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1 Career overview

Jagr currently plays with the New York Rangers. He still resides in the Czech Republic during the off-season. His father, also named Jaromir Jagr, is prosperous and owns a chain of hotels. The younger Jagr showed his athletic aptitude early; he began skating at age three and was always one of the best players as he worked his way up through the Czech hockey leagues. At the age of 16, he was playing at the highest level of competition in Czechoslovakia.

Jagr was the first Czechoslovakian player to be drafted by the NHL without first having to defect to the west. He was taken by the Pittsburgh Penguins with #5 pick in the 1990 NHL Entry Draft and played with them for the next ten years. He was a supporting player with the powerhouse Penguins that won back-to-back Stanley Cups in 1991 and 1992.

It was in the later years that he truly broke out and became the most dominant right wing in the league. From 1994 to 1995 on a mediocre Penguins team, Jagr won four straight NHL scoring titles, and in the 1995 season scored 149 points. In 19981998 was a common year starting on Thursday (see link for calendar), and was designated the International Year of the Ocean''. Events January January 1998 A massive ice storm, caused by El Nino, strikes New England, southern Ontario and Quebec, resulting he led the Czech Republic's team to a gold medal at the Nagano Olympics.

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The Capitals made Jagr one of the most highly paid players in the NHL with an $11 million per year deal. Jagr, however, failed to perform. In the 20012001 is a common year starting on Monday (see link for calendar), and also: The International Year of the Volunteer The United Nations Year of Dialogue Among Civilizations Events January January 1 A black monolith measuring approximately nine feet tall ap- 20022002 is a common year starting on Tuesday (see link for calendar). 2002 was the first palindromic year since 1991 and the last until 2112. 2002 was also designated: International Year of Ecotourism and Mountains National Science Year in the United Kingdom season Washington failed to make the playoffs and Jagr appeared to being playing at a level far below that which had been expected. In 20022002 is a common year starting on Tuesday (see link for calendar). 2002 was the first palindromic year since 1991 and the last until 2112. 2002 was also designated: International Year of Ecotourism and Mountains National Science Year in the United Kingdom- 20032003 is a common year starting on Wednesday (link will take you to calendar), and also: The International Year of Freshwater The European Disability Year Summary Perhaps the defining global event of the year 2003 was the Invasion of Iraq launched by the U Washington managed to finish 6th overall in the Eastern Conference, but lost to the upstart Tampa Bay Lightning in the first round of the playoffs. (Tampa Bay would win the Stanley Cup in the next 2003-04 NHL Season.) While in Washington, Jagr did not experience as much popularity as fellow forward Peter Bondra.

Disgruntled, the Washington ownership spent much of 2003 trying to trade Jagr, but a year before a new Collective Bargaining Agreement is to be signed, few teams were willing to risk $11 million on Jagr. Eventually he was traded to New York for Anson Carter and an agreement that Washington would pay four million dollars per year of Jagr's salary. Jagr also agreed to a million dollar a year pay cut to allow the trade to go ahead.

In 2004 he moved from Kladno in the Czech Republic to the ice-hockey team at Omsk in Russia.

Jagr wears the number 68 in honor of the Prague Spring rebellion of 1968 in which both of his grandfathers were killed.