Editing Andrew Raycroft (section)

===Early years/Boston Bruins===
Prior to entering the [[junior ice hockey|junior hockey]] ranks, Raycroft grew up playing [[minor ice hockey|minor hockey]] with the Quinte Red Devils AAA system in the Eastern Ontario AAA League of the [[Ontario Minor Hockey Association]] (OMHA). In [[1997–98 OHL season|1997–98]], he began a three-year career in the [[Ontario Hockey League]] (OHL), playing for the [[Kingston Frontenacs]] and [[Sudbury Wolves]]. He also played junior for the [[Wellington Dukes]] of the [[Ontario Provincial Junior A Hockey League]] (OPJAHL).

Raycroft was drafted 135th overall by the [[Boston Bruins]] in the [[1998 NHL Entry Draft]]. He made his NHL debut in [[2000–01 NHL season|2000–01]] with the Bruins, replacing [[Byron Dafoe]] in a 5–1 victory over the [[Philadelphia Flyers]]. However, as a late-game replacement, he was not given the decision.<ref name=hockeygoalies>{{cite web|title=Andrew Raycroft (2000-present)|url=http://hockeygoalies.org/bio/raycroft.html|access-date=2009-09-11|publisher=HockeyGoalies.org}}</ref> Raycroft recorded his first NHL win two days later on October 9 in a 4–2 win over the [[Florida Panthers]].<ref name=hockeygoalies/>  Raycroft played 11 games total for the Bruins in his first season, while playing the majority of his first three professional seasons with the team's minor league affiliate, the [[Providence Bruins]] of the [[American Hockey League]] (AHL).

After the Bruins renewed his contract on July 31, 2003,<ref name=hockeygoalies/>  Raycroft played his first full NHL season in [[2003–04 NHL season|2003–04]], compiling a 29–18–9 record with a 2.05 [[goals against average]] (GAA), .926 [[save percentage]] and three [[shutout#Ice hockey|shutout]]s.  He helped lead the Bruins to a second-place finish in the regular season in the [[Eastern Conference (NHL)|Eastern Conference]] ''en route'' to the [[2004 Stanley Cup playoffs]]. Not having played enough games to qualify as a rookie in his previous three NHL seasons, Raycroft was awarded the [[Calder Memorial Trophy]] in 2004 as league rookie of the year.

Due to the [[2004–05 NHL lockout]], Raycroft signed with [[Djurgårdens IF Hockey|Djurgårdens IF]] of the Swedish [[Swedish Hockey League|Elitserien]] on November 6, 2004.<ref name=hockeygoalies/> However, he did not play any games for the team and signed with [[Tappara Tampere]] of the Finnish [[SM-liiga]] several months later on January 17, 2005.<ref name=hockeygoalies/> When NHL play resumed, he struggled with the Bruins in the [[2005–06 NHL season|2005–06 season]], managing only eight wins while being a healthy scratch for the majority of the season. He was demoted to the Bruins' third-string position to starter [[Tim Thomas (ice hockey, born 1974)|Tim Thomas]] and rookie backup [[Hannu Toivonen]].