Jaromir Jagr

As training camp began, the Penguins were a team Václav Havel would be proud of and a team a yippie could trust. They were not, however, a club a hockey purist could appreciate. Pittsburgh had a new coach, former...

Precocious 20-year-old center Patrik Stefan remembers when he was a wide-eyed 10-year-old Czech lad and he first saw Jaromir Jagr play for the national team in Stefan's hometown of Příbram. After that magical day two...

Jaromir Jagr got his fourth NHL scoring title last season. Only Wayne Gretzky (II), Mario Lemieux (six), Gordie Howe (six) and Phil Esposito (five) have won more.

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