Jaromir Jagr (middle) greets teammates Mario Lemieux and Ron Francis during a ceremony to retire the jersey number of Jaromir Jagr at PPG Paints Arena. Charles LeClaire-USA TODAY Sports

Watch: Jaromir Jagr takes warmups with Penguins after jersey retirement ceremony

By Adam Gretz | Last updated 2/18/24

The Pittsburgh Penguins finally retired Jaromir Jagr's No. 68 on Sunday before their game against the Los Angeles Kings. It was a long overdue honor for one of the franchise's most significant players and one of the greatest players in NHL history. Jagr capped off the weekend celebration by actually jumping into uniform and taking part in pregame warmups with the team.

Every Penguins player also wore a No. 68 Jagr jersey, with several of them -- including current team captain Sidney Crosby -- wearing Jagr-themed mullet wigs to pay tribute to his hairstyle of choice early in his career.

The Pens take the ice in Jaromir Jagr's No. 68 sweater and mullet wigs and ... WAIT A MINUTE THAT'S THE REAL JAGR pic.twitter.com/F2eZwaNvxp
— B/R Open Ice (@BR_OpenIce) February 18, 2024

Jaromir Jagr is taking warmups with the @penguins after they raised his jersey to the rafters. Insane! pic.twitter.com/ItRHOOsTYi
— 105.9 The X (@1059thex) February 18, 2024

Jaromir Jagr steps into the spotlight for warmups with the Penguins after his No. 68 was retired earlier pic.twitter.com/UyNLvEQqMh
— Tom Gulitti (@TomGulittiNHL) February 18, 2024

The 52-year-old Jagr was still playing hockey professionally in the Czech Republic as recently as this season.

Given Jagr's fitness level, as well as the lack of production from the lower lines of the Penguins' lineup, there is a chance he might actually still be more productive than a handful of players in the lineup on Sunday. If nothing else he might be able to fix their power play unit that has been one of the league's worst units.

Jagr is the third player to have his number retired by the Penguins, joining Michel Briere (No. 21) and Mario Lemieux (No. 66). Lemieux and Jagr helped form one of the most dominant duos the NHL has ever seen.

Jagr spent the first 11 years of his NHL career (between 1990 and 2001) with the Penguins and helped lead the team to two Stanley Cups (1991 and 1992) and at times single-handedly dragged them to the playoffs toward the end of that run. He was eventually traded to the Washington Capitals and then spent the remainder of his career bouncing around between the NHL, KHL (Russian league) and his native Czech Republic.

He is second on the NHL's all-time points with 1,921 points (trailing only Wayne Gretzky) and fourth on the all-time goals list with 766 (trailing only Gretzky, Alex Ovechkin and Gordie Howe).

He scored 439 of those goals and recorded 1,079 of those points with the Penguins, while also winning five scoring titles and an MVP award with the Penguins.

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