Hockey players are famous for battling through injury for as long as they can, because the Cup means so much to them, so why should we believe anything here other than that Rask played through tremendous mental strain until he just couldn’t take it anymore? Rask played his last European ice hockey season as the number one goaltender for the Ilves senior team in the Finnish top-flight SM-liiga. The Toronto Maple Leafs drafted Rask in the first round, 21st overall, in the 2005 NHL Entry Draft. But the Boston Bruins goaltender apparently provided more insight into … [4][5] The Providence team did not make it past the second round of the Calder Cup against the Manchester Monarchs, but nonetheless Rask practiced with the Providence team. It was his 3rd shutout in a series-clinching game, the most in club history", "Tuukka Rask has collected at least one point in each of his first 18 home games this season (12-0-6). Bruins netminder Tuukka Rask has already talked about what happened back home that led to his exit from the Toronto bubble and 2020 Stanley Cup Playoffs after just two games. #NHLStats", Toronto Maple Leafs first round draft pick, https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Tuukka_Rask&oldid=1018121798, Ice hockey players at the 2014 Winter Olympics, National Hockey League first round draft picks, Articles with dead external links from December 2017, Articles with permanently dead external links, Articles with dead external links from September 2018, Articles with dead external links from July 2018, Short description is different from Wikidata, Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike License, IIHF World U20 Championship All-Star Team. The real reason behind Tuukka Rask leaving the Bruins. Tuukka Mikael Rask is a Finnish professional ice hockey goaltender presently affiliated with 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. [20] Rask returned to the Bruins lineup on 31 January in a 3–2 overtime loss to the Philadelphia Flyers. "It was suggested they seek medical help. Following a six-game quarterfinal series with the Bruins losing to the Ottawa Senators four games to two, Rask successfully underwent groin surgery on 9 May 2017. But what if someone were to opt out during the Stanley Cup?”. Rask was drafted 21st overall in the 2005 NHL Entry Draft by the Toronto Maple Leafs. [2], The trade has since been examined as one of the worst trades in Maple Leafs franchise history; Rask would experience many seasons of success with the Bruins, eventually winning the Stanley Cup and Vezina Trophy, while Raycroft would only play two seasons for Toronto, recording disappointing statistics in the process.[3]. He played in the round robin and a portion of the 7 game series against the Carolina Hurricanes, but he shocked the world last week when he decided to opt out and leave the bubble. [12], On 10 July 2013, the Bruins re-signed Rask to an eight-year, $56 million contract. Following the conclusion of the 2013–14 season, Rask was awarded the NHL's Vezina Trophy, awarded to the "goalkeeper adjudged to be the best at his position". In the third round against the Pittsburgh Penguins, Rask faced 136 shots in four games played, allowing two goals while making 134 saves for a 0.50 GAA and a .985 save percentage. The reasoning given by the authors was, "This species is named after the acrobatic goaltender for the Finnish National ice hockey team and the Boston Bruins, whose glove hand is as tenacious as the raptorial fore tarsus of this dryinid species. Rask has been on the cusp of Boston Sports Royalty for the past two seasons. Congrats to @tuukkarask on being named to the Atlantic Division All-Star team! He put his family first and acknowledged that some things are more important than sports. Tuukka Rask: Bio, Childhood, Family, and Education. Over the past five seasons, Rask sits at 2nd in GAA (2.36), a tie for 7th in SV% (.917), 3rd in wins (155), and 1st in shutouts with 24. As Neely met with the media via Zoom for the first time since Rask's departure, he said that Rask left the team to deal with "a family emergency." Longest season-opening home point streak in Boston Bruins history. On Saturday, Rask announced that he was leaving the bubble, with his team tied 1-1 in their best-of-seven Eastern Conference quarterfinal series against the Carolina Hurricanes, and heading home to be with his wife and child. Incredibly, his numbers are even better come playoff time. Game 3 of 1st round. There is no information available about his education. He is the older brother of Joonas Rask, who plays professionally as a forward with HIFK in the Finnish Liiga. Despite this, the team opted to go with the two veteran goaltenders, Thomas and Fernandez, for the 2008–09 season. #NHLStats", "Sochi.ru - Ice Hockey - Men - Playoffs Quarterfinals, Game 24", "Wasp species named in honor of Bruins' Tuukka Rask", "Boston Bruins goalie Tuukka Rask gets new species of wasp in Kenya named after him", "Pasta's gonna have some company. 