Leukemia’s been Ava’s harsh companion for three years. Popular Salisbury Beach Arcade Shut Down Amid Pandemic That mask is part of the plan to make sure she’s cured. Boston Bruins goaltender Tuukka Rask isn’t a stranger to Winter Classic’s and will be wearing a new mask On New Years Day. It's hard to beat the last time around, and it's still possible we don't see Rask on the … The one big difference this time is a new painter – from Philadelphia. Tuukka Rask has goaltending down to an art form, but when it comes to the art on his mask, an artist in Woburn takes the credit.Ron Slater of Slater Lettering and Graphics has a workshop filled with replicas and other custom mask designs.
Ron Slater of Slater Lettering and Graphics has a workshop filled with replicas and other custom mask designs. For the radiation that will be beamed into Ava’s head, staff at Brigham and Women’s and Dana Farber created a radiation mask to hold her head steady and target the radiation. Ava has cheered the team on, and definitely has a favorite. BOSTON (CBS) – She’s a huge Bruins fan, and a 10-year-old cancer patient with what’s called a ‘radiation’ mask, painted to look a lot like the one goalie Tuukka Rask wears. Tuukka Rask has goaltending down to an art form, but when it comes to the art on his mask, an artist in Woburn takes the credit. So at some point this year we get to raise our own Stanley Cup and celebrate a victory,” Marc said.Ava will be watching Game 7, but she’s feeling a little nervous.
The last time the Bruins played in the Winter Classic, Rask sported a Patriots themed mask with Tom Brady and Rob Gronkoswki on the sides. “It was really cool,” Ava told us. "So I made the teeth bigger than reality, made the eyes look killer, like possessed. “Since she became a fan at a very young age, she has just gravitated to Tuukka Rask,” Ava’s father Marc Girolimetti said. "Oh, it hurts," Slater said.
And that’s what she got. Rask was drafted 21st overall in the 2005 NHL Entry Draft by the Toronto Maple Leafs.Rask won the Vezina Trophy as the league's top goaltender during the 2013–14 season.In 2011, Rask won the Stanley Cup with the Bruins. Tuukka Rask was once again exceptional for the Bruins, making 28 saves -- including one that rolled off his back -- in a 5-1 rout of the Blues to force a Game 7. "You have something with teeth and claws and then with the Blues, you have a note with wings on it," Slater said.The artist said if Rask's mask is enough to scare even one Blues player away, all of his work will have been worth it. Tuukka always has some of the flashiest designs in the game including his standard design, the Winter Classic mask from last season and now this fantastic new design. Each mask has featured … Tsarnaev Death Sentence Tossed, Federal Appeals Court Orders New Penalty-Phase Trial It really makes for intimidation. And Rask and the Bruins have been doing a lot of winning. "The Bruins fan is psyched to see his design on Stanley Cup Final ice once again.