Jaromir Jagr’s fabled No. 68 jersey will quickly rise to the rafters on the Pittsburgh Penguins’ residence enviornment.
The crew introduced Friday Jagr’s jersey quantity might be retired throughout a Feb. 18 ceremony earlier than the Penguins play the Los Angeles Kings.
Jagr’s NHL profession started with the Penguins in 1990. He spent 11 seasons with the franchise and departed after the 2000-01 season.
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Jaromir Jagr of the Pittsburgh Penguins skates with the puck throughout a recreation towards the Washington Capitals Jan. 1, 1996, at USAir Area in Landover, Md. (Mitchell Layton/Getty Pictures)
Jagr’s NHL enjoying days spanned 24 seasons. Arguably probably the most memorable moments of his storied profession occurred in Pittsburgh. He helped the Penguins win the Stanley Cup in 1991 and 1992.
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Jagr collected 439 objectives and 640 assists in 806 regular-season video games with the Penguins from 1990 to 2001. He nonetheless stays within the high 5 in franchise historical past in video games performed (fifth), factors (fourth), objectives (fourth) and assists (fourth).
Jaromír Jagr of the Pittsburgh Penguins skates towards the New Jersey Devils in 1991 on the Brendan Byrne Area in East Rutherford, N.J. (Concentrate on Sport/Getty Pictures)
The Penguins traded Jagr to Washington earlier than the 2001-2002 season. Jagr performed one other 13 years after leaving Pittsburgh, spending time with eight groups, together with the Capitals, the New York Rangers and the Philadelphia Flyers.
Jagr stepped away from the NHL after enjoying 22 video games for Calgary within the 2017-2018 season. His 1,921 profession factors rank second in NHL historical past behind Corridor of Famer Wayne Gretzky.
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Jagr turned 51 this 12 months. In September, he strongly recommended he would as soon as once more placed on a uniform and play within the upcoming season for the Rytiri Kladno Knights. Jagr owns the crew, an expert franchise within the Czech Republic.
“One other hockey season has begun. I simply learn that I performed Extraliga for Kladno for the primary time 35 years in the past. It’s been a minute,” Jagr wrote in a translated Fb publish. “However the nervousness, the anticipation earlier than the beginning. … That is nonetheless the identical.”
The Related Press contributed to this report.
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