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According to NHL play-by-play announcer Roman Jedlicka, Boston Bruins goalie Tuukka Rask suffered a groin injury while playing for HC Plzen of the Czech League Tuesday.

Jedlicka tweeted that Rask didn't return for the second period after playing the first 20 minutes against Slavia Prague. Rask didn't allow a goal as Plzen lost 3-2.

Rask later told Czech TV he "slightly pulled his groin," but "it's not serious." The Bruins netminder acknowledged his groin/abdomen strain from last year, which kept him sidelined for the last six weeks of the regular season.

Because of that, he left Tuesday's game as a precaution.

Rask

signed with HC Plzen

just a week after players were locked out when the National Hockey League's collective bargaining agreement expired Sept. 15. He was the first of nine Bruins to travel overseas to play.

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