Zdeno Chara
Zdeno Chara
Zdeno Chárais a Slovak professional ice hockey defenseman, currently serving as captain of the Boston Bruins of the National Hockey League. He won the James Norris Memorial Trophy while playing for the Bruins in the 2008–09 season...
ProfessionHockey Player
Date of Birth18 March 1977
CityTrencin, Slovakia
anytime guy lost miss plays reason role
Not having him is not the reason we lost (Game 2), but we did miss him. Anytime you don't have a guy like that you're going to miss him. He plays a big role for us.
confident games grabbed guy obviously ray
He's a very challenging guy who is very athletic. He grabbed his opportunity. Dominik is out and he's obviously now our No. 1 goalie. Ray is going to get a lot of games and he's going to feel confident going into the playoffs.
biggest guy guys happens hard mark plays respect
I play hard; Mark plays hard. He's probably not the biggest guy in the league, but he plays with a lot of emotion, a lot of heart, and that's what happens when you have two guys who play hard for their teams. I have a lot of respect for him.
both goals guy guys likes score
He's a guy who likes to play both ways. It's not very often that you see guys who can score goals that like to play physical.
few ice period stick words
Things just heated up at the end of the period and I wanted to stick up for my teammates. Cairns got on the ice and we exchanged a few words and I got speared twice. That's why I reacted the way I reacted.
gives hard nice team
We really battled back hard and showed that this team never gives up. That's nice to see.
ready
I don't think we were as ready as yesterday.
I got speared twice, so that's why I reacted like I reacted.
fight hard inch ourselves
We said to ourselves we have to play hard and fight for every inch on the ice.
bit game good ice second shift trade
It's a little bit frustrating. That's a pretty good trade for them when you think about it. That was only (Cairns') second shift of the game and they get me off the ice for 15 minutes.
bit boston game intensity played points won
The most important thing is that we got the two points and we won the game. I thought we started the game really well, we played with intensity but then we let up a little bit and we let Boston get back in the game.
against balance confidence good hard
I think there has to be a balance between confidence and respect. It's good to have confidence against a team, but you also have to play them hard and with respect.
anytime brings good means player speed talent team
Anytime you can (get back) a player who means so much to your team that's a good thing. He's got a lot of talent and he brings the speed as well.
advantage blue cut decided few front good jam line player traffic
That's a play we've used a few times this year. Alfie is a good enough player on the blue line if something happens. When it's 4-on-4, you've got to take advantage of that room. I was going to cut to the front of the net, but there was too much traffic so I decided to go around and try and jam it, to overpower everyone, and it worked.