Chara Takes Home 2009 Norris Trophy
June 18, 2009 by Jeanne Dupuis
Filed under Boston Bruins, NHL, News, Players
Kevin Connolly of HBO’s Entourage helped present the award for this year’s James Norris Memorial Trophy. It was presented to Boston Bruins captain, Zdeno Chara, who took his time and really enjoyed accepting the award.
After talking a bit about what winning means to him, he explained that he was cut from every team he played on as a kid and said he “shouldn’t have made it past juniors.”
He wanted to send a message to all of the kids at home who were watching the awards since many of them have probably been turned away by coaches that didn’t see their potential. I think that it’s an important thing to say because, sometimes, having passion for a sport is more important than being the most skilled player on the ice.
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