Jagr signs with NHL's Dallas Stars

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Jaromir Jagr is the NHL's eighth-highest career scorer

DALLAS, Texas (AFP) –

The Dallas Stars have signed free agent forward Jaromir Jagr, pictured here in April, to a one-year, $4.55 million contract, the National Hockey Leaque club announced.

The Dallas Stars have signed free agent forward Jaromir Jagr to a one-year, $4.55 million contract, the National Hockey Leaque club announced.

Jagr, who is the NHL‘s eighth-highest career scorer, returned to the NHL last season after playing three years in the Russian KHL league.

He scored 19 goals and 35 assists in 73 games with the Philadelphia Flyers in 2011-12.

The 40-year-old Czech has 1,653 career points, 70 points shy of former teammate and Pittsburgh Penguin star Mario Lemieux for seventh. He has 665 goals and 988 assists in his career.

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