Hockey legend Jaromír Jágr intends to retire from playing professional hockey after his current season with HC Rytíři Kladno of the Czech Extraliga

Jaromir Jagr has opened his 37th professional season, with hometown team Kladno Knights in the Czech league. In what is expected to be his last season, the 52-year-old winger set up a power play goal,

After 37 seasons, Jaromir Jagr’s storied career as a professional hockey player may finally be coming to a close. The 52-year-old said by phone Thursday that he intends to retire after the current Czech Extraliga season.

News broke Thursday morning that former NHL superstar Jaromír Jágr intends to retire at the end of the season. Jágr had been playing in Czechia for Rytíři Kladno the last few seasons, which is the same team he is a franchise owner of.

That marked the end of his 24-year, 1,733-game NHL career, but it didn’t signal the end of his days playing at the professional level. Jagr has been Kladno’s majority owner since 2011. The fifth-overall pick of the Penguins in 1990 played his first two professional seasons with the club in the Czechoslovak top league before being drafted and also took the ice there during NHL lockouts in 1994,

The term ‘living legend’ gets thrown around too often these days. But in case of future Hall of Famer Jaromir Jagr, it’s completely warranted. Jagr entered his 37th and final professional season last night,