Kerry Fraser
| Kerry Fraser | |
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| Born |
May 30, 1952 Sarnia, Ontario, Canada |
| Nationality |
 Canada
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| Occupation | NHL official (1973 - 2010) |
| Children | Marcie Dumas, Ryan Fraser, Jessica Fraser, Matthew Fraser, Ian Fraser, Jaime Fraser, Kara Fraser |
| Website | kerryfraser |
Kerry Fraser (born May 30, 1952) is a hockey analyst, broadcaster and former senior referee in the National Hockey League. During his career, he called over 1,900 regular season games, thirteen Stanley Cup Finals, and over 261 Stanley Cup playoff games.
Fraser joined the National Hockey League Officials Association on September 1, 1973, and officiating his first game in the 1980–81 season. Beginning in the 1994-95 season, he wore uniform number 2. He would continue to wear this number until his retirement from officiating. He was also one of the last three NHL officials covered by the grandfather clause that allowed him to go without a helmet, thus allowing his signature bouffant hairstyle.
In 1993 Kerry Fraser made the biggest mistake of his career when he failed to give Wayne Gretzky a five minute major for a blatant high stick on the Maple Leafs' Doug Gilmour in Game Six of the Western Conference Final. With Gilmour off the ice getting stitches for the resulting wound, Gretzky scored the game winning goal and the Kings won game 7.
Fraser officiated the 1996 World Cup of Hockey and the 1998 Winter Olympics in Nagano, Japan, which was the first Olympic tournament to feature NHL participation.
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.
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