Jaromír Jágr (pronounced [ˈjaromiːr ˈjaːgr̩] (help·info), born February 15, 1972 in Kladno, Czechoslovakia, now the Czech Republic) is a National Hockey League right winger and the current captain for the New York Rangers. Jágr wears the number 68 in honor of the Prague Spring rebellion that occurred in Czechoslovakia in 1968, also the year in which his grandfather died while in prison. During the 2005-2006 season Jágr enjoyed the greatest offensive season in Rangers history, breaking several single-season team records and capturing his third Lester B. Pearson Award. He is currently second (2nd) among active players in career goals, assists, and points, and is regarded as one of the game's all-time great players.
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