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| Zdeno CHARA (CHAH-rah, ZDEH-noh) |
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Defense. Shoots left. 6'9'', 251 lbs. Born, Trencin, Slovakia, March 18, 1977.
NY Islanders' 3rd choice, 56th overall, in 1996 Entry Draft.
2007-08 Statistics as of Jan. 24/08: 49 GP – 7 G – 27 A – 34 Pts. – 77 PIM
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Chara led all Bruins with 27:57 per game last season and has logged several games of 30 minutes or more this season.
Chara won the ‘Hardest Shot' event at the 2007 All-Star Skills event, registering 100.4 miles per hour on his second shot. The All-Star record is 105.2 mph, set in 1993 in Montreal by Al Iafrate, then with Washington. Also participated in the Hardest Shot event in 2003 – registering shots of 97.8 and 96.0 miles per hour.
Chara on his 2007 All-Star Game appearance in which his Eastern All-Stars lost 12-9: "We just wanted to play a puck-moving game and a skating game so the fans could enjoy it."
Chara's father was a Greco-Roman wrestler for Czechoslovakia at the 1976 Olympics.
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