fraser missed the beginning of the 2006–07 season while recovering from an incident in september 2006. he was helping his daughter move and was carrying a television down the steps when he lost his footing; his big toe was shattered. before returning to referee nhl games, fraser officiated some ahl games alongside his son, ryan. in november 2006, tsn's james duthie, along with kerry fraser, created a short mock interview/documentary claiming that fraser missed the start of the season because he was afraid that wearing a helmet would mess up his hair. fraser's first game back with the nhl was a game between the tampa bay lightning and boston bruins on november 30, 2006. fraser has the odd rarity of calling games in atlanta for both the atlanta flames and the atlanta thrashers, in the omni and philips arena.