Jaromir Jagr's return to Pittsburgh ends with his No. 68 being retired — and catharsis
There were jokes. And laughter. And catharsis.
Just no tears. At least none from Jaromir Jagr. Maybe because they were unnecessary when the Pittsburgh Penguins retired his iconic No. 68 on Sunday.
The look on Jagr's face, the subtle catch in his voice, the smile that remains boyish even at 52 said it all.
No matter where the 's second all-time leading scorer has gone during a professional odyssey that's spanned 30-plus years and three continents, Jagr has long understood where his hockey home is: the place where he arrived in 1990 as a teenager shrouded in mystery, armed with a mullet that became his trademark and the kind of prodigious talent that eventually made him one of the game's all-time greats.
