Report: Scientists name a new species after Bruins' Tuukka Rask!

A new species of wasp found in East Africa has been named after goaltender Tuukka Rask, Carolyn Y. Johnson of The Boston Globe reports: Rask’s insect namesake, Thaumatodryinus tuukkaraski, was discovered in the Teita Hills of Kenya by a team of entomologists that happened to include an admiring Boston sports fan who has closely followed his home teams despite moving to Africa more than 25 years ago. The new species bearing Rask's name is featured in a scientific journal known as the Acta Entomologica Musei Nationalis Pragae. "This species is named after the acrobatic goaltender for the Finnish national ice hockey team and the Boston Bruins, whose glove hand is as tenacious as the raptorial fore tarsus of this dryinid species," the journal reads. "That’s funny," Rask said upon being informed of the honor. "That’s pretty neat. We’re the B’s. It’s flattering, I guess." If the Bruins are going to hang on to the last wild card spot in the East, they are going to have to start stinging some opponents.