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Jarome Iginla of the Calgary Flames skates against the Nashville Predators at the Sommet Center on January 3, 2009 in Nashville, Tennessee.

Jarome Iginla

CTVOlympics.ca
Posted Thursday, July 2, 2009 3:30 PM ET

NATIONAL HOCKEY LEAGUE TEAMS
1995 Drafted by Dallas Stars: 1st round pick, 11th overall
1996-Present Calgary Flames

NHL NOTEABLES
- In 2002, won Maurice "Rocket" Richard Trophy, Art Ross Trophy and Lester B. Pearson Award
-named team captain October 2003
- In 2004, won King Clancy Memorial Trophy and tied for "Rocket" Richard trophy with Ilya Kovalchuk and Rick Nash
-Five-time NHL All-Star
-Stanley Cup finalist in 2004

TEAM CANADA
1994 World Under-17 Challenge (Bronze medal)
1994 Under-18 Mexico Cup (Gold medal) - top scorer
1996 World Juniors (Gold medal) - leading scorer, named best forward and to first all-star team
1997 World Championships (Gold medal)
2002 Olympics (Gold medal)
2004 World Cup (First place) - played on a line with Mario Lemieux and Joe Sakic
2006 Olympics

BEFORE THE NHL
1993-1996 Kamloops Blazers (WHL) - won Memorial Cups in 1994 and '95, named tournament's most sportsmanlike player in '95 and WHL player of the year in '96

PERSONAL
- Born July 1, 1977 in Edmonton, Alta. (Age for 2010 Games: 32)
- Full name is Arthur-Leigh Elvis Adekunle Jarome Uij Junior Iginla
- Credits grandfather as biggest influence
- Favourite NHL arena is Madison Square Garden and movie is Shawshank Redemption
- Favourite team growing up was the high-flying Edmonton Oilers

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