Jagr receives Lester B. Pearson award

In the NHL, the Czech ice hockey star Jaromir Jagr received the Lester B. Pearson Award on Thursday awarded to the league's most outstanding player. On Thursday the player reportedly joked on getting the award, saying that players understood the game better than the media: the Lester B. Pearson is awarded by the Players Association. It is the third time that Jagr has been given the honour. This year he amassed 129 points in the regular season.