 While playing with the Cornwall Royals, the team won the 1981 memorial cup against the Kitchener Rangers.He played with the Blackhawks during the 1984–85 season (his NHL rookie season).On the 7 October 1985, Frawley was picked up off waivers by the Pittsburgh Penguins, the team he'd spent the next four years (the rest of his NHL career) with.