on April 2, 2004, a game held in Buffalo between the Buffalo Sabres and the Toronto Maple Leafs. Scapinello chose this to be his final game as he wanted to end his career in the same place he started it. Although this was his final regular season game, he participated in the 2004 Stanley Cup Playoffs. Scapinello finally did retire in June 2004 after 33 seasons in the NHL as a linesman. His career includes 2,500 regular season games, 426 playoff games, the Canada Cup, the 1996 World Cup of Hockey, three All-Star games, including the 1979 Challenge Cup and Rendez-vous '87, and 21 Stanley Cup Finals. Of these feats, the most impressive is the fact that he never once missed a game due to injury or illness. After retiring, Scapinello took a part-time job as an officials supervisor in two amateur hockey leagues, the Ontario Hockey League in Canada and the Central Hockey League in the United States. He has also instructed at summer officiating camps, including the North American School of Officiating. Ray is married to Maureen and they have one child, Ryan. His nephew, Adam, is the news editor at the Dalhousie Gazette, North America's oldest campus newspaper. On June 17, 2008, it was announced that Scapinello would be inducted into the Hockey Hall of Fame as an on-ice official. Books References Sources 1946 births Canadian people of Italian descent Ice hockey people from Ontario Living people National Hockey League officials Sportspeople from Guelph Hockey Hall of Fame inductees