Zdeno Chara

Zdeno Chara reunites with family in Boston for first time since signing with Capitals: ‘It was good to be a dad’

Zdeno Chara will make his long-awaited return to TD Garden tonight for the first time since signing with the Capitals as an unrestricted free agent in late December.

Chara singular played in over 1,000 games for Boston. The city was his home for 14 out of his 24 total seasons in the NHL. While a Bruin, Chara won the Mark Messier Leadership Award, the James Norris Memorial Trophy, but most memorably he brought the Stanley Cup to Boston in 2011.

Although there won’t be fans in the arena to give Chara a standing ovation, he still feels their support.

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By Eliza Kravitz 6 hours ago

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Evgeny Kuznetsov believes Zdeno Chara will do the bird celly when he scores next

The Washington Capitals recently published a video of Zdeno Chara chatting with Evgeny Kuznetsov during practice. Seconds later, Chara unexpectedly did Kuznetsov’s bird celly.

Kuzy was asked about the moment during a Russian language interview with Sport24’s Alena Grebenkova.

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By Ian Oland 2 weeks ago

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Zdeno Chara does Evgeny Kuznetsov’s bird celly during practice

A popular saying goes you can’t teach an old dog new tricks, but it does not apply to 43-year-old Zdeno Chara, the oldest player in the National Hockey League.

On Thursday, Chara and Evgeny Kuznetsov, who looked like a father and son during a free skate, appeared to talk about goal cellys while warming up around the rink.

And then… it happened.

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By Ian Oland 3 weeks ago

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Zdeno Chara plays in 1,565th career game, passing Nicklas Lidstrom for fifth in games played by a defenseman

Zdeno Chara played the 1,565th game of his career this afternoon against the Philadelphia Flyers.

The 43-year-old surpassed long-time Detroit Red Wing Nicklas Lidstrom for the fifth-most games played by a defenseman in NHL history.

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By Eliza Kravitz 3 weeks ago

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Zdeno Chara scores opening goal against Boston Bruins aww yisssss

Supposed human Zdeno Chara has scored a goal against the Boston Bruins for the first time in 15 years.

(Though, in his defense, he spent the last 15 years playing for the Bruins.)

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By Peter Hassett 4 weeks ago

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Zdeno Chara’s new sticks get delivered to wrong address in New Jersey

Zdeno Chara let Evgeny Kuznetsov use one of his sticks before a training camp practice in mid-January.

“Just don’t break it,” Chara said. “I don’t have enough.”

A few weeks later, Chara’s new shipment of twigs arrived in the United States, but not at the right address. Ariel Ben-Abraham, of the clothing business Create Supply, was delivered Chara’s sticks by accident.

He lives in New Jersey.

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By Ian Oland 4 weeks ago

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Lines: Alex Ovechkin back on first line, Jakub Vrana dropped to fourth

The Washington Capitals will play the Boston Bruins again Monday night in a rematch from Saturday. The Capitals will continue to be without several of their stars and important depth pieces.

Evgeny Kuznetsov and Ilya Samsonov remain on the COVID Unavailability List for a 12th consecutive day. Lars Eller and Justin Schultz will again not play due to injury.

On the lines front, Peter Laviolette made several notable changes.

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By Ian Oland 1 month ago

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Zdeno Chara leaves first period early (UPDATED)

For the first time in fifteen years, defender Zdeno Chara was playing against the Boston Bruins instead of for them.

But late in the first period, Chara took a puck to the face and left the game.

UPDATE, 7:58 PM: Good news. Chara is back for the second period.

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By Peter Hassett 1 month ago

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Emotional Zdeno Chara thanks new Capitals teammates for giant goal hug: ‘There is nothing like team sports’

There were a lot of remarkable things that happened during the Capitals’ 6-3 comeback win over the New York Islanders on Thursday. The Capitals came back from a 3-0 deficit, scored six unanswered goals, and found a way to win despite many of their star players being out. But it was the Capitals’ fifth goal of the evening that was special and something you’ll never forget. It was so remarkable that it gave the game a season-defining feel.

Late in the second period, 43-year-old Zdeno Chara scored on a rocket from the point, giving him his first goal as a Capital. Chara turned to the bench to celebrate and was quickly engulfed by literally everyone on the team in a giant goal hug.

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By Ian Oland 1 month ago

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The entire Capitals bench hugged Zdeno Chara after he scored his first goal as a Capital

When the Washington Capitals walked out for the second period, they were down 3-0. When left the ice for the second intermission, they were up 5-3 after authoring an insane comeback.

Zdeno Chara scored the final goal of the period — his first as a Capital — after ripping a shot from the point and cleanly beating an overwhelmed Semyon Varlamov.

What happened next was the best moment of the Capitals’ 2020-21 season so far.

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By Ian Oland 1 month ago

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