![]() Matt Rust was a Florida Panthers draft pick and a four-year standout at the University of Michigan who played one season in the Penguins' minor league system. The older brother Rust followed to the speech therapist ended up having a decorated hockey career of his own. "œIt doesn't affect me too much," Rust said. ![]() ![]() Rust said he couldn't think of a time in the past 10 years "” whether while doing an interview as a professional athlete or speaking up in class as a student at Notre Dame "” where he let his speech pattern change his behavior. Last year at Wilkes-Barre/Scranton in the AHL, he won the team award given to the player most cooperative with the media. He answered questions in front of print reporters without batting an eye. He did radio interviews without hesitation, speaking candidly and comfortably. When the Penguins needed prospects to make the media rounds during development camp last week, Rust was front and center. More than a decade later, Rust still has a stutter, but it wouldn't be fair to say it's something he struggles with. I don't really know what you're struggling with.' " The speech therapist would be like, "˜I'm sorry. ![]() "œI would always go and we'd have the opening consultation, and I'd talk perfectly," Rust said. Rust tagged along because he had a similar speech problem. When Penguins prospect Bryan Rust was growing up in Michigan, his older brother was seeing a speech therapist for help with a stutter. ![]()
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