The Final Call: Hockey Stories from a Legend in Stripes

After three decades as an NHL referee, Kerry Fraser is preparing to hang up his stripes. Over almost two thousand games he earned a reputation as one of the league's most respected officials, despite a small stature that pushed him toward officiating in the first place. In his farewell season he works seventy-two games and uses each stop on the schedule to revisit memories from the road. Along the way he shares behind-the-scenes stories about breaking up brawls, the politics of game assignments and the pressure of working under the spotlight. It is an inside view of the sport from the referee's side of the boards.