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. Rask helped the Bruins to the 2019 Stanley Cup Finals, though they ultimately lost in seven games to the St. Louis Blues. He then played in 28 games for the Tampere-based Ilves Jr. in the Finnish Junior League. His brother Joonas is also an ice hockey player who plays as a forward in Finnis Liiga for HIFK. Rask had the best save percentage (.952) among the goalies in pre-season play, followed by teammates Manny Fernandez (.875), Tim Thomas (.869) and Kevin Regan (.857). Bruins No. Decisions to opt out should be respected. By now, we know that Rask’s daughter was dealing with an emergency, and that Rask decided that it was necessary for him to go home. Rask won the Vezina Trophy as the league's top goaltender during the 2013–14 season. On 3 October 2008, the Bruins reassigned Rask to Providence. In the 2009–10 regular season, Rask was the only goaltender in the NHL with a GAA of less than 2.00 and the only goaltender with a save percentage over .930. “Since she became a fan at a very young age, she has just gravitated to Tuukka Rask,” Ava’s father Marc Girolimetti said. The Bruins, who had the NHL’s best record during the regular season, play Game 3 Saturday afternoon, mere hours after his announcement. Tuukka Rask reportedly opted out due to medical emergency involving daughter Zac Wassink, Yardbarker 8/19/2020 'Irreplaceable' 1,000-year-old Native American rock carvings vandalized Rask played his 500th game in the NHL on 22 October 2019, a 4–2 Bruins victory over the Maple Leafs. His father name is Jari Rask and his mother name is Irja Rask. Since Tuukka Rask left the bubble this weekend, the takes have run the gamut from “ Rask quit on his team” to “let the man handle his family situation.”. As clear as it should be what it would mean to Rask to lead Boston to a Cup, his choice to opt out of these playoffs still resulted in some shade being thrown at him, especially after Rask had made honest comments about the hollow feeling of the bubble atmosphere. He is an actor, known for (2013), (2006) and (2013).. Born on , , Tuukka Rask hails from , , . Check below for more deets about Tuukka Rask. [11] During the lockout, which ended on 6 January 2013, Rask played for HC Plzeň, which won the Czech Extraliga that year. Tuukka Rask is a native of Savonlinna, Finland, born on 10th March 1987, to Jari Rask and Ijra Rask. Tuukka Rask Bio Although he was selected by the Toronto Maple Leafs in the first round (No. Mental health is health, and if Rask’s “body language … indicated he wasn’t feeling the playoff intensity,” a couple of days before he decided to take his leave, the interpretation needs to be similar to if he had been favoring an ailing shoulder. We’re currently in process of confirming all details such as Tuukka … He was raised along with his older brother Joonas Rask. It was later revealed the Bruins intended to release Raycroft, which would have made him available to Toronto without having to give up Rask. At the international level, he was a member of the Finnish delegation to the 2014 Sochi Olympics, where his team won the bronze medal. On 1 January 2019, during the 2019 NHL Winter Classic, Rask set a new record for games played by a Bruins goaltender with his 469th game, surpassing Tiny Thompson's record set in the 1938–39 NHL season. It was his first start in a game since 19 January. “I want to be with my teammates competing, but at this moment there are things more important than hockey in my life, and that is being with my family,” Rask said in a statement released by the Bruins. [19] However, Rask was later placed on injured reserve by the Bruins on 28 January after sustaining a concussion. It's been less than a week after Tuukka Rask opted out of the NHL's Toronto bubble, but with the Bruins advancing to Round 2, Cam Neely says the team are focusing on the "guys that are here." [25] After the playoffs, he revealed that the reason he left was his daughter going through an undisclosed medical emergency. He grew up alongside his younger brother, Joonas Rask, playing ice hockey together. “I want to thank the Bruins and my teammates for their support and wish them success.”