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Final Call by Kerry Fraser

Like Vern Buffey , Bruce Hood , Ron Finn and Ray Scapinello before him, Kerry Fraser is leaving the ice as an official and heading straight to the bookstore shelves as an author. His autobiography Final Call: My Life as an NHL Official hits the stores in October 2010. Buy The Book: Amazon.ca - Chapters - Amazon.com Fraser talks about the famous "missed call" when Gretzky infamously got away with high-sticking Doug Gilmour in Toronto. He talks about breaking out in hives before calling Game 7 of the Battle of Quebec in 1985, the death threat he once received in St. Louis and the Marty McSorley illegal-stick incident. And of course he talks about his famous hair, and the tragic day when the NHL forced all on-ice officials to wear a helmet. Fraser's book is a fun read, full of behind-the-scenes stories. Fraser must have enough stories to fill five books. After all, his career lasted 30 years and 2165 games. While books by hockey referees tend to be quite form...