Buffalo Sabres Broadcaster Rob Ray had an understandably hot microphone moment during Saturday’s game against the New York Rangers after he took a puck in the face between benches.
The unfortunate incident caught Sabres’ playfully surprised late during the opening period.
Former Buffalo Sabers player Rob Ray is greeted by retired goalkeeper Ryan Miller in his Sabers Hall of Fame induction ceremony before a game against the Nashville predators of the Keybank Center on January 31, 2025. (Mark Kindenzny-Preferred Pictures)
Ray was beaten just above the eye of a deflected puck, which got the previous long -time NHL Enforcer To drop some colorful language during the broadcast.
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“Ah, f —,” Ray shouted at pain.
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Players and a team doctor quickly went over to check Ray who had a visible gash over his left eye and on the bridge on his nose.
Later in the broadcast, Ray said he received a “couple of small stitches” in the eyebrow area, but he ultimately avoided any major damage to his eye.
“It’s not normal,” he joked about “Golf ball” Size lump on his face.
Rob Ray emits ICE level during an NHL game between Buffalo Sabres and Columbus Blue Jackets on November 22, 2021 at the KeyBank Center in Buffalo, New York. (Bill Wippert/NHLI via Getty Images)
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Ray is no stranger to damage – neither between the benches nor on the ice.
He accumulated 3,207 Criminal Mines in his 14 seasons with the Sabres organization and set a franchise post. His time spent in the box also ranks sixth on the NHL career list.
Ray’s fighting style even led the league to introduce a new rule where players who fought without their jerseys got gaming conditions. The former NHL veteran would wear tear-wake jerseys, giving him an advantage by essentially freeing his arms during a fight.
As for his time in the Broadcast Stand, Saturday was not the first time Ray fell victim to a rouge -puck.
Buffalo Sabre’s former player Rob Ray and Sabres Play by Play Man Rick Jeannet announces the game between Buffalo Sabres and Los Angeles Kings in a box between the team in First Niagara Center on November 12, 2013. (Kevin Hoffman-usa Today Sports)
In a game of December 2023, Ray was hit again – almost identical – with a puck just between his eyes.
In both cases he returned to action immediately. Ray was introduced to Sabers Hall of Fame last month.
