Penguins to retire Jagr's number in February

No Pittsburgh Penguins player will ever wear No. 68 again.

Jaromir Jagr's number will be raised to the rafters on Feb. 18, the club announced Friday.

The legend will join Mario Lemieux (No. 66) and Michel Briere (No. 21) as the only players to have their numbers retired by the Penguins.

Jagr ranks fourth all time in goals (766), fifth in assists (1,155), second in points (1,921), fourth in games played (1,733), and first in game-winning goals (135) in NHL history. The future Hall of Famer played 11 of his 24 seasons with Pittsburgh, helping the team win back-to-back Stanley Cup championships in 1991 and '92.

The winger won the Art Ross Trophy five times and the Hart Trophy once, in 1998-99. He's a member of the Triple Gold Club, having won the Cup, the World Championship (twice), and an Olympic gold medal (1998). Jagr also won the Lester B. Pearson Award - now known as the Ted Lindsay Award - in 1999, 2000, and 2006, as well as the Masterton Trophy in 2016.

He was the Penguins' captain for three seasons, from 1998-99 through 2000-01. They drafted him fifth overall in 1990.

Jagr, who'll turn 52 three days before his jersey retirement, still hasn't hung up his skates for good. He owns and plays for Rytiri Kladno, a Czech Extraliga squad based in his hometown. He last played in the NHL in 2017-18 with the Calgary Flames.

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