A team of entomologists in Nairobi have discovered a wasp and named it Thaumatodryinus tuukkaraski, after the Boston Bruins goalie Tuukka Rask. The applicable journal article states that Rask’s “glove hand is as tenacious as the raptorial fore tarsus of this dryinid species.”
Incidentally, a wasp in hockey refers to a forward skilled at “bugging” opposing players. This rarely applies to goalies but Leafs fans are probably still stung by Rask’s trade to the Bruins in 2005for Andrew Raycroft. Remember him? Me neither.
On the other hand, Rask went on to win the Vezina Trophy for being the goaltender “adjudged to be the best at this position” in the NHL in 2013.
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