Jaromír Jágr is a renowned Czech professional ice hockey winger who has had a remarkable career spanning multiple decades. He has played in the National Hockey League (NHL) for a staggering nine teams, including the Pittsburgh Penguins, Washington Capitals, New York Rangers, Philadelphia Flyers, Dallas Stars, Boston Bruins, New Jersey Devils, Florida Panthers, and Calgary Flames.
Throughout his illustrious career, Jágr has served as captain of two teams, the Penguins and the Rangers. After leaving the Rangers in 2008, he played three seasons in the Kontinental Hockey League (KHL) with Avangard Omsk. He returned to the NHL in 2011 with the Flyers and remained in the league for seven more years before being assigned by the Flames in 2018 to HC Kladno, which he owns.
Jágr has achieved numerous accolades throughout his career, including being the second-most points in NHL history, after Wayne Gretzky. He is also the most productive European player who has ever played in the NHL and is widely regarded as one of the greatest professional hockey players of all time.
Jágr has held multiple records throughout his career, including being the youngest player in the NHL at the age of 18 and the oldest player to record a hat-trick at the age of 45. He was also named one of the 100 Greatest NHL Players in history in 2017.
Jágr's impressive career began when he was selected as the fifth overall pick in the 1990 NHL Entry Draft. He went on to win consecutive Stanley Cups with the Penguins in the 1991 and 1992 seasons. Individually, he has won the Art Ross Trophy as the NHL scoring champion five times, the Lester B. Pearson Award for the NHL's outstanding player three times, and the Hart Memorial Trophy as the league's most valuable player once.
Jágr is a member of the Triple Gold Club, having played for teams that have won the Stanley Cup, the Ice Hockey World Championships, and the Olympic gold medal in ice hockey. He was also the Czech Republic's flag bearer at the 2010 Winter Olympics.
Jágr is one of only three players from 1981 to 2001 to win the Art Ross Trophy as the leading point-scorer during the regular season, along with Wayne Gretzky and Mario Lemieux. He has won the award more times than any other non-Canadian player and is a member of the Czech Ice Hockey Hall of Fame.
