SAN JOSE — Craig Berube remembers exchanging words with Buffalo Sabres enforcer Rob Ray in a game nearly a quarter-century ago. Berube, then with the Washington Capitals, already had a well-earned reputation as one of the NHL’s premier tough guys, and scuffles with opposing players were nothing new.
Berube then got a tap on the shoulder from a Sabres player he had never seen before.
“I turned around and it was Bob Boughner,” Berube said. “He goes, ‘I got you tonight big boy if you wanna go.’ I started laughing, ‘Who’s this guy?'”
Boughner (pronounced BOOG-nur), who was hired as the Sharks’ interim coach on Dec.