NHL legend and future hall of famer Jaromir Jagr had quite the weekend in Pittsburgh for his jersey retirement ceremony. 7-Eleven That’s Hockey host Gino Reda has more on the memorable evening, including a top seven moments countdown.
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One of the greats! For a while there, with Gretzky in decline and Lemieux retired, he was hands down the best player in the world!
Lol 68
I burst when he mentioned his girlfriend and said she's too young to remember I played in Pittsburgh lmao
this guy loves him because theyre the same age
Has the player who's having their number retired ever warmed up with the team before? Has an active professional ever actually had their number retired before they do other than Jagr?
As the great Don Cherry coined; Yammy Jagr!❤
Ahoj , zdravím z Čech 👍🏼🇨🇿 JJ naše hokejová legenda
Since Jagr played for 9 teams why only the Pens retires Jagr jersey? Shouldn't the other 8 teams Jagr played for do the same as well?
He is the Zlatan of ice hockey.
Fun show and he deserves it. Too bad his jersey didn't get spelled out correctly. He is not Jaromir Jagr, he is Jaromír Jágr. 🙂
Until Jagr can prove that he can skate backwards, there should be no hall of fame induction!
Legend
He's only playing for the kids in Kladno, get him the HHOF!
Amazing player. Ive seen so many highlights in the past few days. You know what im not seeing? Him flying down the ice with multiple dudes on his back all the while he’s skating like they’re not even there. He had serious leg strength
Back in the 90s when ESPN SportsCenter was still all about sports and none of this woke bullshit, …The man who is writing this currently was just a child, we look forward to Barry Melrose and the hockey highlights to see what y’all were younger had pulled off the previous evening.
I’ve always been a Pittsburgh Penguins fan because of Jagr.
Can I also add that when he came to America his outgoing love for this country is what we need more of right now how I’ll even rock the Canadian tuxedo.. denim jacket & denim jeans baby!!
HE WILL ALWAYS BE A PENGUIN!!!! PITTSBURGH A CLASSY TEAM
yarmer yogger yogger 52 closed captioning is a hoot
what a classy guy!! big fan
So glad I got to go to that game what an amazing night!
That’s how every jersey retirement should be
So awesome! I’m the same age as Jagr so I got to see his entire NHL career. Although he ended up playing for 8 teams after Pittsburgh, he helped each one of them and always looked forward to the highlights! #68
This man is a Legend.
Yeah, what a fantastic night. Being 2nd in scoring behind Gretzky means being the best among mortals.
What an absolute legend! All of his teammates look like grandpas, he's still playing, owns a team and has a girl who's too young to remember he played in the USA 😀
Why doesn't the man retire. 52 years old
As a Yinzer, I’ve seen cup finals games, Crosbys first shootout goal against Montreal, Malkin’s unbelievable goal against Edmonton, and many other memories. None of it tops this night. Blessed to say I saw such a historic night with my own eyes. 68 forever.
Thanks Gino! Thanks Jaromir!
He should have dressed and played a few shifts, fans would have gone bananas. That would have been pretty special, and the modern sporting world is in dire need of some humanity and fun.
Czech biggest hockey star is Penguin forever. In Pittsburgh he was rising star with big persons. In Washington-Rangers-Philadephia-Dallas-Boston-New Jersey-Florida-Calgary was good but in Pens was/is god..with great Mario.
Jagr was my second favorite player as a kid. So happy his banner is home where it’s suppose to be.
Granted deciding when to hold the retirement ceremony entails a lot of things but the age and health of the parents of the player in question should be one of the things that is taken into account.
The Pens had so many years to do this but dragging it out resulted in having the ceremony take place after Jagr's dad had passed away.
Give me a break TSN, barely make out the f bomb. Who cares. But that had to be the second thing you put up in the thumbnail in RED. Again, who cares. Congrats Jagr.
Jagr's a champ 🏆. Not taking things too seriously and enjoying the moment.
The glazing and idol worshiping has gone too far
LEGEND.
Amazing player👍💯
In what other city in the WORLD can you identify a sports legend by one name? Jags – Geno – Sid – Mario – Franco – Roberto – Pops – Ben? Phenomenal sports town. Phenomenal fans!!!!!!!!! (N'at!!!!!!!)