The Boston Bruins retired Zdeno Chara’s number 33 on Thursday night. Chara was an impactful player for the Bruins, as he ...

Former Providence Bruins player Jeremy Reich was on the receiving end of that "motivation" by the team's then-captain.

With grace and humility and a wide grin he rarely flashed when he was leading the Boston Bruins back to prominence, Zdeno ...

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The Boston Bruins honored former defenseman Zdeno Chara at TD Garden on Thursday by officially retiring his No. 33 jersey.

"There was nobody else in the history of the game that really worked that hard," former partner Dennis Seidenberg said.

But all the awareness and preparation didn’t adequately prepare him for what Thursday would feel like. At the ceremony making ...

BOSTON -- Zdeno Chara retired from the NHL after a 24-year career on Tuesday. He walks away a true folk hero in the game of hockey. The lore of Chara's greatness will be passed down by hockey fans for ...

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 ...

BOSTON -- Normally, when a middle-aged athlete calls it quits, he steps to the podium for his retirement press conference and explains that he just can't play the way he's used to playing, and that it ...

BOSTON –– A bellowing “Thank you, Chara” chant echoed through TD Garden on Thursday night. ​The former captain had just addressed the crowd ahead of his No. 33 getting raised to the rafters. He spoke ...