TONIGHT WHERE CHAR IS GOING TO BE THE BRUINS PLAYER TO RECEIVE THIS HONOR. THE EXCITEMENT IS ALREADY BUILDING HERE IN BOSTON, AS ZDENO CHARA IS SET TO HAVE HIS NUMBER 33 RETIRED BY THE BOSTON BRUINS.

BOSTON — Zdeno Chara has officially known this day was coming for months. And if he’s honest, he’s been aware that the Bruins were going to retire his number for much longer than that. But all the ...

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 ...

BOSTON -- When Zdeno Chara signed with the Boston Bruins in 2006, the No. 3 he wore early in his career had already been retired by the Original Six franchise. So he picked No. 33 without giving it ...

Zdeno Chara played 14 years as No. 33 for the Boston Bruins. Rich Gagnon / Getty Images BOSTON — By the time Ray Bourque was 19 years old, the do-it-all defenseman was already showing signs that his ...

BOSTON (WHDH) - Former Bruins captain and Hall of Famer Zdeno Chara was nearly speechless when his jersey number 33 was lifted into the rafters at TD Garden Thursday in front of several other Bruins ...

Charlie McAvoy remembers his first meeting with Zdeno Chara well. McAvoy was still a teenager, just recently signed out of Boston University, and he was called up from Providence to go with the team ...

ST. LOUIS — Boston Bruins captain Zdeno Chara’s status for Game 5 of the Stanley Cup Final is unknown after he was struck in the face by a shot in the second period of Game 4. Blues center Brayden ...

Rare is the occurrence when a free agent is signed by a team and then that player immediately becomes captain. But Zdeno Chara was a rare breed indeed and, after he signed his deal with the Bruins ...

BOSTON (WPRI) — The Boston Bruins retired defenseman and former captain Zdeno Chara’s number in a special ceremony Thursday night. Chara’s No. 33 was raised to the rafters before Boston’s game against ...

THIS BANNER NIGHT. TONIGHT, THE BRUINS HONORED A PLAYER WHOSE LARGER THAN LIFE A GUY WITH 24 YEARS IN THE NHL, 14 OF THEM RIGHT HERE IN THE GARDEN. ZDENO CHARA. I WAS JUST A BIG Z TAKING IN THE MOMENT ...

Two months after entering the Hall of Fame as part of the Class of 2025, Zdeno Chara will join another exclusive club. The Bruins will honor Chara ahead of their game against the Kraken on Thursday ...