Zdeno Chara's Hard-Hitting Defense Wins Amica Coverage Cam Play of the Week
The foundation of the Boston Bruins success this season has been quality team defense, which Zdeno Chara and the B's displayed perfectly this past Sunday against the Pittsburgh Penguins. Sound and solid defensive play by Chara along with linemates Johnny Boychuk and Patrice Bergeron helped keep the Penguins at bay in the offensive end. That stellar defensive effort was good enough...
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Habs by the Numbers: The Chara Effect
In just under a month from today, on March 8th, the Habs will be in Edmonton for a late night classic against the young and talented Oilers.
What's so special about that, you say?
March 8th will be the sad anniversary of the "hit that was heard 'round the NHL".
It will be a year, on that day, that Zdeno Chara almost put an end to the promising career of...
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Rob Simpson: The Zdeno Chara Story, Part 2
For your convenience, part 1 is here first, in italics. Scroll down to Part 2 if you'd like. It's in regular print style.
Trencin, Slovak Republic (July 2011) â Not far from the forest he played in as a boy and where he continues to train in the off-seasons, Bruins captain Zdeno Chara thanked his family, his friends and his hockey supporters for helping him realize...
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Rob Simpson: The Zdeno Chara Story. part 1
Trencin, Slovak Republic (July 2010) â Not far from the forest he played in as a boy and where he continues to train in the off-seasons, Bruins captain Zdeno Chara thanked his family, his friends and his hockey supporters for helping him realize the dream of a Stanley Cup championship. The tallest man in National Hockey League history stood on the stage of an outdoor amphitheater...
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Zdeno Chara hits 108.8 m.p.h. on radar
OTTAWA As usual, Zdeno Chara has won the hardest shot contest. With his second whack, Chara gunned a slap shot timed at 108.8 m.p.h. to make a mockery of his old record. Last year, Chara hit 105.9 m.p.h. I...
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16 days ago
Shea Weber Not Expecting to Beat Zdeno Chara in Hardest Shot, But Will Settle for Nashville Win Against Bruins
BOSTON -– For two guys in opposing conferences who don't face each other often, Shea Weber and Zdeno Chara have developed quite a rivalry. It may be the only true competition fostered by the All-Star Game. Weber, a standout defenseman for Nashville, and Bruins captain Zdeno Chara have met just five times in the regular season, but the most memorable clashes have come in the...
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BIG BLASTER
Video: Zdeno Chara hits record slap shot
In tonight's SuperSkills competition in Ottawa, Bruins defenseman Zdeno Chara continued his dominance in the Hardest Shot competition and beat out Nashville's Shea Weber. Chara recorded a new league record with this 108.8 mph blast...
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Shawn Gates: Zdeno Chara Signing: 7-8:30pm, Monday, February 6th!!!
Bruins fans in the Boston area, your captain is signing your swag tomorrow night!!!
This is your opportunity to get items signed by Stanley Cup winning Bruins captain Zdeno Chara! This public signing takes place between 7:00pm and 8:30pm on the evening of Monday, February 6th, 2012 in Amesbury. Prices range from $59 for regular items and $79 for premium items, with a $20 inscription...
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Zdeno Chara Still Has Stick From 108.8 MPH Blast, Looks to Increase Record Each Year
Zdeno Chara's record-setting blast of 108.8 MPH during the hardest shot contest at NHL All-Star Weekend turned heads across the hockey world. So what happened to the stick the Bruins defenseman used? Well, NESN's Naoko Funayama asked Chara that question prior to Tuesday's game against the Senators, and Chara said he still has the twig he used for that monster shot --...
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Chara's blast, Kane's cape steal show
Patrick Kane's Superman cape and Zdeno Chara's blistering hot slap shot wasn't enough to beat Daniel Alfredsson and his team stocked with hometown favorites in the NHL All-Star skills competition Saturday night.
Team Alfredsson beat Team Chara 21-12, easily clinching the victory in the final-round shootout challenge. Alfredsson had one of his team's 10 shootout goals...
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16 days ago
Zdeno Chara Thankful for Support From Ottawa Crowd at All-Star Festivities, Considers Experience Very Special
Zdeno Chara admits that serving as a team captain for this year's NHL All-Star festivities was a lot more work than he initially thought it would be. But that didn't stop the Bruins defenseman from having a great time. Chara said he and the rest of the Bruins players and staff in attendance had a blast at this weekend's events. In fact, Chara even capped the weekend off...
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Chara opens NHL All-Star draft by picking Datsyuk
Zdeno Chara went with offense in taking Detroit Red Wings forward Pavel Datsyuk with the No. 1 pick in the NHL All-Star draft. Daniel Alfredsson stuck closer to home, choosing Ottawa Senators defenseman and teammate Erik Karlsson with his club's first selection.
In selecting Datsyuk, the Boston Bruins captain said he loved the player's game.
Selecting Karlsson was no surprise...
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18 days ago
All-Star Weekend: Thoughts on Zdeno Chara’s blistering slap shot
Zdeno Chara’s 108.8 mph slap shot Saturday night took the skills competition to a new level.
Is it a level we belong at? And is Chara a true natural, as a five-time slap shot champion in the skills competition?
