Last night, Tuukka Rask started the Boston Bruins season with a 3-1 victory. Thirty-two shots saved, in large part thanks to his famous finesse between the pipes. Yet there's something many people don't know about the Finn — something that contradicts his sleekness of motion and wiry frame: he's a heavy-metal rocker.

The 26-year-old has been with the Bruins since 2007. He helped win the Stanley Cup in 2011, and last season he really made his bones when he brought the team to the playoffs against the Chicago Blackhawks. Even though the Bruins went down in an unforgettable Game 6, Rask was so impressive that in July he signed an eight-year contract worth $56 million that makes him the league's highest-paid goalie (a statistic he shares with Pekka Rinne of the Nashville Predators, a fellow Finn).

Though that new contract might also amount to eight years of groans in the locker room. "I love rock and metal," Rask says. "I'm pretty much banned from the DJ job because I like to mix in some Finnish heavy metal tunes and the guys really don't like that. So I just put on my headphones sometimes and keep it to myself. That's very Finnish."

Though don't get him wrong: "Finns are usually known as being people who keep things to themselves and not very social, but that's not true. Whenever you go there, especially Helsinki, they're very happy to talk to you or help you. If you want to find a good restaurant or bar they will help you find a good time.

"You must like to drink, that's one thing you have to remember: You must like beers and alcohol! Finns drink a lot of beer. I don't get to do too much of that during hockey season, but I always like to go home in the summertime because the days are really long, so it's like an extra five or six hours of partying and hanging out in the sun."

But back to the rock. We asked Tuukka to give us a list of his favorite rock and metal bands from Finland. Get your head cocked and ready:

"Sixpounder," Children of Bodom

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"They can be too heavy for some people, but the music really gets you going. The guitar player, Alexi Laiho, is one of the best in the world. Not sure if I have a favorite album because I like them so much, but Hate Crew Deathroll is one. The guitar playing is just unbelievable, and I like the drummer, too. I like their aggressiveness a lot."

"Wings of a Butterfly," HIM

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"Obviously, HIM. They are known worldwide and have really taken Finnish music to another level. Very dark rock. I just like the way they've been doing everything and that they've been so successful at exporting Finnish music to the world; but all of their songs are pretty good. If you had to start somewhere, start with Dark Light."

"The Wanderer," Amorphis

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"These guys are really good. I saw them live — they were warming up for Metallica. The new stuff is really good: They're mixing in traditional folk music sounds and heavy metal, so it's kind of melodic and kind of hard, too — and I like that a lot."

"Shitload of Money," Sonata Arctica

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"Power metal."

"Wish I Had An Angel," Nightwish

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"They're great! They're from pretty close to my home town, about 45 minutes away, when they first started. I was in high school when they first came up in '98 or '99 or whatever, and they were already pretty big then. Totally different than everything else. I mean, they're huge in Finland and in Europe, but I think that genre of music is tough to come to the U.S. I tried to play that in the locker room and people were like, What the fuck is this? because it sounds like opera singing. It's pretty incredible how the band mixes that kind of singing with heavy metal. They're so fun to listen to!"

"Red," The 69 Eyes

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"They play them on the radio all the time. They're kind of in the same category as H.I.M. — that dark rock. They're good guys, and they know a lot of people back home and a lot of people like them in the U.S. and Hollywood. They're bringing Finnish music to the world."

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