Buffalo Sabres Omroep Rob Ray had an understandably hot microphone moment during Saturday’s game against the New York Rangers after he had taken a puck on the face between the banks.
The unfortunate incident caught the legend of the Sabres surprised in the opening period.
Former Buffalo Sabres player Rob Ray is greeted by retired goalkeeper Ryan Miller during his Sabres Hall of Fame induction ceremony for a match against the Nashville Predators in the Keybank Center on January 31, 2025. (Mark Konezny-IMagnement Images)
Ray was beaten right above the eye by a pucked puck, so that the former long time was supplied NHL History To drop some colorful language during the broadcast.
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“Ah, f —,” Ray shouted with pain.
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Players and a team doctor quickly went to Ray, who had a visible cut above his left eye and on the bridge of his nose.
Later in the broadcast, Ray said he received a “pair of small stitches” in the eyebrow area, but he eventually avoided great injuries to his eye.
“That’s not normal,” he joked about the “Golf ball” Great lump on his face.
Rob Ray broadcasts from ice level during an NHL match between the Buffalo Sabres and the Columbus Blue Jackets on November 22, 2021 in Keybank Center in Buffalo, New York. (Bill Wippert/NHLI via Getty images)
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Ray is no stranger to injury – neither between the banks nor on the ice.
He collected 3,207 criminal minutes in his 14 seasons at the Sabres organization and set a franchise record. His time spent in the box is also in sixth place on the NHL career frame.
Ray’s Vechtstijl even led the competition to introduce a new rule in which players who fought without their sweaters received game misconduct. The former NHL veteran would wear tear-road sweaters, giving him an advantage by essentially freeing his arms during fights.
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Regarding his time in the temporary employment cabin, Saturday was not the first time Ray was the victim of a Rouge -Puck.
Buffalo Sabres Former player Rob Ray and Sabres Play through Play Man Rick Jeanneret announces the game between the Buffalo Sabres and the Los Angeles Kings in a box between the team in the first Niagara Center on November 12, 2013. (Kevin Hoffman-usa Today Sports)
In a game of December 2023, Ray was again – almost identical – struck with a puck in between eyes.
In both cases he immediately returned to action. Ray was recorded in the Sabres Hall of Fame last month.
The Associated Press has contributed to this report.
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