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Tuukka Rask
Born (1987-10-03) 3 October 1987 (age 37)
Savonlinna, Finland
Height 6 ft 3 in (191 cm)
Weight 169 lb (77 kg; 12 st 1 lb)
Position Goaltender
Catches Left
NHL team Boston Bruins
NHL draft 21st overall, 2005
Toronto Maple Leafs
Playing career 2006–present

Tuukka Rask (born March 10, 1987) is a Finnish professional ice hockey goaltender currently playing for the Boston Bruins of the National Hockey League (NHL). Rask was drafted 21st overall in the 2005 NHL Entry Draft by the Toronto Maple Leafs. On June 24, 2006 his rights were traded to the Bruins in exchange for goaltender Andrew Raycroft.

Playing career

Finland

Rask started his career in the youth teams of his hometown club SaPKo.

He then played in 26 games for the Tampere-based Ilves Jr. in the Finnish Junior League. His goals against average (GAA) was 1.86 with two shutouts and a .935 save percentage. He was the top ranked European goaltender in the 2005 NHL Entry Draft.

Rask played his last European ice hockey season as the number one goaltender for the Ilves senior team in the top-flight SM-liiga.

Toronto Maple Leafs

The Toronto Maple Leafs drafted Rask in the first round, 21st overall, in the 2005 NHL Entry Draft. Before he played a single game for the Leafs, he was traded to the Boston Bruins for former Calder Trophy winner Andrew Raycroft, as the Maple Leafs deemed him a surplus to Justin Pogge.

Boston Bruins

On 5 May 2007, Rask signed a three-year contract with the Boston Bruins, and was in attendance to observe the Providence Bruins's 2006–07 playoff run for the American Hockey League (AHL)'s Calder Cup championship.[1][2] The Providence team did not make it past the second round of the Calder Cup against the Manchester Monarchs, but Rask practiced with the Providence team briefly.

On 5 November 2007, Rask was called up from Providence to the Boston Bruins for the first time. Just two weeks later, on 20 November, he recorded his first NHL win, a 4–2 victory on the road against his former team, the Toronto Maple Leafs.

On 3 October 2008, the Bruins assigned Rask to the Providence Bruins. Rask had the best save percentage (.952) among the goalies in pre-season play, followed by teammates Manny Fernandez (.875) and Tim Thomas (.869), and Kevin Regan (.857), but the team decided to go with the two veteran goaltenders, Thomas and Fernandez, for the 2008–09 season.

With nagging back spasms keeping Fernandez from play shortly after the All-Star Game break, Rask was once again called up to serve as a second goaltender, and on 31 January 2009 he played his first (and only) game with the Bruins in the 2008–09 season, and earned his first ever NHL shutout, a 1–0 home effort against the New York Rangers, with Marc Savard scoring the only Bruins goal.[3]

Not long after the beginning of the 2009–10 season, Rask, who had been named the backup goaltender to Thomas, signed a two-year extension to his contract with the Bruins on 5 November 2009 that will have him under contract through the 2011–12 season.[4]

In the 2009-10 regular season, Rask was the only goalie with a goals against average less than 2.00 and the only goalie with a save percentage over .930.[5][6]

Career statistics

Regular season

Season Team League GP W L T OTL MIN GA SO GAA SV%
2004–05 Ilves FNL 4 0 1 1 — 202 15 0 4.46 .875
2005–06 Ilves FNL 30 12 7 8 — 1724 60 2 2.09 .926
2006–07 Ilves FNL 49 18 18 10 — 2872 114 3 2.38 .928
2007–08 Providence Bruins AHL 45 27 13 — 2 2570 100 1 2.33 .905
2007–08 Boston Bruins NHL 4 2 1 — 1 184 10 0 3.25 .886
2008–09 Providence Bruins AHL 57 33 20 — 4 3340 139 4 2.50 .915
2008–09 Boston Bruins NHL 1 1 0 — 0 60 0 1 0.00 1.000
2009–10 Boston Bruins NHL 45 22 12 — 5 2562 84 5 1.97 .931
NHL totals 50 25 13 — 6 2807 94 6 2.01 .930

Playoffs

Season Team League GP W L MIN GA SO GAA SV%
2006 Ilves FNL 3 0 3 180 7 0 2.33 .924
2007 Ilves FNL 7 2 5 397 20 0 3.02 .924
2008 Providence Bruins AHL 10 6 4 605 22 2 2.18 .908
2009 Providence Bruins AHL 16 9 7 977 36 0 2.21 .930
2010 Boston Bruins NHL 9 7 2 578 21 0 2.18 .928
NHL totals 9 7 2 578 21 0 2.18 .928

References

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  1. ^ Bruins press release
  2. ^ Boston.com article
  3. ^ http://www.nhl.com/scores/htmlreports/20082009/GS020731.HTM
  4. ^ [1]
  5. ^ NHL.com statistics
  6. ^ NHL.com statistics
Preceded by Winner of the Roger Crozier Saving Grace Award
2009–10 		Succeeded by
Incumbent

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