Jaromir Jagr. Martin Straka. Petr Nedved. Robert Lang. Petr Sykora. For the last 25 years, Pittsburgh has been a mecca for Czech forwards in the NHL. Starting with the drafting of Jagr in the first round of 1990, 11 forwards from what would become the Czech Republic have skated in black and gold, accounting for 2,857 games and 990 goals. Six of the top ten Czech scorers in NHL have played for the Penguins and the Penguins had the first – and so far only – Czech head coach in Ivan ... Read More
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