Ron Handy

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| birth_date = {{birth date and age|1963|1|15|mf=y}}

| birth_place = Toronto, Ontario, Canada

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| played_for = New York Islanders
St. Louis Blues

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| draft = 57th overall

| draft_year = 1981

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Ronald Handy (born January 15, 1963) is a Canadian retired professional ice hockey player who played 14 games in the National Hockey League.

Biography

Handy was born in Toronto, Ontario. As a youth, he played in the 1976 Quebec International Pee-Wee Hockey Tournament with the Toronto Shopsy's minor ice hockey team.{{cite web|url=https://www.publicationsports.com/ressources/files/439/Joueurs_Pro.pdf|title=Pee-Wee players who have reached NHL or WHA|year=2018|website=Quebec International Pee-Wee Hockey Tournament|access-date=2019-01-12}}

Handy began his junior ice hockey career with the Sault Ste. Marie Greyhounds. In November 1981, he was traded along with a fifth-round draft pick to the Kingston Canadians, in exchange for Jim Aldred and Chuck Brimmer.{{cite news|title=Sports|last=Crawford|first=Bill|date=November 17, 1981|newspaper=The Sault Star|location=Sault St. Marie, Ontario|page=10|url=https://www.newspapers.com/article/the-sault-star-aldred-1981/169379237/}}; {{cite news|title=Terry Crisp greets newest Hounds|date=November 18, 1981|newspaper=The Sault Star|location=Sault St. Marie, Ontario|page=13|url=https://www.newspapers.com/article/the-sault-star-aldred-1981/169379301/}}

Handy played with the New York Islanders and St. Louis Blues. Handy was more known for his lengthy and traveled career through the minor league circuits of hockey. His last stop as a player was as a member of the Arkansas Riverblades, which he became the head coach of after retiring as a player.{{citation needed|date=January 2019}}

On July 31, 2015, Ron Handy was inducted into The Committee Hall of Fame. He was only one of six members inducted into the 2015 Committee HOF Class.{{citation needed|date=January 2019}}

