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Iginla played 3 seasons in the Western Hockey League (102g + 134a for 246 pts in 183 games) and won two Memorial Cups with the Kamloops Blazers . He was picked 11th overall by the Dallas Stars, then traded with Corey Millen to the Flames that December 19 for Joe Nieuwendyk. Iginla's best season was 2001-2002 when he had 96 points and 52 goals, becoming the first player of African descent in history to win the regular season goal and point scoring titles. He also won the Lester B. Pearson Award as the league's best player as voted by his peers, and was a nominee for the King Clancy Memorial Trophy. Iginla was also a key member of Canada's Olympic gold medal-winning hockey team in 2002. This season elevated him to superstar status and he became a fan-favourite.
Born in Edmonton, Alberta to a white AmericanThe United States of America also referred to as the United States U. America ¹ or the States is a federal republic in central North America, stretching from the Atlantic in the east to the Pacific Ocean in the west. It shares land borders with Canada in mother and a NigerianThe Federal Republic of Nigeria is a country in West Africa. It borders on Benin in the west, Chad and Cameroon in the east, Niger in the north and the Gulf of Guinea in the south. Major cities include the capital Abuja, the former capital Lagos, Abeokuta father, his full name is Jarome Arthur-Leigh Adekunle Tig Junior Elvis Iginla. "Iginla" means "big tree" in Yorùbá, his father's language. His parents split up when he was a baby, and Jarome was raised by his mother in the Edmonton suburb of St. AlbertAlbert is a city in Alberta, located northwest of Edmonton, on the Sturgeon River. It was originally settled as a French-Catholic community, and is now a suburb of Edmonton, consisting largely of residential zones. Demographics (according to Statistics Ca. The boy's first love was baseballBusch Stadium in Saint Louis, Missouri. Baseball is a team sport in which a small hand-sized ball is thrown and hit with a bat. Scoring involves running and touching markers on the ground called bases, hence the name. The ball itself is also called a base (he was the starting catcher on the Canadian National Junior team), but also starred for St. Albert in the AAHA before graduating to juniors. He played goalie in his first two years of organized hockey, then switched to forward, and developed a knack for scoring goals.
Iginla was named captain of the Calgary Flames in October 2003, making him the first player of African descent to be named captain of an NHL team. In the 20032003 is a common year starting on Wednesday (link will take you to calendar), and also: The International Year of Freshwater The European Disability Year Summary Perhaps the defining global event of the year 2003 was the Invasion of Iraq launched by the U- 042004 is a leap year starting on Thursday (the link is to a full 2004 calendar), and has also been designated the: International Year of Rice International Year to Commemorate the Struggle against Slavery and its Abolition Elections are to be held in 73 co season, he scored 41 goals, sharing the goal-scoring title with Ilya Kovalchuk and Rick Nash. On May 20, 2004, Iginla scored his 10th playoff goal to help the Flames advance to their first Stanley Cup Finals in 15 years with a 3-1 victory over the San Jose Sharks. He recorded a Gordie Howe hat trick in Game 3 of the Finals when he fought Vincent Lecavalier. However, they eventually lost to the Tampa Bay Lightning in seven games.
Something of a populist, Iginla rarely endorses any products, but supports Cure for Cancer .
Iginla has been married since August 6, 2003 to his high school sweetheart, Kara Kirkland. They live in Cranbrook, British Columbia.