Mezue ahịrịokwu na-esonụ: Ray na Cornwall Royals nke Ontario Hockey League (OHL) na-egwuri hockey na-eto eto. Ndị Buffalo Sabres họpụtara Ray na agba nke ise, nke 97 n'ozuzu na
1988 NHL Entry Draft. Ọ gbara oge abụọ zuru oke na Rochester Americans nke American Hockey League (AHL), n'oge ọ nwetara aha ọma dị ka onye na-alụ ọgụ nke ọma, na-eme ihe karịrị nkeji 700 na egwuregwu 125. Ray mere NHL mbụ ya na Sabres n'oge 1989-90 oge, nke ọ gbara ihe mgbaru ọsọ mbụ ya na mgbanwe mbụ ya na ice. O tinyekwara goolu n'oge ikpeazụ ya na egwuregwu ikpeazụ ya na NHL. Ray ghọrọ onye otu na-amalite na 1990/91 NHL oge, na-ejedebe na ihe na-erughị nkeji 158 na ntaramahụhụ na oge NHL ọ bụla site na mgbe ahụ ma e wezụga nke ikpeazụ ya. N'egwuregwu megide ndị Quebec Nordiques na 1992, Ray ji obi ọjọọ tie onye na-akwado Nordiques nke zoro n'elu ice ma bịaruo oche Sabres. A na-ewere ya dị ka onye dị elu na 6'0 ", Ray bụ otu n'ime ndị egwuregwu NHL kachasị sie ike n'afọ ndị 1990. Na 1999, NHL nyere Ray Eze Clancy Ncheta Trophy maka onye ndu ya na onyinye mmadu na mpaghara Buffalo na Western New York. Ka ọ dị ugbu a, ọ bụ onye otu ndị otu Buffalo Sabres Alumni na-ebi na Buffalo, New York, na-arụ ọrụ na ọtụtụ ọrụ ebere obodo.