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Typically after any game, win or lose, Boston captain Zdeno Chara is stone-faced and intense when he meets the media. Sunday night at Scotiabank Place, he was grinning from cheek to cheek.

Chara returned to Ottawa, the city where his NHL career took root, and captained the team that escaped with a 12-9 victory in the 2012 Tim Hortons NHL All-Star Game at Scotiabank Place. He scored the winning goal, his Bruins teammate Tim Thomas was the winning goalie for a record fourth-straight All-Star Game, and his Slovakian countrymen Marian Gaborik earned MVP honors with a hat trick and four points.

"You can't ask for anything better," Chara said. "We want to enjoy ourselves, have fun, and most of all...

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