Rob
Ray was considered one of the toughest NHL players in the 1990s.
Twice in his career he led the NHL in penalty minutes. But playing
with the Buffalo Sabres had its ups and downs. From a run at the
Stanley Cup to the team hitting bankruptcy, he saw it all.
Razor,
as his teammates called him, speaks candidly about literally fighting
his way into a regular spot on the Sabres roster, his teammates, and
what life is like off the ice. He doesn't hold anything back, and
writes it in an easy-to-follow style.
One
notable subject he talks about is the jersey-tiedown rule that the
NHL put into effect during his career. Ray would usually leave his
jersey untied, and when he got into a fight, then his opponent would
grab hold of the jersey,and it would come loose, and the opponent
would have nothing left to grab and balance, giving an edge to Ray.
The league a rule in that stated a player MUST tie his jersey down.
The rule quickly became known as the “Rob Ray Rule.”
I
say this a lot, but this is a book that you don't have to know a lot
about hockey in order to understand what's going on. He talks about
watching players traded to and from Buffalo.
I
think what I really liked most were the laid-back stories about this
and that, the parties, the trips to the hospitals to cheer up kids,
things like that.
After
his playing days were over, Ray went into broadcasting, and, at least
as of the time of the book, he was still living in Buffalo. As he put
it, and I'll quote here... “Where else would I go? This is home.”
Excellent
book in my opinion... worth the read.
Special
thanks to Lauren Burnstein at Skyhorse Publishing for sending me this
book for reviewing purposes!
Link
to Skyhorse Publishing:
http://www.sportspubbooks.com/book/?GCOI=58261100216460&
Link to Powell's City of Books: http://www.powells.com/biblio/61-9781613210253-0
Link
to Amazon:
http://www.amazon.com/Rayzors-Edge-Rays-Tough-Life/dp/1596702834/ref=sr_1_1?s=books&ie=UTF8&qid=1376092995&sr=1-1&keywords=Rayzor%27s+Edge%3A+Rob+Ray%27s+Tough+Life+on+the+Ice
Link
to Barnes & Noble:
http://www.barnesandnoble.com/w/rayzors-edge-budd-bailey/1100163494?ean=9781613210253
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