Posts About "Jaromir Jagr"
Jagr, Plekanec & Erat: Still Prolific in Czech Republic
July 1st, 2019 It’s not often Czech hockey fans are blessed with names such as Jaromir Jagr, Tomas Plekanec and Martin Erat in their own domestic league. The country’s international success has been underwhelming in the last few years, so seeing these veterans take over the show can be both exciting and depressing at the same time. Saying that,...
NHL Elite: Consistent Point-Per-Game Players
May 9th, 2019 Russian superstars Alex Ovechkin and Evgeni Malkin joined a rare group of players who have averaged a point-per-game played (P/GP) or better for at least 10 seasons. They join Sidney Crosby as the only active players to do so - Crosby has 11. I chose 40 games played as the minimum to qualify because it is low enough to preserve the...
Penguins’ 13 Seasons of Playoff Memories: Round 2
April 29th, 2019 The Pittsburgh Penguins hold the longest active streak for consecutive playoff appearances in the NHL with 13 seasons under their belt. Though they failed to advance to the second round in the 2019 Postseason - as did other favored teams like the Washington Capitals, Tampa Bay Lightning, and Vegas Golden Knights - there have been plenty...
Pittsburgh Penguins' 50-Goal Scorers
March 25th, 2019 Players who score 50 goals in a season are considered elite scorers. Throughout the league's 101-year history, 91 unique players have combined to reach the 50-goal plateau 194 different times. The Pittsburgh Penguins, while not joining the NHL until the expansion wave of 1967, have nine players who've combined to reach this plateau...
Art Ross Trophy | 5 Things You Didn't Know
March 9th, 2019 The Art Ross Trophy is awarded annually to the NHL's top scorer. While looking into this year's race we came across some unusual/little known facts: 1. Art Ross Was a Defenseman I had erroneously assumed that because the trophy that bears his name is for the league's top scorer, that Art Ross himself would have been a high scoring...
Jaromir Jagr - A Retrospective in Quotations
February 13th, 2019 This post was crafted by hockey journalist and author Ross Bonander. Jaromir Jagr is as timeless as they come. We had Gordie Howe and Chris Chelios but Jagr may be best 'Old' hockey player ever. He turns 47 in a couple of days. Counting the two seasons he spent with HC Kladno in Czechoslovakia when he was 16 and 17 years old,...