. Taylor Hall scored his first goal for Boston and Tuukka Rask stopped 22 shots to earn his first victory since February on Thursday night, when the Bruins dominated the Islanders and won 4-1. [18] He played only 54 games, his lowest since that same 2013–14 season, posting a 34–14–5 record with a 2.36 GAA and a .917 save percentage. In the 2010–11 season, Thomas returned to form, effectively relegating Rask once again to the backup role. [21] On 3 February 2019 against the Washington Capitals, Rask recorded a shutout to become the career leader for wins by a goaltender in Bruins history, again surpassing Tiny Thompson.[22]. 1 goaltender Tuukka Rask cited family reasons when he opted to leave the NHL bubble prior to Game 3 against the Hurricanes this past Saturday, but apparently it … His goals against average (GAA) was 1.86 with two shutouts and a .935 save percentage. At the time of his injury, Rask had a 14–8–3 record in 25 starts. Tuukka Mikael Rask (born 10 March 1987) is a Finnish professional ice hockey goaltender for the Boston Bruins of the National Hockey League (NHL). [8][9] Despite having been the only qualifying rookie in NHL history to lead the league with a sub-2.00 GAA, as well as lead the league in save percentage,[10] and having supplanted the Vezina Trophy winner Tim Thomas as the starter, Rask was not named as a finalist for the rookie of the year award. [24], On 15 August 2020, during the COVID-19 pandemic and the NHL's Return to Play program, Rask opted to leave the playoffs, exit the "bubble" in Toronto in which teams were quarantined, and return to his family after playing five games in the "bubble", which included two games against the Carolina Hurricanes in the 2020 Stanley Cup playoffs. On 5 May 2007, Rask signed a three-year contract with the Boston Bruins and was in attendance to observe the Providence Bruins' 2006–07 playoff run for the American Hockey League (AHL)'s Calder Cup championship. [13], Early in the 2016–17 regular season, Rask sustained a groin injury[14] that somewhat hampered his abilities much of the season following a successful October campaign, starting the 2016–17 season with 12 wins and a .938 save percentage in 17 games. However, before playing a regular season game for Toronto, he was traded to the Boston Bruins in exchange for former Calder Memorial Trophy-winning goaltender Andrew Raycroft. In 2011, Rask won the Stanley Cup with the Bruins. During that last decade-plus of stellar goaltending, Tuukka Rask has been in net for the majority of those years. Former Red Sox infielder Lou Merloni, now a Boston sports radio yakker, tweeted, “Like I said, [Bruins coach Bruce] Cassidy needed to sit Tuukka down and see if he is invested in this thing. Twice, Rask has backstopped the Bruins to the Stanley Cup Final, but lost in 2012 to Chicago and last year to St. Louis. Rask played in two out of three tournament games and in one out of three pre-tournament games. [27] Rask also became the fifth-fastest player to reach the milestone, which he achieved in his 552nd NHL game, and also became the first Bruins goaltender to reach the mark.[28]. Taylor Hall scored his first goal for Boston and Tuukka Rask stopped 22 shots to earn his first victory since February on Thursday night, when the … "[33][34], "Simmons: Bruins would have taken Pogge instead of Rask from Maple Leafs for Raycroft", "Trading Tuukka Rask could be worst Leafs deal ever", "Islanders acquire Goaltender Tim Thomas from Bruins", "Bruins' Rask wins his first Vezina Trophy", "WEEI's Big Bad Blog - Bruins GM Don Sweeney admits team rode Tuukka Rask too hard during season", "Patrice Bergeron & Tuukka Rask Undergo Successful Surgeries", "Rask says he'll be ready for Bruins training camp", "Rask's Points Streak Ends With B's Loss to Buffalo", "Bruins Notes: Tuukka Rask Stands Tall In Bruins' Winter Classic Win", "Rask placed on injured reserve by Bruins", "Flyers defeat Bruins in OT, extend winning streak to six", "Rask sets Bruins wins record with shutout against Capitals", "Rask Earns Victory in 500th Career Game", "Tuukka Rask Records 50th Career Shutout, Continuing Vezina-Worthy Season For Bruins", "Rask opts out of Stanley Cup Playoffs with Bruins", "Hall, Rask lead Bruins past Islanders 4-1", "Tuukka Rask made 22 saves to record his 300th win in his 552nd career game and became the first goaltender in @NHLBruins history to reach the mark with the franchise. “Rask had an .899 save percentage and a 3.00 goals against average in the two games vs. Carolina and had showed little battle in fighting to track the puck through traffic in front while also showing body language that indicated he wasn’t feeling the playoff intensity either,” Joe Haggerty wrote for NBC Boston. They have a legitimate chance to win the Stanley Cup, which Boston did in 2011 when Rask was the backup to Tim Thomas. He is the older brother of Joonas Rask, who plays professionally as a forward with Örebro HK in the SHL.