - - - - -
1995/96 Los Angeles Kings NHL 11 4th 2 6th 10 - - - - -
1996/97 Los Angeles Kings NHL 81 25th 21st 46 112 - - - - -
1997/98 Los Angeles Kings NHL 40 6th 9 15th 42 3 0 1 1 2
1998/99 Los Angeles Kings NHL 65 13 18th 31 59 - - - - -
1999/00 Atlanta Thrashers NHL 81 19th 25th 44 88 - - - - -
2000/01 Atlanta Thrashers NHL 81 29 47 76 91 - - - - -
2001/02 Atlanta Thrashers NHL 61 8th 19th 27 66 - - - - -
2001/02 St. Louis Blues NHL 15th 6th 4th 10 8th 10 0 3 3 4th
BCJHL total 49 65 71 136 90 - - - - -
WHL overall 122 149 133 282 123 25th 27 25th 52 33
AHL total 38 20th 15th 35 31 - - - - -
NHL overall 1258 408 490 898 1288 68 21st 22nd 43 54

International

Represented Canada to:

year team event result Sp T V Pt SM
1989 Canada WM 2nd place, silver 9 1 5 6th 8th
1992 Canada WM 8th place 6th 2 1 3 6th
1996 Canada WM 2nd place, silver 8th 0 4th 4th 2
Men overall 23 3 10 13 16

( Legend for player statistics: Sp or GP = games played; T or G = goals scored; V or A = assists scored ; Pkt or Pts = scorer points scored ; SM or PIM = penalty minutes received ; +/− = plus / minus balance; PP = overpaid goals scored ; SH = underpaid goals scored ; GW = winning goals scored; 1  play-downs / relegation )

family

Ferraro is married to Cammi Granato , who was herself an ice hockey player and was considered one of the best in the world during her playing days. By marrying Granato, he is related to her brother Tony Granato .

His son Landon from his first marriage is also a professional ice hockey player.

Web links

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ sportsillustrated.cnn.com, In Trail, Ferraro just one of the guys ( Memento from August 20, 2001 in the Internet Archive )
personal data
SURNAME Ferraro, Ray
ALTERNATIVE NAMES Ferraro, Raymond Vincent (full name)
BRIEF DESCRIPTION Canadian ice hockey player
DATE OF BIRTH 23rd August 1964
PLACE OF BIRTH Trail, British Columbia