Big Z, By The Numbers: A closer look at Zdeno Chara's record-breaking career
When steps onto the ice at SAP Arena Thursday night, the veteran blue-liner will do something no other NHL defenceman has ever done. The occasion will mark Chara’s 1,652nd regular-season game in the league, moving him past Chris Chelios for the most games played by any defenceman in NHL history. 23: Minutes he’s averaged on the ice over the course of his lengthy NHL career (23:49, to be exact). He averaged more than 20 minutes a night in 20 of his 24 NHL seasons, averaging an absurd 27:58 per night during the 2006-07 season. When Chara steps on the ice for game No. 1,652, he’ll do so as the game’s longest-tenured defenceman in history....
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