BOSTON (AP) — Tuukka Rask first caught coach Bruce Cassidy’s attention as a hot-headed minor leaguer who was throwing milk crates onto the ice when things didn’t go his way.
These days, the Bruins goalie is much more likely to shrug off a mistake than break his stick over a crossbar.
“I just think he’s been real calm for a while now, on and off the ice, really even-keeled,” Cassidy said Tuesday, a day after Boston beat St. Louis 4-2 in Game 1 of the Stanley Cup Final. “He’s gotten upset … but he always gets it right back.