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Jaromír Jágr scores his record 1,099th goal at almost 51
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FILE - Jaromir Jagr smiles during a press conference at the Kladno Knights hockey club in Kladno, Czech Republic, on Feb. 1, 2018. The winger who’ll turn 51 on Feb. 15 scored again in the top Czech league for his Czech hometown club Kladno Knights on Sunday Feb. 5, 2023 in an away 5-4 loss to Trinec. The strike took his overall tally to 1,099, one more than Wayne Gretzky, to top of a scoring table of goals from top leagues and international tournaments although some of the competitions are hard to compare. - photo by AP Photo/Petr David Josek, File
PRAGUE (AP) — Jaromír Jágr celebrated his 51st birthday about a week early by scoring his 1,099th goal to overtake Wayne Gretzky at the top of the chart. Jágr, who will turn 51 on Feb. 15, scored for the Kladno Knights on Sunday in 5-4 loss at Trinec in the Czech league. The winger, who was the NHL’s second highest point scorer in 2018 when he was released by the Calgary Flames, got his 1,099 goals in professional games and at international tournaments.