Retired NHL star Rob Ray should probably dig his old helmet out of the storage if he continues to serve as a Rinkside reporter.
The 56-year-old former buffalo Sabres-Vleugel player worked on Saturday evening at the team's game against the visiting New York Rangers when he took a puck from the center of his forehead.
“Oh, f ***!” Ray undoubtedly shouted unbearable pain.
It is not surprising that this is the second time in two seasons that Ray has taken a puck to the face while working as a Rinkide reporter between two NHL banks. He had a similar incident in December 2023, only that puck did not hit with the same force as Ray on Saturday.
“And Rayzor just took another … And that was a rocket,” said Dunleavy of MSG Network on the Sabres broadcast while he used Ray's nickname. 'Doctors look out Rayzor very quickly. That was very close to the eye. '
The Puck seemed to come from the stick of the left wing Beck Malenstyn, who immediately recognized that Ray had extreme pain.
Former NHL star Rob Ray was sewn during the game and returned to action
MSG -Zijlijn reporter Rob Ray compared the swollen growth on his forehead with a golf ball
Ray was in his usual position between the house and visiting benches in Buffalo
As Dunleavy said, Ray was quickly cared for by Sabres doctors.
Of course Ray was a hockey player, and just like the last time he took a puck to the facial rinkside, the Stirling, Ontario resident in the game succeeded.
“I have a few at the eyebrow, a few small stitches,” Ray told his employment partners after he was sewn and returned to his Rinkside Post.
Asked where the puck hit him, Ray turned aside and showed a swollen plum -sized wound that grew from the middle of his forehead.
“Exactly where the golf ball is here,” Ray joked. “That's not normal.”
Fans were understandably forgiving Ray's on-Air blasphemy.
“I really believe that is the right answer,” wrote a fan on X.
“Get a pass for that,” another added.
A fan on Instagram stated the best: “I think everyone agrees that you can say that if you take a puck to the face.”
And of course many used the incident on social media to poke pleasure in the last place.
“Good that it was a home game,” wrote a fan, “nobody probably heard him.”
Rob Ray, a former Sabres wing player, also took a puck from his face during 2023 match
Years ago, the NHL created what is known as the 'Rob Ray Rule' in response to his tactics to throw off his equipment to give opponents less equipment to understand during fights
It is remarkable that the wrestling Sabres won an 8-2 victory over the rival Rangers. Tage Thompson, Ryan McLeod and Rasmus Dahlin all scored a few for Buffalo.
Ray, a 6-foot Canadian, was known for its toughness about 15 AHL seasons.
He is a credit with 250 career on Iice Scuffles, according to Hockeyfights.com, who claims that he dropped the gloves 27 times in 1995-96 and another 25 in 1990-91.
The NHL even created what is known as the 'Rob Ray Rule' in response to his tactics to throw off his equipment to give opponents less equipment to understand during fights.
Now players who throw out their sweater automatically get a game behavior during a fight.
