Forget “Six Degrees to Kevin Bacon,” because this one might be even better. Jaromír Jágr was a juggernaut of the NHL playing from 1990 until his retirement in 2018. Obviously he played with a lot of different people during that time, but it this fact is absolutely mind-blowing.
An improbable hockey streak remains intact for another year
A teammate of Jaromír Jágr has made the Stanley Cup Final in each of the last 45 seasons after Aleksander Barkov’s Panthers clinched the East Wednesday.
Jágr’s final NHL season ended in 2018.
H/T Big Head Hockey on X
— The Athletic (@theathletic.bsky.social) 2025-05-29T16:07:27.807Z
That’s right, Jágr has played with someone who has been on a Stanley Cup Finals team EVERY YEAR FOR THE LAST 45 YEARS. That goes back to the 1980 Stanley Cup Finals between the Islanders and Flyers, and yes this is real.
If you’re a fan of hockey miscellany here is the total list of players who were Jágr’s teammates in each Stanley Cup finals.
1980: Bryan Trottier
1981: Bryan Trottier
1982: Bryan Trottier
1983: Bryan Trottier
1984: Mark Messier
1985: Mark Messier
1986: Joe Mullen
1987: Mark Messier
1988: Mark Messier
1989: Jiří Hrdina
1990: Mark Messier
1991: Járomír Jágr
1992: Járomír Jágr
1993: J.J. Daigneault
1994: Mark Messier
1995: Tom Chorske
1996: Scott Young
1997: Doug Brown
1998: Doug Brown
1999: Benoît Hogue
2000: Scott Gomez
2001: Chris Drury
2002: Brendan Shanahan
2003: Jay Pandolfo
2004: Pavel Kubina
2006: Mark Recchi
2007: Shawn Thornton
2008: Andreas Lilja
2009: Petr Sýkora
2010: Kris Versteeg
2011: Mark Recchi
2012: Willie Mitchell
2013: Dan Carcillo
2014: Willie Mitchell
2015: Kris Versteeg
2016: Matt Cullen
2017: Matt Cullen
2018: Alex Chiasson
2019: Brayden Schenn
2020: Braydon Coburn
2021: Jon Merrill
2022: Ondřej Palát
2023: Alexsander Barkov
2024: Alexsander Barkov
2025: Alexsander Barkov
This might end up being the most unbreakable streak in sports history.