Jarek Jagr
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Jaromír Jágr (born February 15, 1972) is a professional ice hockey right winger who plays for Avangard Omsk in the Kontinental Hockey League. Jágr formerly played in the National Hockey League with the Pittsburgh Penguins, Washington Capitals, and New York Rangers.
Jágr was the fifth overall selection in the 1990 NHL Entry Draft. He would win two consecutive Stanley Cups in the 1991 and 1992 seasons with the Pittsburgh Penguins. In his career he has won the Art Ross Trophy as the NHL's leading point scorer five times, received the Lester B. Pearson Award as voted by the NHL Players' Association three times, and won a Hart Trophy as the league's most valuable player. He has been named to seven NHL First All-Star Teams. Jágr is currently in the top fifteen among players in NHL career goals, assists and points (as of the end of the 2008–09 NHL season), and is the all-time leader among European trained players in all three categories. Jágr recently was chosen as the Czech Republic's flag bearer for the Vancouver 2010 Winter Olympics.
He is one of a very elite group of hockey players to have won the Stanley Cup (1991, 1992), the Ice Hockey World Championships (2005), and the Olympic gold medal in the ice hockey tournament (1998). This is known as the Triple Gold Club, and Jagr was the 15th player to complete it out of 23 total, as of March 2010.
Jágr was the fifth overall selection in the 1990 NHL Entry Draft. He would win two consecutive Stanley Cups in the 1991 and 1992 seasons with the Pittsburgh Penguins. In his career he has won the Art Ross Trophy as the NHL's leading point scorer five times, received the Lester B. Pearson Award as voted by the NHL Players' Association three times, and won a Hart Trophy as the league's most valuable player. He has been named to seven NHL First All-Star Teams. Jágr is currently in the top fifteen among players in NHL career goals, assists and points (as of the end of the 2008–09 NHL season), and is the all-time leader among European trained players in all three categories. Jágr recently was chosen as the Czech Republic's flag bearer for the Vancouver 2010 Winter Olympics.
He is one of a very elite group of hockey players to have won the Stanley Cup (1991, 1992), the Ice Hockey World Championships (2005), and the Olympic gold medal in the ice hockey tournament (1998). This is known as the Triple Gold Club, and Jagr was the 15th player to complete it out of 23 total, as of March 2010.