Ray Ferraro Raymond " Ray " Ferraro ( born August 23 , 1964 , in Trail , British Columbia , Canada ) is a retired professional hockey player for the NHL . He played for the Hartford Whalers ( 1984 – 1991 ) , New York Islanders ( 1991 – 1995 ) , New York Rangers ( 1995 – 1996 ) , Los Angeles Kings ( 1996 – 1999 ) , Atlanta Thrashers ( 1999 – 2002 ) and St . Louis Blues ( 2002 ) . His nickname was the " Big Ball of Hate " , coined by Rangers teammate Glenn Healy . He is currently a broadcaster for Team 1040 Radio and TSN in Canada . Biography . Playing career . Ferraro was a prolific scorer in Junior Hockey , including a 108 – goal and 192 – point season for the Brandon Wheat Kings in 1983 – 84 . In his NHL career , he scored 408 goals and 490 assists , for a total of 898 points in 1258 games in 18 seasons . He was named to the NHL all - star game in 1992 . He had two 40 goal seasons . Ferraro had a memorable playoff run for the New York Islanders in 1993 , scoring two overtime goals against the Washington Capitals as the Islanders defeated both the Capitals and the defending champion Pittsburgh Penguins . Ferraro assisted on David Volek ' s game - and series - winning goal during overtime of Game 7 against the Penguins . The goal advanced the Islanders to the Wales Conference Finals , which they lost to the eventual champion Montreal Canadiens . Ferraro finished that playoff season with team - leading totals in goals ( 13 ) and points ( 20 ) . Broadcasting . Ferraro retired on August 2 , 2002 . He has done work for ESPN hockey broadcasts , including work on " NHL 2Night " with John Buccigross and Barry Melrose . On that show Ferraro was often referred to as " Chicken Parm " by Buccigross after an accident with chicken parmesan moments before going on the air . Ferraro has a daily " Hockey Hour " segment on Vancouver radio station TEAM 1040 . Ferraro works as a color commentator and studio analyst for the TSN Hockey . Ferraro provided color commentary and analysis for CTV during the 2010 Winter Olympics . After Rogers Media , the parent of TSN ' s rival Sportsnet , gained the national NHL rights with effect in the 2014 - 15 NHL season , Ferraro became a color commentator for the regional Toronto Maple Leafs and Ottawa Senators games on TSN on a rotating basis . On May 5 , 2014 , EA Sports announced that Ferraro would be an ice level reporter for " NHL 15 " along with play - by - play commentator Mike " Doc " Emrick and color commentator Eddie Olczyk . He returned as an ice level analyst for NHL 16 . On November 23 , 2015 , Ferraro became the first hockey broadcaster to broadcast a game where his child also played in the same game , with the Toronto Maple Leafs hosting the Boston Bruins at the Air Canada Centre . Personal life . Ferraro ' s second wife is former U . S . women ' s ice hockey team captain Cammi Granato , who also worked as a women ' s hockey analyst during NBC ' s 2006 Olympics coverage , and they have one son Riley who was born in December 2006 . Ray has two sons from a previous marriage to Tracey Ferraro ; Matt ( b . 1988 ) and Landon ( b . 1991 ) . Landon , a center , was drafted 2nd overall by the Red Deer Rebels in the 2006 WHL Bantam Draft and in the 2nd round of the 2009 NHL draft ( 32nd overall ) by the Detroit Red Wings ; Matt , a former goalie , was drafted in 2003 by the Prince George Cougars , but has expressed a desire in pursuing a career law and hockey related business . Following the Swedish women ' s team upset of the U . S . at the Torino games , Ferraro publicly criticized US Women ' s coach Ben Smith for failing to bring the best US players to the games , which led to their downfall . His comments were broadcast on MSNBC during the intermission of a men ' s game . This appeared to be directly related to his wife being cut in August 2005 , along with other veterans in favor of younger , faster players . Some critics and fans also questioned Granato ' s cut from the team and cited it as a factor in the US team ' s disappointing performance . Ferraro currently lives in Vancouver , British Columbia . = = = < br > Transactions = = =