[1]. Rask won the Vezina Trophy as the league's top goaltender during the 2013–14 season. In the 2017–18 season, from 26 November 2017 to 10 February 2018, Rask had a career-high 21-game point streak. He obviously wasn’t. Tuukka Rask was born on March 10, 1987 in Savonlinna, Finland as Tuukka Mikael Rask. Tuukka Rask’s height and weight. It didn’t have to unfold that way, but Koufax’s decision would have been no less defensible had Los Angeles lost the series. He became the 37th goaltender and the fourth Finnish goaltender to achieve the milestone. His shot at another crown continues, for the first time as a father, Tuesday night in Montreal. In the Stanley Cup finals, the Bruins were defeated in six games by the Chicago Blackhawks, as Rask registered a .932 save percentage. ", "Tuukka Rask Named Winner of 2010 7th Player Award", "Tuukka Rask became the Bruins' winningest goalie Sunday afternoon", "@SASsoftware Stat of the Week: Tuukka Rask recorded his 7th career playoff shutout last night, the most by a Finnish-born goaltender in NHL history, & one short of Gerry Cheevers' team record of 8. [31] He was unable to play in the semifinal against Sweden due to flu, which cost Finland a spot in the final. [17] Rask and the Bruins ended up finishing the season with 50 wins and 112 points, their best season since their 2013–14 Presidents' Trophy-winning season. [26], On 15 April 2021, Rask would return from an upper-body injury, where he recorded his 300th NHL win against the Islanders. Tuukka Rask is the father of a newborn baby, and he’s been away from his family all month, playing with the Boston Bruins in the NHL’s Toronto bubble amid the coronavirus pandemic. If, as Merloni says, “decisions to opt out should be respected,” then everything that happened with Rask over the past week needs to be contextualized and treated with the same respect, not used as fodder to take shots against him. Tuukka Rask broke his silence on Thursday, explaining that his daughter "needed medical attention" and "wasn't doing well," prompting him to leave the NHL's bubble. [23], On 10 March 2020, his 33rd birthday, Rask recorded the 50th shutout of his career, against the Philadelphia Flyers. And how good has Rask been? Tuukka Rask was born on 10 th March 1987 in Savonlinna, Finland. Toronto management had deemed Justin Pogge their potential goaltender of the future, rendering Rask expendable. It cannot have been an easy decision for Rask. [32], In 2015, a recently discovered species of wasp in Kenya was named Thaumatodryinus tuukkaraski as a direct reference to Rask. Most wins by a Boston Bruins goaltender in franchise history. There are a lot of fans in Boston right now that are very angry with Boston Bruins star goaltender Tuukka Rask and frankly I do not blame them one bit. With the Bruins winning the Stanley Cup in 2011, Rask became only the second Finnish goaltender to do so, after Antti Niemi of the Chicago Blackhawks accomplished the feat the previous year. Tuukka Rask is a well-known professional ice hockey goaltender from Finland. Rask recorded a 15–9 record with a 2.02 goals against average and a .934 save percentage during the 2019 Stanley Cup playoffs. Tuukka Rask spoke his mind after the Bruins' 3-2 loss in Game 2 and it did not align with the usual jock-speak we've come to expect after a tough defeat. ... as a father of two kids, I would be panicked and alarmed upon hearing that about a young kid. He was likely used more often than usual, with the Bruins suffering from "backup goaltender" challenges early in the season, but not enough of a hindrance to help lead the Bruins to the 2017 playoffs, the Bruins' first in three seasons. Ok. On 28 June 2012, Rask re-signed with the Bruins to a one-year, $3.5 million contract. We obviously don’t have a lot of parallels to draw on for this situation, but Sandy Koufax didn’t start Game 1 of the 1965 World Series because it was on Yom Kippur. As in 2021, Tuukka Rask‘s age is * years. [15] In mid-August, Rask said he expected to be ready for the Bruins' training camp for the 2017–18 season.[16]. On 2 March 2016, it was revealed that Rask was to be the starting goaltender for Finland in the 2016 World Cup of Hockey, ahead of Pekka Rinne. Biographical information and career statistics from, This page was last edited on 16 April 2021, at 11:22. Did not pitching on Yom Kippur mean Koufax wasn’t “invested” in the Dodgers’ success? 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