Jaromir Jagr

Why Jaromir Jagr's mullet became famous

Jaromir Jagr reached Pittsburgh in 1990 with shoulder-length hair, and the mullet turned into as reliable an identifier as the No. 68 on the back of the jersey. Jagr later cut it, and the hair returned during the Florida Panthers years, by which point Jagr had made the subject a running joke. "Since then I couldn't score," Jagr said of the stretch after the haircut, before adding: "I'm not going to cut my hair, that's all. The power of the hair is coming back. Samson is coming back." We collected the quote and its context in Jagr on why he brought the mullet back.

Who is Jaromir Jagr's girlfriend?

The Czech outlet CNN Prima has identified Jaromir Jagr's partner as the model Dominika Branisova, and interviewed Branisova on 10 September 2021, when the couple had been together more than a year. Blesk photographed the pair at the Ples jako Brno ball on 25 January 2026, an evening Branisova described as their first ball together. Jagr keeps the relationship almost entirely off the record, and what is on it comes from Branisova's own interviews. The one girlfriend story Jagr's teammates have told is older and funnier, and it is here: the 1,000 dollars Jagr handed Jason Strudwick for a night out.

Why Jaromir Jagr wears No. 68

Jaromir Jagr wore No. 68 at every one of the nine NHL clubs, and the number is a date rather than a preference. It marks 1968, the year the Prague Spring was crushed in Czechoslovakia, and Jagr has also tied the number to a grandfather who died that year. Jagr carried it through Pittsburgh, Washington, New York, Philadelphia, Dallas, Boston, New Jersey, Florida and Calgary, through a KHL spell with Avangard Omsk, and through every Czech season in Kladno. Pittsburgh raised No. 68 to the rafters on 18 February 2024, so the number is out of circulation there permanently.

How many teams did Jaromir Jagr play for?

Jaromir Jagr played for nine NHL teams: Pittsburgh from 1990-91, then Washington, the New York Rangers, Philadelphia, Dallas, Boston, New Jersey, Florida and Calgary, where the NHL run closed in 2017-18 after 1,733 regular-season games. Away from the NHL, Jagr played for Kladno and for Avangard Omsk in the KHL between 2008 and 2011. Jagr bought the Kladno club in 2011 and became sole owner in 2017, then sold 80 per cent to the businessman Tomas Drastil, announced on 30 January 2025, keeping 20 per cent. What Jagr has said about stopping is in Jagr on his own future.

Jaromir Jagr is a Czech right winger who scored 766 goals and 1,921 points in 24 NHL seasons, a points total second only to Wayne Gretzky. Jagr won the Stanley Cup with Pittsburgh in 1991 and 1992, took five Art Ross Trophies and the 1999 Hart Trophy, then kept playing in the Czech league for his hometown club in Kladno long after the NHL years ended. Jagr played his last recorded competitive game on 21 December 2025 and has announced no retirement.

Why Jaromir Jagr's mullet became famous

Jaromir Jagr reached Pittsburgh in 1990 with shoulder-length hair, and the mullet turned into as reliable an identifier as the No. 68 on the back of the jersey. Jagr later cut it, and the hair returned during the Florida Panthers years, by which point Jagr had made the subject a running joke. "Since then I couldn't score," Jagr said of the stretch after the haircut, before adding: "I'm not going to cut my hair, that's all. The power of the hair is coming back. Samson is coming back." We collected the quote and its context in Jagr on why he brought the mullet back.

Who is Jaromir Jagr's girlfriend?

The Czech outlet CNN Prima has identified Jaromir Jagr's partner as the model Dominika Branisova, and interviewed Branisova on 10 September 2021, when the couple had been together more than a year. Blesk photographed the pair at the Ples jako Brno ball on 25 January 2026, an evening Branisova described as their first ball together. Jagr keeps the relationship almost entirely off the record, and what is on it comes from Branisova's own interviews. The one girlfriend story Jagr's teammates have told is older and funnier, and it is here: the 1,000 dollars Jagr handed Jason Strudwick for a night out.

Why Jaromir Jagr wears No. 68

Jaromir Jagr wore No. 68 at every one of the nine NHL clubs, and the number is a date rather than a preference. It marks 1968, the year the Prague Spring was crushed in Czechoslovakia, and Jagr has also tied the number to a grandfather who died that year. Jagr carried it through Pittsburgh, Washington, New York, Philadelphia, Dallas, Boston, New Jersey, Florida and Calgary, through a KHL spell with Avangard Omsk, and through every Czech season in Kladno. Pittsburgh raised No. 68 to the rafters on 18 February 2024, so the number is out of circulation there permanently.

How many teams did Jaromir Jagr play for?

Jaromir Jagr played for nine NHL teams: Pittsburgh from 1990-91, then Washington, the New York Rangers, Philadelphia, Dallas, Boston, New Jersey, Florida and Calgary, where the NHL run closed in 2017-18 after 1,733 regular-season games. Away from the NHL, Jagr played for Kladno and for Avangard Omsk in the KHL between 2008 and 2011. Jagr bought the Kladno club in 2011 and became sole owner in 2017, then sold 80 per cent to the businessman Tomas Drastil, announced on 30 January 2025, keeping 20 per cent. What Jagr has said about stopping is in Jagr on his own future.