Kammala jumla mai zuwa: Ray ya buga wasan hockey na matasa tare da Cornwall Royals na Ontario Hockey League (OHL). Buffalo Sabres sun zabi Ray a zagaye na biyar, na 97 a cikin duka.
Zaɓin shiga NHL na 1988. Ya buga cikakkun yanayi biyu tare da Rochester Amurkawa na American Hockey League (AHL), a lokacin da ya sami suna a matsayin mai gwagwarmaya mai gwagwarmaya, yana yin sama da mintuna 700 a cikin wasanni 125. Ray ya fara buga wasan NHL tare da Sabres a lokacin kakar wasa ta 1989-90, inda ya zira kwallaye na farko a farkon sauyinsa a kan kankara. Har ila yau, ya zira kwallaye a wasan karshe na wasan karshe a NHL. Ray ya zama na yau da kullun a cikin ƙungiyar farawa a cikin 1990 <unk>91 NHL kakar, ba ta taɓa gamawa da ƙasa da mintuna 158 na hukunci a kowane kakar NHL ba daga wannan lokacin sai dai na ƙarshe. A cikin wasa da Quebec Nordiques a cikin 1992, Ray ya doke wani magoya bayan Nordiques wanda ya shiga cikin kankara kuma ya kusanci benci na Sabres. An yi la'akari da shi a 6'0 ", Ray yana daya daga cikin 'yan wasan NHL mafi wuya a cikin shekarun 1990. A cikin 1999, NHL ta ba Ray kyautar King Clancy Memorial Trophy don jagorancinsa da gudummawar jin kai a yankin Buffalo da Yammacin New York. Har zuwa yau ya kasance na yau da kullun tare da ƙungiyar Buffalo Sabres Alumni kuma yana zaune a Buffalo, New York, yana aiki tare da ƙungiyoyin sadaka da yawa.