Rask retires from NHL after 15 seasons with Bruins

2 years ago  /  NHL.com

• The Bruins said Monday that Rask would not play this week because of a lower-body injury.
• "There have been some tough conversations, especially given that I've known the road all along and the commitment he's made to get back to giving himself an opportunity to play again at the level that he expected to return to," Bruins general manager Don Sweeney said Thursday.
• Ullmark is 16-6-1 with a 2.64 GAA and .913 save percentage in 24 games (23 starts).
• Swayman is 8-7-2 with a 2.35 GAA, .914 save percentage and one shutout in 18 games (17 starts).
• "While I am sad to say goodbye to the game I love, I am so very thankful to have shared these last 15 years with the greatest teammates and fans in the best sports city in the world," Rask said.
• "The only way you can do it is by playing, and we're midway [through] the season," Rask said recently.
• Rask was 308-165-66 with a 2.28 GAA and .921 save percentage in 564 games.
• Last season, he was 15-5-2 with a 2.28 GAA, .913 save percentage and two shutouts in 24 regular-season games, and 6-4 with a 2.36 GAA and .919 save percentage in 11 Stanley Cup Playoff games.
• "The rehab, the workouts, the practices -- all of it was with the intention of getting back to where I needed to be to help my teammates win games and make another run at a Stanley Cup," Rask said

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