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Ray Emery

Ray Emery

Bio
Height/Weight: 6' 2"/196 lbs
Born: Hamilton, Canada
Draft: 2001 4th round (99th pick) by the
  • Press of Atlantic City

    Goalie fights, often a crowd favorite, have almost completely disappeared from the NHL

    Watching fights between Patrick Roy and Mike Vernon and Ron Hextall and Felix Potvin in the 1990s, Martin Biron recalled, he always wanted to be the goaltender who could win a bout as the spunky underdog. Two decades since Robert Esche and Patrick Lalime went at it as part of the Philadelphia Flyers-Ottawa Senators brawl that set the NHL record for penalty minutes, goalie fighting has essentially disappeared from the league.