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    Zdeno Chara

    ZdenoChara

    • Defense
    • Birthdate
      3/18/1977
    • Birthplace
      Trencin, Czechoslovakia
    • Draft Info
      1996: Rd 3, Pk 56 (NYI)

    Stats

    • G
      209
    • A
      471
    • PTS
      680
    • +/-
      301
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      • 'Cool and new thing for me': Zdeno Chara on entrepreneurship, his new job with the Bruins and more
        • 7M
        • Emily Kaplan
        Zdeno Chara
        • Former captain Chara joins Bruins' front office
          • 9M
          • Ryan Clark
          Former captain Chara joins Bruins' front office
          • McDavid, MacKinnon top 10 highest-rated players for NHL 26
            • 9M
            • Marco Wutz
            McDavid, MacKinnon top 10 highest-rated players for NHL 26
            • Chara to retire after 24 NHL seasons, as a Bruin
              • 4Y
              • Ryan S. Clark
              Chara to retire after 24 NHL seasons, as a Bruin
              • Isles' Chara breaks Chelios' games-played record
                • 4Y
                • Kristen Shilton
                Isles' Chara breaks Chelios' games-played record
                • Still going: Chara, 44, inks 1-year deal with Isles
                  • 5Y
                  • Greg Wyshynski
                  Still going: Chara, 44, inks 1-year deal with Isles
                  • That's so '90s: The few still-active players from the last millennium
                    • 2Y
                    • Joe DeMartino
                    Bartolo Colon, Adam Vinatieri, Vince Carter
                    • Boston fans salute Chara in Capitals' 8-1 victory
                      • 5Y
                      Zdeno Chara
                      • Chara's hockey sticks sent to N.J. man's house
                        • 5Y
                        • Greg Wyshynski
                        Chara's hockey sticks sent to N.J. man's house
                        • How the Capitals weathered an early COVID-19 storm and are poised to be top Cup contenders
                          • 5Y
                          • Emily Kaplan
                          How the Capitals weathered an early COVID-19 storm and are poised to be top Cup contenders

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