Career statistics

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bgcolor="#e0e0e0" ! colspan="3" bgcolor="#ffffff" \| ! rowspan="99" bgcolor="#ffffff" \| ! colspan="5" \| Regular season ! rowspan="99" bgcolor="#ffffff" \| ! colspan="5" \| Playoffs
bgcolor="#e0e0e0" ! Season ! Team ! League ! GP ! G ! A ! Pts ! PIM ! GP ! G ! A ! Pts ! PIM
1979–80 \| Port Credit Titans \| MJBHL \| 3	2	3	5	0 \| —	—	—	—	—
bgcolor="#f0f0f0" \| 1979–80 \| Toronto Marlboros \| OMJHL \| 39	48	60	108	— \| —	—	—	—	—
1980–81 \| Sault Ste. Marie Greyhounds \| OHL \| 66	43	43	86	45 \| —	—	—	—	—
bgcolor="#f0f0f0" \| 1981–82 \| Sault Ste. Marie Greyhounds \| OHL \| 20	15	10	25	20 \| —	—	—	—	—
1981–82 \| Kingston Canadians \| OHL \| 44	35	38	73	23 \| 4	1	1	2	16
bgcolor="#f0f0f0" \| 1982–83 \| Kingston Canadians \| OHL \| 67	52	96	148	64 \| —	—	—	—	—
1982–83 \| Indianapolis Checkers \| CHL \| 9	2	7	9	0 \| 10	3	8	11	18
bgcolor="#f0f0f0" \| 1983–84 \| Indianapolis Checkers \| CHL \| 66	29	46	75	40 \| 10	2	5	7	0
1984–85 \| Springfield Indians \| AHL \| 69	29	35	64	38 \| 3	2	2	4	0
bgcolor="#f0f0f0" \| 1984–85 \| New York Islanders \| NHL \| 10	0	2	2	0 \| —	—	—	—	—
1985–86 \| Springfield Indians \| AHL \| 79	31	30	61	66 \| —	—	—	—	—
bgcolor="#f0f0f0" \| 1986–87 \| Indianapolis Checkers \| IHL \| 82	55	80	135	57 \| 6	4	3	7	2
1987–88 \| Peoria Rivermen \| IHL \| 78	53	63	116	61 \| 7	2	3	5	4
bgcolor="#f0f0f0" \| 1987–88 \| St. Louis Blues \| NHL \| 4	0	1	1	0 \| —	—	—	—	—
1988–89 \| Indianapolis Ice \| IHL \| 81	43	57	100	52 \| —	—	—	—	—
bgcolor="#f0f0f0" \| 1989–90 \| Fort Wayne Komets \| IHL \| 82	36	39	75	52 \| 5	3	1	4	0
1990–91 \| Kansas City Blades \| IHL \| 64	42	39	81	41 \| —	—	—	—	—
bgcolor="#f0f0f0" \| 1991–92 \| Kansas City Blades \| IHL \| 38	16	19	35	30 \| 15	13	8	21	8
1992–93 \| Kansas City Blades \| IHL \| 6	1	1	2	2 \| —	—	—	—	—
bgcolor="#f0f0f0" \| 1992–93 \| Peoria Rivermen \| IHL \| 18	0	7	7	16 \| —	—	—	—	—
1992–93 \| Wichita Thunder \| CHL \| 11	6	12	18	20 \| —	—	—	—	—
bgcolor="#f0f0f0" \| 1993–94 \| Wichita Thunder \| CHL \| 57	29	80	109	98 \| 11	12	10	22	12
1994–95 \| Sheffield Steelers \| BHL \| 6	8	6	14	2 \| —	—	—	—	—
bgcolor="#f0f0f0" \| 1994–95 \| Denver Grizzlies \| IHL \| 1	0	0	0	0 \| —	—	—	—	—
1994–95 \| Wichita Thunder \| CHL \| 46	24	45	69	72 \| 11	15	16	31	4
bgcolor="#f0f0f0" \| 1995–96 \| Huntsville Channel Cats \| SHL-Sr. \| 3	3	1	4	0 \| —	—	—	—	—
1995–96 \| Louisiana IceGators \| ECHL \| 58	20	65	85	34 \| 5	2	4	6	2
bgcolor="#f0f0f0" \| 1996–97 \| Louisiana IceGators \| ECHL \| 66	33	67	100	58 \| 17	5	17	22	0
1997–98 \| Huntsville Channel Cats \| CHL \| 46	27	33	60	50 \| 2	0	1	1	0
bgcolor="#f0f0f0" \| 1998–99 \| Lake Charles Ice Pirates \| WPHL \| 15	5	10	15	21 \| —	—	—	—	—
1999–00 \| Arkansas RiverBlades \| ECHL \| 9	1	1	2	8 \| —	—	—	—	—
ALIGN="center" bgcolor="#e0e0e0" ! colspan="3" \| NHL totals ! ALIGN="center" \| 14 ! ALIGN="center" \| 0 ! ALIGN="center" \| 3 ! ALIGN="center" \| 3 ! ALIGN="center" \| 0 ! ALIGN="center" \| — ! ALIGN="center" \| — ! ALIGN="center" \| — ! ALIGN="center" \| — ! ALIGN="center" \| —
ALIGN="center" bgcolor="#e0e0e0" ! colspan="3" \| AHL totals ! ALIGN="center" \| 148 ! ALIGN="center" \| 60 ! ALIGN="center" \| 65 ! ALIGN="center" \| 125 ! ALIGN="center" \| 104 ! ALIGN="center" \| 3 ! ALIGN="center" \| 2 ! ALIGN="center" \| 2 ! ALIGN="center" \| 4 ! ALIGN="center" \| 0
ALIGN="center" bgcolor="#e0e0e0" ! colspan="3" \| IHL totals ! ALIGN="center" \| 450 ! ALIGN="center" \| 246 ! ALIGN="center" \| 305 ! ALIGN="center" \| 551 ! ALIGN="center" \| 311 ! ALIGN="center" \| 33 ! ALIGN="center" \| 22 ! ALIGN="center" \| 15 ! ALIGN="center" \| 37 ! ALIGN="center" \| 14