After appearing in 32 games with ten goals and four assists to start the 1979–80 campaign, he was dealt from the Canucks to the Chicago Black Hawks for Dave Logan and Harold Phillipoff on December 21.
The transaction was the Maple Leafs' attempt to bolster its winger positions after injuries to Dan Maloney and René Robert.
Ron was thrilled to receive an honorary athletic letter from the school the year he graduated.
He was drafted by the Hamilton Red Wings Jr. A hockey club while a member of the Burlington midget city rep team.
After two and a half years with Hamilton, Ron was traded to the Kitchener Rangers, where he scored his only Jr. A hat trick; during his last game in junior; on his last ever shift.