|
|
|
| NHL Hockey | ||||||||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Scoreboard | | | Stats | | | Standings | | | Teams | | | Players | | | Player News | | | Injuries | | | Transactions | | | Home |
Bruins sign backup G Rask to 2-year extension
BOSTON (AP) The Boston Bruins have signed backup goalie Tuukka (TOO'-kah) Rask to a two-year contract extension that will keep him with the team through the 2011-12 season.
The 22-year-old Finn has appeared in nine NHL games with a 5-2-2 record and 2.43 goals-against average as Tim Thomas' backup. Rask shut out the Edmonton Oilers 2-0 in his last start on Oct. 31.
Financial terms of the deal were not disclosed on Thursday.
Rask spent most of the last two seasons with Providence of the AHL, posting a 60-33-6 record and five shutouts in 102 appearances.
Updated November 5, 2009
© 2009 by STATS LLC and Associated Press.