Buffalo Sabres commentator Rob Ray kept it pushing despite a mid-game injury on Saturday after a puck smacked him in the face during a live TV broadcast.
The moment arrived when New York Rangers defensemen Will Borgen hit the puck over the boards in the first period and struck Ray, a rinkside reporter and a former NHL player who spent most of his career in Buffalo.
“Ah, fuck,” exclaimed Ray, whose profane reaction was picked up by the MSG Network broadcast.
Harry Scull Jr., staff photographer at The Buffalo News, captured a snap of the former NHL bruiser’s face after the hit.
Ray, when asked later in the game where the puck hit him, pointed to the “golf ball”-sized bump above his eyebrows as the broadcast cameras zoomed in on his face.
“Yeah, that’s not normal, that’s not normal,” he said as he looked into the camera.
