Jaromir Jagr is the owner of the Kladno Knights of the Czeck Extraliga. Because of a team-wide illness, the former NHL star decided to suit up at the age of 50.
played 24 NHL seasons from 1990 to 2018, and the future Hockey Hall of Famer broke in a new pair of skates Sunday at the age of 50.
The Knights had just 12 players entering Sunday, and the team would have been fined had a second game been postponed."My arrival was not planned in advance," Jagr said, according to Yahoo Sports."When Liberec decided to not postpone the match, we only had 12 players at training on Saturday. There was a threat of suspension, and I didn't want it to happen."
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