Zdeno Chara - Highlights

Highlights of Zdeno Chara, captain in Boston Bruins, one of the biggest and toughest guys in the NHL in all time.
Music: Ascendin' - Agony
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Chára was drafted 56th overall by the New York Islanders in the 1996 NHL Entry Draft. After four seasons with the Islanders, he was traded to the Ottawa Senators during the 2001 NHL Entry Draft. Chára was part of a package deal with Bill Muckalt and the second overall pick in that year's draft (Jason Spezza) that sent Alexei Yashin to New York.

As a Senator for four years, Chára emerged as an elite defensemen in the league and more than doubled his previous offensive totals in his first season with Ottawa. In his second season with the team, 2002--03, Chára made his first All-Star Game appearance and recorded the second hardest shot behind Al MacInnis in the skills competition.
The next season, in addition to posting 16 goals and 41 points, Chára recorded the league's third highest plus/minus, behind Martin St. Louis and Marek Malík, culminating into his first Norris Trophy nomination. Although he would lose to Scott Niedermayer as the league's best defenseman, he would join Niedermayer on the NHL First All-Star Team.

After the 2004--05 NHL lockout, in which Chára played in the Swedish Elitserien for Färjestads BK, he matched his previous NHL season's 16-goal total and increased to 43 points, good enough for NHL Second All-Star Team honours. As Chára did not come to terms on a new contract with Ottawa, he became an unrestricted free agent at the end of 2005--06.
Subsequently, on July 1, 2006, he signed a five-year, $37.5 million contract with the Boston Bruins and was named the team's captain, a role left vacant since Joe Thornton's departure during the 2005--06 season. He became only the third Slovak-born NHL player to become a team captain, after Peter Šťastný of the Quebec Nordiques and Stan Mikita (co-captain) of the Chicago Blackhawks.
He was named to the 2007 All-Star Game, his second appearance, in Dallas and scored two goals in an 12--9 Eastern Conference loss. Chára also won the hardest shot segment of the preceding skills competition, clocking a shot at 100.4 mph. In 2008, he was voted in as a starter in the All-Star Game for the first time in his career and repeated as the winner of the hardest shot competition, recording an even-faster 103.1 mph (166 km/h) on the radar gun. On March 8, 2008, during a game against the Washington Capitals, Chára suffered a torn labrum in his left shoulder. However, after missing five games, he played the remainder of the season including the playoffs. Upon a first-round elimination at the hands of the Montreal Canadiens, he underwent a shoulder operation on April 29. At the end of the season, Chára received his second nomination for the Norris Trophy after tallying a career-high 17 goals, 34 assists and 51 points, marking the fifth straight season he had either matched or increased his previous season's points total.
In 2008--09, Chára was named to his fourth All-Star Game. As back-to-back champion of the hardest shot competition, Chára initiated a charity drive among the participants ($1,000 per player) to go to the charity of choice of the competition's winner. Having raised $24,000 from the six competitors and their respective teams, the NHL and the NHLPA, Chára set a new Skills Competition record, with a 105.4 mph (169.7 km/h) slapshot. He donated the winnings to Right to Play. The shot passed Al Iafrate's previous record-making 105.2 mph (169.3 km/h) slapper from just over a decade earlier. He won the Norris Trophy for the 2008--09 season, beating out Mike Green of the Washington Capitals and Nicklas Lidstrom of the Detroit Red Wings.
On October 9, 2010, Chara re-signed with the Bruins with a 7-year deal.
On January 17, 2011, Chara recorded his first career hat trick against the Carolina Hurricanes to make it a 7-0 final.

Source: http://www.wikipedia.org

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[TheRandomCamper]

what song is this??? its cool

[haddenlost]

@TheRandomCamper Yes, it's a song by the swedish band Ascendin', Check out their youtube channel:

youtube(dot)com/user/AscendinB­and

[HockeyBros100]

You do NOT want to fight this guy!

[vinceofferismylove]

fuck anyone who dislikes this

[isanube]

Chara fuckin sucks

[TkalecTilen]

GO Chara GO! Hell yeah, Bruins all the way!!!

[wardul]

ahhh I could av im :)

[knightschwartz]

the monster of the nhl?

[mrconor713]

thumbs up 4 rag doll at 2:49

[HockeyBros100]

HAHAHA AT THE END OF VID!!

[al34maaloaau93]

that dude put up a hell of a fight at 1:32 though

[gtardoriffic]

@Edgehead1132 agreed. i almost shit a brick.