'Heading into his first NHL game of the year, and his first time facing the team for which he had 3,189 PIMs in 889 career games, Ray admitted he had some butterflies. "I was nervous, more nervous today than before the first game I played (for Ottawa) last year," he said afterwards. "Playing friends, and an organization that was so good to me and I'd been around 15 or 16 years … it was difficult."'