NHL great Zdeno Chara, who retired after his 24-year NHL career, has now taken to running marathons in retirement.

Chara spent most of his NHL career in Beantown, “forging a deep connection with the community. To run 26.2 miles through streets lined with familiar faces and places adds an emotional dimension ...

Zdeno Chara reflects on NHL career, speaks of the honor to retire with Bruins 01:43. BOSTON -- Normally, when a middle-aged athlete calls it quits, he steps to the podium for his retirement press ...

Chara completely changed the DNA of the Bruins after he signed a five-year, $37.5 million contract with Boston in 2006. He was immediately given the "C" for his sweater and was the team's captain ...

Zdeno Chara is no stranger to playing through pain. After all, the future Hall-of-Fame defenseman skated in the final three games of the 2019 Stanley Cup Final with a broken jaw.. But running 52.4 ...

Chara, 46, retired from the NHL last September after a career that spanned from 1997 to 2022. He spent 14 seasons with the Bruins, winning the Stanley Cup in 2011 and earning the Norris Trophy in ...

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Zdeno Chara just doesn't stop running. The 6-foot-9 former Boston Bruins captain finished the 2024 Boston Marathon on Monday in 3:30:52. To spare you the math, that’s an average of 8:03 per mile ...

Zdeno Chara got his call to the hall on Tuesday, being named as part of the Hockey Hall of Fame class of 2025. Chara’s career spanned 1,680 games and included 303 games with the Islanders, where ...

Chara set the NHL record in 2012 with a 108.8 mph blast, and that shot still reigns supreme today. “It’s a little nerve-wracking, but I think it’s very exciting,” Chara says.

Through Chara’s leadership, the Bruins experienced their greatest run of success in their nearly century-long existence, winning their first Stanley Cup in 39 years in 2011, appearing in two ...

Chara, the Bruins' captain, played 1,023 games with Boston after arriving as a free agent in July 2006. He had 148 goals and 333 assists and was a plus-240 for the Bruins, acting as the linchpin ...