Here’s what he did last night:
We’ve come a long way in about 22 years, when the slap shot competition was introduced. In 1990, the All-Star weekend had...
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Zdeno Chara Gets Rare Day Off, While Nathan Horton Remains Out of Practice With Concussion
WILMINGTON, Mass. -- The Bruins returned to the ice for practice Tuesday at Ristuccia Arena after a day off on Monday. Not everyone was on hand for the workout, however. The absence of captain Zdeno Chara was unusual for the workaholic defenseman, but not a source of concern as Bruins coach Claude Julien was simply giving Chara a break from the grind of a long season. "I gave...
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Who Should Zdeno Chara Absolutely Avoid Drafting in NHL All-Star Fantasy Draft?
Zdeno Chara will not have the same break from playing that the rest of his teammates will enjoy during the All-Star festivities. While he will be joined by teammates Tyler Seguin and Tim Thomas in Ottawa to play in this year's All-Star game, Chara will also have the added responsibility of captaining his own team and drafting a varied cast of characters to play for Team Chara...
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Datsyuk picked first in All-Star draft
GATINEAU, Quebec -- Zdeno Chara went with offense in taking Detroit Red Wings forward Pavel Datsyuk with the No. 1 pick in the NHL All-Star draft, while opposing captain Daniel Alfredsson stuck closer to home, choosing Ottawa Senators defenseman and teammate Erik Karlsson with his first selection.
In selecting Datsyuk with the first pick, Chara -- the Boston Bruins captain -- said...
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17 days ago
Yandle goes to Team Chara in All-Star draft
Keith Yandle had to wait around for a little while Thursday night, but not nearly as long as Logan Couture.
Yandle, the Coyotes' lone representative in the NHL All-Star Game, went in the 11th round (out of 19 rounds) of the All-Star draft, selected by team captain Daniel Alfredsson of the host Senators. Yandle was the fifth defenseman selected for Alfredsson's team and...
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18 days ago
'Mr. Big Shot' Zdeno Chara Impresses Once Again With Record-Breaking Slapshot
Do you have any idea how fast 108 miles per hour is? It's really absurd. But Zdeno Chara can hit a hockey puck that fast with four-fifths of a mph to spare, as he showed during Saturday night's Hardest Shot portion of the NHL All-Star Skills Challenge. NESN Nation's Dan Duquette is kind of blown away with this one. That's almost too fast to make something move. Regardless...
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Paul Gaustad Asks Max Pacioretty, Canadiens 'Where's Chara?' During Montreal-Buffalo Game
Max Pacioretty and the Canadiens no longer have a problem with just Zdeno Chara and the Bruins. They now have to worry about Paul Gaustad and the Sabres, too. Gaustad ensured that he shot up the ranks on the long list of perceived Montreal villains on Tuesday night when he got into a verbal bout with the Canadiens bench. According to a number of Canadiens, Gaustad got into it with...
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Red Wings Shine Throughout All-Star Weekend
Zdeno Chara, captain of Team Chara, started the NHL All-Star festivities off with a bang by selecting Red Wings forward Pavel Datsyuk with the first overall selection in the All-Star fantasy draft. He later picked up Wings goaltender Jimmy Howard, thus giving Red Wings fans a team to cheer for throughout the weekend.
During the Skills Competition, Jimmy Howard saved three of the...
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Bruins Mailbag: B's Unlikely to Make Major Deal at NHL Trade Deadline
The Bruins enjoyed a rare break in the schedule with the league shutting down for the All-Star festivities in Ottawa, where Zdeno Chara found time to break his own record in the hardest shot competition once again, then captained his squad to a win in the All-Star Game. Chara had Tim Thomas and Tyler Seguin on his team for that victory, while the rest of the Bruins got a chance to...
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Chara picks Tim Thomas second
GATINEAU, Quebec--Zdeno Chara did not pick his teammate Tim Thomas first, but he didn't make him wait long in last night's NHL Fantasy Draft. After taking Pavel Datsyuk with his first pick, he then went with Thomas, who has been embroiled in controversy since deciding ...
Via Boston Herald
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18 days ago
ROCKET BLASTER
Video: World record for hardest slapshot
Alexander Ryazantsev, a defenseman in the KHL, just set the world record for hardest hit puck at the 2012 KHL All-Star Game Skill Competition in Riga, Latvia on Saturday.
The Traktor Chelyabinsk player’s shot clocked in at 114.127 mph which beat the previous record held by Zdeno Chara of the Boston Bruins at 105.9 mph. That is one heck of a way to take over the top...
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Claude Julien, Bruins Staff to Coach Team Chara at NHL All-Star Game
Zdeno Chara will serve as captain of one of this season's All-Star teams, and he'll have a familiar face behind the bench. Bruins head coach Claude Julien will coach Team Chara at this year's All-Star festivities in Ottawa, joining Chara, Tyler Seguin and Tim Thomas as Boston participants. Maple Leafs forward Joffrey Lupul and Rangers goaltender Henrik Lundqvist were...
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No Chara or Horton at Bruins’ practice
WILMINGTON--With practice about to begin here at Ristuccia Arena, there are no signs yet of Nathan Horton, who has been out since suffering a concussion on January 22, or captain Zdeno Chara. No word yet on the reason for Chara's absence.
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