Talk about a temper tantrum.
Boston Bruins goaltender Tuukka Rask looked he wanted to shatter his stick, mutilate the ice, or both—probably both—when he allowed the deciding shootout goal to Derek Roy in Thursday night’s tough 3-2 loss to the St. Louis Blues at TD Garden.
Whatever the reason for the histrionics, the Bruins No. 40 sure didn’t look good in doing what he did. In fact, he looked ridiculous—especially when the stick didn’t break, no matter how many times he tried. (Warrior sure builds some sturdy sticks.) Check it out here at the 3:50 mark or so on YouTube.
Most of all, his act was unbecoming of an NHL netminder. (Although he did the same stuff in the minors, according to this video of his American Hockey League days, also at YouTube.)
Try to think back to when Martin Brodeur melted down like that, and you can't. Henrik Lundqvist was angry last year in Game 5 of a second-round playoff series against these same Bruins when it was certain his New York Rangers were about to be bounced out of the postseason—but he gave it one whack of the stick, and then let it go. Brodeur's ...
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Tuukka’s Temper Tantrum Unbecoming of NHL Netminder
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