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Daryl Kevin "Razor" Reaugh (pronounced "Ray") (born February 13, 1965) is a retired professional
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and now a broadcaster for the
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of the
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(NHL), ''
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'' and ''
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''. He played 27 games in the NHL for the
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and
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between 1985 and 1991.


Biography


Playing career

Reaugh played for the
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of the
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where he was an All-Star goaltender. In the
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the
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selected Reaugh with the 42nd pick. He played a handful of games with the Oilers, but spent the majority of his six years in the organization in the
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. He does have a
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ring, and is on the 1988 Edmonton Oilers team pictures, but Edmonton chose not to include his name on the Cup, even though he dressed for 60 regular season games, playing only 6 of them. Reaugh played in
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's
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during the 1988–89 season. Reaugh joined the
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in
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and played over 1000 minutes, posting a 7–7–1 record and a 3.15
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. His season was cut short after an injury sustained in his 20th appearance. While playing a puck in net, a skate from one of the other players on the ice ran over Reaugh's glove, severely cutting his hand. A hamstring injury would make the 1993–94 season with the Dayton Bombers of the
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his last, cutting his promising career short at the age of 28.


Broadcasting

Prior to his work with the Stars, Reaugh first appeared as a regular in 1991 on the
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-produced weekly series ''Rinkside'', partnered with fellow goaltender
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, and was also a
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for the
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during the 1995–96 NHL season. Reaugh has also done work with
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,
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,
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, Versus, and
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broadcasts of regular season and playoff NHL games, and provided the color commentary in the
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s '' NHL '98'' and '' NHL '99''. In 1996, Reaugh joined Stars' play-by-play announcer
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to form the highly popular "Ralph and Razor" duo. In August 2012, Ralph and Razor were ranked the #1 broadcasting duo in the NHL by hockeybuzz.com. Starting with the
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, Reaugh began to broadcast Western Conference games on ''
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'' in addition to his role as the Dallas Stars color commentator. As the Stars' color commentator he is known for his deep vocabulary of descriptive words that he uses with almost comedic timing. His most frequent is "
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", used when a goalie makes a spectacular save. After the 2014-15 season, Strangis left the Stars and was replaced by
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. The following summer, Strader was diagnosed with cancer and missed significant time to undergo treatment. The Stars decided to have Reaugh become the permanent play-by-play announcer when Strader died on October 1, 2017. When he was the play-by-play announcer, Reaugh was joined in the booth by former Stars defenseman
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. On July 30, 2018, Reaugh returned as an analyst role. He teams up with play-by-play
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.


Personal life

Reaugh spent a number of years growing up in
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. He is also the brother-in-law of former NHL player
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(their wives are sisters). Reaugh also has two daughters.


Career statistics


Regular season and playoffs


Awards

* WHL West Second All-Star Team – 1984 * WHL West First All-Star Team – 1985


References


External links

* {{DEFAULTSORT:Reaugh, Daryl 1965 births Living people Binghamton Whalers players Canadian ice hockey goaltenders Cape Breton Oilers players Cowichan Valley Capitals players Dallas Stars announcers Dayton Bombers players Edmonton Oilers draft picks Edmonton Oilers players Hartford Whalers announcers Hartford Whalers players Hershey Bears players Ice hockey people from British Columbia Kamloops Blazers players Kamloops Junior Oilers players Milwaukee Admirals (IHL) players National Hockey League broadcasters Nova Scotia Oilers players Oulun Kärpät players Sportspeople from Prince George, British Columbia Springfield Indians players Stanley Cup champions