THAT’S RIGHT. CHANDI. SO BACK ON MARCH 14TH, PENGUINS FANS CAME TO THE GAME EXCITED TO GET A JAROMIR JAGR BOBBLEHEAD. INSTEAD, THEY ENDED. THE CITY WERE LEFT CONFUSED AFTER THE SHIPMENT WAS ACTUALLY STOLEN. BUT TODAY, AFTER ALMOST A MONTH, FANS FINALLY HAVE THEIR YUMMIER BOBBLEHEADS. IT WAS WORTH THE WAIT. IT’S A REAL TREAT. WE’RE SUPER EXCITED TO FINALLY HAVE THEM. PENGUINS FANS TODAY LINING UP FOR HOURS EVEN BEFORE THE GAME TO FINALLY GET THEIR YAROMIR. JAGR BOBBLEHEADS. INSTEAD OF WALKING OUT WITH BOBBLEHEADS. LAST MONTH, FANS WALKED AWAY WITH A VOUCHER AT SATURDAY’S GAME. THEY WERE FINALLY ABLE TO TRADE IN THOSE VOUCHERS. FANS NOW ABLE TO LAUGH ABOUT THE SITUATION. YOU KNOW YOU DIDN’T FIND OUT UNTIL LIKE JUST BEFORE THE GAME AND THEN IT’S LIKE, OH MY GOSH, LIKE WHAT’S GOING TO HAPPEN? AND THEN WHO GOT THEM? YOU KNOW WHAT I MEAN? IT’S JUST IT’S BEEN CRAZY. AND WHO KNOWS WHERE THESE HAVE BEEN. BUT WE HAVE THEM NOW SO THEY’RE SAFE. THE TEAM SAID THE SHIPMENT THAT WAS CARRYING THE BOBBLEHEAD WAS STOLEN AFTER ITS ARRIVAL IN CALIFORNIA, STATE AND FEDERAL AUTHORITIES WERE NOTIFIED AND BEGAN TO LOCATE THE MISSING CARGO. IT WASN’T UNTIL MARCH 26TH THE SHIPMENT WAS CONFIRMED, AND IT WAS ANNOUNCED THEY’D BE GIVEN OUT AT TODAY’S GAME. AND FANS WERE VERY RELIEVED TO FINALLY HAVE THEM AND ADD THEM TO THEIR HOME COLLECTIONS. WE ACTUALLY HAVE A BASEMENT THAT IS ALL PENGUINS WITH PENGUIN CARPETING, AND WE HAVE, UM, LIKE A BOOKCASE WITH ALL OUR BOBBLEHEADS, SO IT’LL STAY ON THE TOP NOW THAT WE HAVE THEM. IT’S LIKE SUPER EXCITING, UH, TO HAVE THIS AS PART OF OUR BOBBLEHEAD COLLECTION HOME. IT’S A SMALL COLLECTION THAT’S GROWING. NOW, FANS DO HAVE ANOTHER CHANCE TO GET THEIR BOBBLEHEADS TOMORROW AT THE GAME. THAT WILL BE FROM 10 A.M. TO 2 P.M. THERE WILL ALSO EVEN BE A DRIVE THROUGH OPTION REPORTING LIVE FR
Former NHL star Jaromir Jagr scores in his first game since turning 52
The Pittsburgh Penguins retired Jagr’s No. 68 in February at PPG Paints Arena
Updated: 9:40 PM EDT Apr 18, 2024
Jaromir Jagr returned to action Thursday for the first time since turning 52 and immediately scored as he surpassed legend Gordie Howe to become the oldest player taking regular shifts in professional ice hockey.Howe, known as “Mr. Hockey,” was 52 years, 11 days old when played his final NHL game in 1980. The Canadian later played a single shift with the Detroit Vipers in the International Hockey League in 1997 at the age of 69. Howe died in 2016.Jagr hadn’t played since Feb. 10 — five days before he turned 52 — and rejoined his Kladno Knights, a top-division team from his Czech Republic hometown, in the second game of a playoff relegation series against Vsetin.The former NHL great in his first shift was unmarked when he collected the puck in front of goal and scored to give Kladno a 1-0 lead 1:59 into the game. It was Jagr’s 16th game in his 36th professional season. He also also added an assist. Kladno won the game 7-2 to take a 2-0 lead in the best-of-seven series.During his break, Jagr traveled to Pittsburgh where the Penguins retired his iconic No. 68 on Feb 18.Jagr played 11 seasons with the Penguins, winning the Stanley Cup titles in 1991 and 1992.Jagr made his debut for Kladno as a teenager and returned to the club — which he now owns — in 2018 after the Calgary Flames released the NHL’s second all-time leading point-scorer.It’s not clear when he might retire.
Jaromir Jagr returned to action Thursday for the first time since turning 52 and immediately scored as he surpassed legend Gordie Howe to become the oldest player taking regular shifts in professional ice hockey.
Howe, known as “Mr. Hockey,” was 52 years, 11 days old when played his final NHL game in 1980. The Canadian later played a single shift with the Detroit Vipers in the International Hockey League in 1997 at the age of 69. Howe died in 2016.
Jagr hadn’t played since Feb. 10 — five days before he turned 52 — and rejoined his Kladno Knights, a top-division team from his Czech Republic hometown, in the second game of a playoff relegation series against Vsetin.
The former NHL great in his first shift was unmarked when he collected the puck in front of goal and scored to give Kladno a 1-0 lead 1:59 into the game.
It was Jagr’s 16th game in his 36th professional season. He also also added an assist.
Kladno won the game 7-2 to take a 2-0 lead in the best-of-seven series.
During his break, Jagr traveled to Pittsburgh where the Penguins retired his iconic No. 68 on Feb 18.
Jagr played 11 seasons with the Penguins, winning the Stanley Cup titles in 1991 and 1992.
Jagr made his debut for Kladno as a teenager and returned to the club — which he now owns — in 2018 after the Calgary Flames released the NHL’s second all-time leading point-scorer.
It’s not clear when he might retire.
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