Biographies of great hockey players

The stories of the greatest hockey players: how Yaromir Yagr played and lived - the legend of Pittsburgh, how the Yagr saved hockey in Pittsburgh "would have died without it." Like the Great Yagr saved Pittsburgh, spitting on health on August 23, MSC Audio version: your browser does not support the Audio element. Yaromir retained the hockey in the city of Penguins, but the fans still whistled in his back.

So far, in the National Hockey League of Interseason, we offer to get acquainted with the stories of hockey players from the TOP in fifth place of the rating is a double holder of the Stanley Cup, the ex-falling Pittsburgh Penguins, Yaromir Yagr. Ovechkin became the best of the Russians in this top Why Ovechkin is still so good? The case in the sons and the long-awaited Penguin championship has just flown out in the first round of the playoffs from Philadelphia in one of the most surreal, cruel and unforgettable series in the history of the Stanley Cup player.

30 minutes after the end of the series outside the Flyerz locker room, the situation became even more interesting. Mario Lemier, at that time, the majority owner of Pittsburgh, walked past the then owner of Philadelphia, Ediger, shook his hand and waited patiently.

Finally, Yaromir Yagr appeared. The Czech was close to signing a contract with Pittsburgh Lemier nine months earlier. When instead he chose the most sworn opponent “Penguins”, a temporary hostility arose between the franchise icons. Lemier behaved regally, as always, but, according to a turn uncharacteristic for him, he spoke the most. The Yagr mainly listened, and at the end of the conversation, Yaromir smiled at his wide smile.

Then Lemier and the Yagr hugged, and everything was fine with them. And this is the correct outcome. Materials on the topic Malkin and Crosby is legendary than the duet Lemier - Yagr. They did what the greatest Lemier was often called the Savior of the Penguins franchise, in many cases he was such. But once Pittsburgh was on the verge of death, and Lemier could not do anything to save the club.

The hands of the King of the franchise were tied. It was then that the bad guy, the young prince of Pittsburgh hockey, put Lemier, Penguins and the whole city on his shoulders. No one likes to lose. But Yaromir had a special spirit of rivalry. Even being young, the Yagr was furious when we lost. He was different from everyone. " The whole city would be furious if the Penguins lost to the “devils” in the sixth match 24 years ago.

Because if they lost in that meeting, Penguins could leave Pittsburgh. They had a lamb. The Yagr won Art Ross Trophy in the year when Mario took a break a length of season due to health problems. Then he won four titles of the best sniper in a row - from for a year. The Yagr was clearly the greatest hockey player in the late x. They didn’t take only two? Lemier, not Gretzky, would have won these two sniper races if he were healthy.

Mario and the Yagr were not like anything that we have ever seen. " Materials on the topic "He is the greatest, he will save us." As the legendary Mario Lemier scored the first throw in the NHL, Jaromir began the beginning of X was a teenager with a sugomaching talent and addiction to hammer the most important goals in the drama matches. The Yagr of the end of the X was one of the greatest players in history.

You could see this. He had this unique ability to go on ice more often, to take more shifts. But by the end of X, Yaromir was the greatest player in the League, and at that moment he pulled out the games. When there was a match at Kon, he took a puck, put his big ass in front of his opponent, and he could not take his puck from him. Yaromir was incredible. " So Penguins had a primary lamb.

But there was also a problem, and quite big. They did not have money. Yaromir Yagr Photo: NHL. When the Penguins won two champions in a row in a row and years, Baldwin realized that his team was special. She was not just magnificent - but also brought huge box office fees. Loud names were everywhere. Ron Francis. Paul Coffee. Larry Murphy. Kevin Stevens. Rick Tockete.

Joey Mallen. Brian Trottier. They were rock stars. Thus, Baldwin did everything possible to preserve the “penguins” together. However, Baldwin had no means. She did not make a profit, and Pittsburgh is not New York. The preservation of all members of this team became the task. Then there was no salaries ceiling, and teams with large means were launched by saliva in the hope of getting the Penguins stars.

By the year, Baldwin has long ceased to be the owner of Pittsburgh. In fact, by that time the club belonged to the court in bankruptcy cases. Materials on the topic Ovechkin above Gretzky, McDavid. The new NHL snipers rating greatly surprised Penguins still popular in Pittsburgh, but it was difficult to understand whether Pittsburgh was a good hockey city or the city of Lemier.

At the end of X, they still collected a good box office, but the excitement around Lemier has already passed. The fan base was used not only to the winner, but also to the entertaining winner. The lack of a stable owner, the lack of plans for the construction of a new stadium and reducing the base of seasonal subscriptions after leaving Lemier seemed to be portended by death.Although the players rarely talked about this, they knew that Penguins was in a serious danger to leave Pittsburgh.

Looking back now at those days, we can say: the fact that it was on the mind of players was a lot for the city. ” In the head of one player, it sat much stronger than others. He always knew. There was no need to be a genius to understand: Penguins have problems. But Jagra’s understanding was very clear. And interestingly, its numbers were part of the problem. The Yagr was the greatest player in hockey, and paid him accordingly.

At that time, he was the highest paid player in the history of the NHL. When the team is owned by a court of bankruptcy cases, a luxury that is considered a common occurrence ceased to exist. It was very difficult. " Materials on the topic "Yagr are exchanged for three puck bags." The history of the "mediocre" transaction, which made two NHL clubs at that time, the Yagr never publicly spoke about the financial problems of Penguins.

He kept it inside. However, years later it became clear that he always thought about it. And this prompted him to leave the “penguin” with an important part of the league. We loved Pittsburgh very much. ” Great players bear a significant burden. This is part of the working responsibilities. But it was something completely different. The apogee was reached in the spring of the year, when Penguins barely made their way into the playoffs of the Stanley Cup and everyone expected that the club would not stay there for a long time.

They, being sown under the eighth number, were forced to play with Martin Brodo and the mighty New Jersey in the first round. While the “devils” were the favorites of the Stanley Cup, Penguins were, in fact, the team of one player and faded to the playoffs with six victories in the main time in the last 25 matches of the regular championship. Then the club of one player lost this very player when the Yagr damaged his problem groin in the first match.

The groin of Jagra was so injured that he did not even try to ride independently between the second and sixth meetings. Many expected him to miss the rest of the series. On the day of the sixth match, there was no morning rolling, because the meeting was held on Sunday during the day in Pittsburgh. But the crowd on Melllon Arena roared when the number went on the ice for the previous warm -up.

He realized the weight of this match, its importance. This meeting expanded the demand for the team.