| Position: | Left wing |
| Played For: | Minnesota North Stars |
| Shoots: | Left |
| Height Ft: | 5 |
| Height In: | 11 |
| Weight Lb: | 180 |
| Birth Date: | 4 November 1958 |
| Birth Place: | Windsor, Ontario, Canada |
| Draft: | Undrafted |
| Career Start: | 1978 |
| Career End: | 1983 |
Ronald Friest (born November 4, 1958) is a Canadian former professional ice hockey player who played 64 games in the National Hockey League (NHL) with the Minnesota North Stars between 1981 and 1983.
| Regular season | Playoffs | |||||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Season | Team | League | GP | PIM | GP | G | A | Pts | PIM | |||||
| 1976–77 | Niagara Falls Flyers | OMJHL | 5 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 2 | — | — | — | — | — | ||
| 1976–77 | Windsor Spitfires | OMJHL | 57 | 19 | 18 | 37 | 52 | 9 | 4 | 3 | 7 | 11 | ||
| 1977–78 | Windsor Spitfires | OMJHL | 67 | 11 | 20 | 31 | 197 | 6 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 9 | ||
| 1978–79 | Oklahoma City Stars | CHL | 2 | 0 | 4 | 4 | 0 | — | — | — | — | — | ||
| 1978–79 | Flint Generals | IHL | 54 | 21 | 18 | 39 | 141 | 11 | 4 | 3 | 7 | 19 | ||
| 1979–80 | Oklahoma City Stars | CHL | 11 | 3 | 3 | 6 | 39 | — | — | — | — | — | ||
| 1979–80 | Baltimore Clippers | EHL | 48 | 35 | 40 | 75 | 162 | 10 | 8 | 1 | 9 | 49 | ||
| 1980–81 | Minnesota North Stars | NHL | 4 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 10 | — | — | — | — | — | ||
| 1980–81 | Oklahoma City Stars | CHL | 71 | 25 | 20 | 45 | 170 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 3 | 7 | ||
| 1981–82 | Minnesota North Stars | NHL | 10 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 31 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 5 | ||
| 1981–82 | Nashville South Stars | CHL | 68 | 32 | 31 | 63 | 199 | — | — | — | — | — | ||
| 1982–83 | Minnesota North Stars | NHL | 50 | 6 | 7 | 13 | 150 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 2 | ||
| CHL totals | 152 | 60 | 58 | 118 | 408 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 3 | 7 | ||||
| NHL totals | 64 | 7 | 7 | 14 | 191 | 6 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 7 | ||||