Tuukka Rask

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Position Goaltender
Catches Left
Height
Weight		 6 ft 3 in (1.91 m)
169 lb (77 kg/12 st 1 lb)
NHL Team (P)
Cur. team		 Boston Bruins
Providence Bruins (AHL)
Nationality Flag of Finland Finland
Born March 10, 1987 (1987-03-10) (age 21),
Savonlinna, Finland
NHL Draft 21st overall, 2005
Toronto Maple Leafs
Pro career 2006 – present

Tuukka Rask (born in Savonlinna, Finland on March 10, 1987) is a Finnish professional ice hockey goaltender who was drafted 21st overall in the 2005 NHL Draft by the Toronto Maple Leafs. On June 24th, 2006, his rights were traded to the Boston Bruins in exchange for goaltender Andrew Raycroft.

Rask started his career in the youth teams of his hometown club SaPKo. He played in 26 games for the Tampere, Finland based Ilves jr. in the Finnish Junior League. His GAA was 1.86 with 2 shutouts and a .935 save percentage. He was the top ranked European goaltender in the 2005 NHL Entry Draft.

Tuukka Rask played his last European ice hockey season, as the number one goaltender for the Ilves Tampere (Tampere Lynx) team in the Finnish SM-Liiga. As of March 1, 2007, he sports a saving percentage of 92.94 (second in the league, among primary goalies), goals against average of 2.30 (fourth in the league), while facing 1356 shots (2nd most in the league). [1]

On May 5, 2007, Rask signed a 3-year contract with the Boston Bruins, and was in attendance to observe the Providence Bruins's 2006–07 playoff run for the 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 Tuukka practiced with the Providence team briefly.

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


[edit] References

  1. ^ Bruins press release
  2. ^ Boston.com article

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NAME Rask, Tuukka
ALTERNATIVE NAMES
SHORT DESCRIPTION Ice Hockey Player
DATE OF BIRTH March 10, 1987
PLACE OF BIRTH Savonlinna, Finland
DATE OF DEATH
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