BOSTON --It was dark that evening, outside and in, as Zdeno Chara entered the rink, a single spotlight illuminating the ice surface. A friend, a Zamboni maintenance worker, had let Chara and his ...

The 6-foot-9 Slovakian defenseman spent four seasons with Ottawa and left an indelible mark on the franchise and his teammates. Dave Sandford / NHLI via Getty Images Chris Phillips was a teenager when ...

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St. Louis Blues forward Alexey Toropchenko is the latest hockey player to miss time in the NHL because of a bizarre off-ice ...

Zdeno Chara this weekend will be back in Canada, where his long, illustrious journey began almost 30 years ago, to be heralded Monday night in Toronto as a new inductee of the Hockey Hall of Fame. Big ...

Zdeno Chara and Patrice Bergeron were synonymous with the Boston Bruins of the 2010s, the captain who was brought in to help change the direction of the franchise and the homegrown talent who stood ...

A late starter who once sneaked into rinks to practise, the defenceman capped his remarkable career with hockey’s highest honour. He started playing ice hockey later than most of his peers; instead, ...

When Zdeno Chara began his NHL career in 1997, he wasn’t the best skater. That changed quickly, though, and he evolved into a top defenseman in the league. The first time Wayne Gretzky saw Chara was ...

Zdeno Chara is one that got away from the Ottawa Senators. And, when he chose the Boston Bruins by signing a five-year, $37.5 million U.S. deal that paid him an average annual value of $7.5 million, ...

Zdeno Chara and Duncan Keith didn't let their unique body types stall their dreams of playing in the NHL. Once there, the former defensemen took their careers to another level, culminating with their ...

Zdeno Chara is often remembered for how he stood out on the ice. Over a 24-year career, the Slovak-born defenseman was the tallest player in NHL history at 6-foot-9 and 250 pounds. He boasted the ...