Ron Harris

Ronald Thomas Harris (born June 30, 1942) is a Canadian former professional ice hockey player who played 476 games in the National Hockey League. He played for the Detroit Red Wings, Oakland Seals, Atlanta Flames, and New York Rangers.

On January 13, 1968, Harris, playing with the Oakland Seals against the Minnesota North Stars, was involved in the accident that caused the death of Bill Masterton. Harris is still plagued with memories of the incident to this day and has conducted only one interview on this subject, with the St. Paul Pioneer Press in 2003, in which he stated, "It bothers you the rest of your life. It wasn't dirty and it wasn't meant to happen that way. Still, it's very hard because I made the play. It's always in the back of my mind."

After Harris retired from the NHL, he began getting involved in other areas of the game, coaching the Windsor Spitfires and Spokane Flyers at the major junior level, and later working as an assistant coach for the Quebec Nordiques in the NHL.

Career statistics Regular season Playoffs Season Team League GP G A Pts PIM GP G A Pts PIM 1960–61 Hamilton Red Wings OHA-Jr. 47 1 9 10 63 12 0 0 0 45 1961–62 Hamilton Red Wings OHA-Jr. 50 7 29 36 85 10 3 2 5 25 1962–63 Detroit Red Wings NHL 1 0 1 1 0 — — — — — 1962–63 Pittsburgh Hornets AHL 62 3 18 21 88 — — — — — 1963–64 Detroit Red Wings NHL 3 0 0 0 7 — — — — — 1963–64 Cincinnati Wings CPHL 66 4 21 25 129 — — — — — 1964–65 Memphis Wings CPHL 70 18 18 36 75 — — — — — 1964–65 Pittsburgh Hornets AHL — — — — — 1 0 0 0 0 1965–66 San Francisco Seals WHL-Sr. 54 12 16 28 74 7 2 1 3 15 1966–67 California Seals WHL-Sr. 31 8 9 17 40 6 1 0 1 12 1967–68 California/Oakland Seals NHL 54 4 6 10 60 — — — — — 1968–69 Detroit Red Wings NHL 73 3 13 16 91 — — — — — 1969–70 Detroit Red Wings NHL 72 2 19 21 99 4 0 0 0 8 1970–71 Detroit Red Wings NHL 42 2 8 10 65 — — — — — 1971–72 Detroit Red Wings NHL 61 1 10 11 80 — — — — — 1972–73 Atlanta Flames NHL 24 2 4 6 8 — — — — — 1972–73 New York Rangers NHL 46 3 10 13 17 10 0 3 3 2 1973–74 New York Rangers NHL 63 2 12 14 25 11 3 0 3 14 1974–75 New York Rangers NHL 34 1 7 8 22 3 1 0 1 9 1975–76 New York Rangers NHL 3 0 1 1 0 — — — — — NHL totals 476 20 91 111 474 28 4 3 7 33