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Position	Right Wing
Shoots	Right
Nickname	Iggy
Height Weight	6 ft 1 in (1.85 m) 204 lb (93 kg)
NHL Team	Calgary Flames
Nationality	Canada
Born	July 1, 1977, Edmonton, AB, CAN
NHL Draft	11th overall, 1995 Dallas Stars
Pro Career	1996 – present

Jarome Arthur-Leigh Adekunle Tig Junior Elvis Iginla, commonly known as Jarome Iginla, (born July 1, 1977 in Edmonton, Alberta, Canada) is a professional ice hockey player in the National Hockey League (NHL) with the Calgary Flames.

Contents 1 Playing career 2 Career Statistics 3 Awards 4 International play 5 See also 6 External links

Jarome was born to a white, American-born, Canadian mother and a Nigerian father. His surname Iginla means "Big Tree" in Yorùbá, his father's language. His parents split up when Jarome was a baby, and he was raised by his mother and grandparents in the Edmonton suburb of St. Albert. Jarome has a half-sister, Theresa who is a standout forward for the University of Saskatchewan Huskies. The youngster's first love was baseball (he was the catcher on the Canadian National Junior team), but also starred in the St. Albert Minor Hockey Association before graduating to juniors. He played goaltender in his first two years of organized hockey, then switched to the right wing, and developed a knack for scoring. Iginla played his entire minor hockey career in St. Albert, which included stints with the Bantam AAA Sabres and the Midget AAA Raiders. It was during the 1992-93 season with the Raiders that Iginla, then an under-age midget player, scored 87 points to lead the Alberta Midget AAA Hockey league(AMHL) in scoring. Following this season Iginla joined the Kamloops Blazers as a 16 year old.

Iginla played 3 seasons in the Western Hockey League and won two Memorial Cups with the Kamloops Blazers. He was picked in the first round (11th overall) by the Dallas Stars in the 1995 NHL Entry Draft, then traded with Corey Millen to the Flames for Joe Nieuwendyk. Iginla's best season was 2001-02 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 both the Hart Trophy (narrowly beaten by then-Montreal Canadiens goaltender Jose Theodore) and 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. Jarome is widely regarded as one of the best players in the league today.

Iginla was named captain of the Calgary Flames in October 2003, making him the second player of African descent to be named captain of an NHL team (Dirk Graham of the Chicago Blackhawks was the first). In the 2003-04 NHL season, he scored 41 goals, sharing the goal-scoring title with Ilya Kovalchuk and Rick Nash. On May 19, 2004, Iginla scored his 10th playoff goal to help the Flames advance to their first Stanley Cup Finals in 15 years. He recorded a Gordie Howe hat trick (a goal, an assist, and a fight) in Game 3 of the Finals when he fought and took down Vincent Lecavalier. However, after a disallowed goal to Calgary, the Flames eventually lost to the Tampa Bay Lightning in seven games.

Since becoming an NHL all-star, Iginla has entered into several endorsement contracts with various companies [1]. One of his most prominent corporate relationships is with the Canadian Imperial Bank of Commerce. Iginla also supports many charities, including Cure for Cancer and KidSport. In 2004 he was awarded the NHL Foundation Award for Community Service as well as the King Clancy Memorial Trophy in recognition of his humanitarian contributions. Iginla played in the 2006 Winter Olympics, where he was one of Team Canada's alternate captains. On December 7 2006 Iginla made a milestone mark in his career where he scored his 300th career goal and 600th Career point. He would have been named to the NHL All Star team along with teammates Dion Phaneuf and Miikka Kiprusoff, however his knee injury kept him out of the game.

				Regular Season						Playoffs
Season	Team	League		GP	G	A	Pts	PIM		GP	G	A	Pts	PIM
1991-92	St. Albert Raiders	AMHL		36	26	30	56	22		-	-	-	-	-
1992-93	St. Albert Raiders	AMHL		36	34	53	87	20		-	-	-	-	-
1993-94	Kamloops Blazers	WHL		48	6	23	29	33		19	3	6	9	10
1994-95	Kamloops Blazers	WHL		72	33	38	71	112		21	7	11	18	34
1995-96	Kamloops Blazers	WHL		63	63	73	137	120		16	16	13	29	44
1995-96	Calgary Flames	NHL		--	--	--	--	--		2	1	1	2	0
1996-97	Calgary Flames	NHL		82	21	29	50	37		--	--	--	--	--
1997-98	Calgary Flames	NHL		70	13	19	32	29		--	--	--	--	--
1998-99	Calgary Flames	NHL		82	28	23	51	58		--	--	--	--	--
1999-00	Calgary Flames	NHL		77	29	34	63	26		--	--	--	--	--
2000-01	Calgary Flames	NHL		77	31	40	71	62		--	--	--	--	--
2001-02	Calgary Flames	NHL		82	52	44	96	77		--	--	--	--	--
2002-03	Calgary Flames	NHL		75	35	32	67	49		--	--	--	--	--
2003-04	Calgary Flames	NHL		81	41	32	73	84		26	13	9	22	45
2005-06	Calgary Flames	NHL		82	35	32	67	86		7	5	3	8	11
WHL Totals				183	102	134	236	264		56	26	30	56	88
NHL Totals				708	285	285	570	508		35	19	13	32	56

• George Parsons Trophy (Memorial Cup Most Sportsmanlike Player) - 1995
• WHL West First All-Star Team - 1996
• Four Broncos Memorial Trophy (WHL Most Valuable Player) - 1996
• NHL All-Rookie Team - 1997
• Canadian Major Junior First All-Star Team - 1996
• Named to NHL All-Rookie Team - 1997
• Played in 3 NHL All-Star Games - 2002, 2003, 2004
• Maurice 'Rocket' Richard Trophy - 2002, 2004
• Art Ross Trophy - 2002
• Lester B. Pearson Award - 2002
• King Clancy Memorial Trophy - 2004

Olympic medal record
Men's Ice Hockey
Gold	2002 Salt Lake City	Ice Hockey

Played for Canada in:

• 1996 World Junior Championships (gold medal)
• 1997 World Championships (gold medal)
• 2002 Winter Olympics (gold medal)
• 2004 World Cup of Hockey (gold medal)
• 2006 Winter Olympics

International statistics

Year	Team	Comp		GP	G	A	Pts	PIM
1996	Canada	WJC		6	5	7	12	4
1997	Canada	WC		11	2	3	5	2
2002	Canada	Oly		6	3	1	4	0
2004	Canada	WCH		6	2	1	3	2
2006	Canada	Oly		6	2	1	3	4
Senior Int'l Totals				29	9	11	21	8

• Power forward (ice hockey)
• List of NHL seasons
• List of NHL players

• Statistics from NHL.com

Preceded by Jaromir Jagr	Winner of the Art Ross Memorial Trophy 2002	Succeeded by Peter Forsberg
Preceded by Pavel Bure	Winner of the Rocket Richard Trophy 2002	Succeeded by Milan Hejduk
Preceded by Milan Hejduk	Winner of the Rocket Richard Trophy 2004 (tri-winner)	Succeeded by Jonathan Cheechoo
Preceded by Brendan Shanahan	Winner of the King Clancy Memorial Trophy 2004	Succeeded by Olaf Kolzig
Preceded by Craig Conroy	Calgary Flames captains 2003 – present	Incumbent