3) Jagr named MVP on home ice
At age 43, most IIHF and NHL veterans are golfing, fishing, or playing old-timers hockey. Not Jaromir Jagr. The Czech superstar laced up his skates in international competition for the last time in 2015 – and he was a difference-maker in his national capital.
By his standards, Jagr was coming off a quiet NHL season with 47 points in 77 games split betwen the New Jersey Devils and Florida Panthers. But the still-powerful winger scored Czechia’s first goal in the opening 6-5 shootout loss to Sweden and kept on trucking right through the 5-3 quarter-final win over Finland. There, he stepped up to save the host nation with two goals, including the third-period winner with 4:30, and an assist at an ecstatic O2 Arena.
Even though the Czechs were blanked in their last two medal-round games and settled for fourth place, few quibbled when Jagr was named tournament MVP with six goals and three assists. Unbelievably, he was still playing professionally this year at age 52 with Kladno, the Czech club he owns.
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