Jaromir Jagr (Czech: Jaromír Jágr) is a Czech hockey right forward, player and owner of the Czech second division club Kladno. He is currently the longest-serving NHL player.
Childhood
Jagr began skating at the age of three and immediately began to demonstrate excellent abilities. At the age of 15, he already played at the highest level in Czechoslovakia for the Kladno club, and at the age of 17 he played for the first time in the national team of Czechoslovakia.
Career
Jaromir Jagr's playing career began at home in 1988, but in 1990 he was drafted under the 5th number by the Pittsburgh Penguins (the only one from the 1990 draft for rock who is still pursuing a career). At the time, he was the youngest player in the NHL, and in 2018 he retired from the NHL as the oldest player (45) and the oldest player to score a hat-trick. Jagr is the most productive European player in the NHL, the second most points earned among all NHL players. In 2017, he was included in the list of the 100 best players in the NHL.
Jagr won the 1991 and 1992 Stanley Cup seasons with the Penguins, the Art Ross Trophy five times (four times in a row), the Lester Pearson Award three times and the Garth Memorial Trophy once, with four more finalists.
Jaromir Jagr has the most Art Ross Cups among non-Canadians. He is also one of 28 players who make up the "Golden Hockey Three" as the winner of the Stanley Cup (1991, 1992), the World Championship (2005, 2010) and the Olympics (1998). In addition to Jagr, the “golden three” includes another Czech hockey player - Jiri Schlegr.
Interesting Facts
Throughout his career, Jaromir wears hockey clothing number 68 in memory of the "Prague Spring" of 1968 and his grandfather, who then died in prison.
The hockey player's father, also Jaromir, owns a chain of hotels in the Czech Republic.
During the off-season, Jaromir lives in the Czech Republic, where he owns the Kladno club since 2011.
Jagr is an Orthodox Christian.
