who is the tallest hockey player
Zdeno ChÃ¡ra is 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 2008â09 season. ChÃ¡ra is the tallest player ever to play in the National Hockey League. He is also the second European-born and raised captain to win the Stanley Cup, and the first born and trained in a country within the Iron Curtain.[notes 1]