Jarome Iginla
Jarome Iginla
Jarome Arthur-Leigh Adekunle Tig Junior Elvis Iginlais a Canadian professional ice hockey player and an alternate captain for the Colorado Avalanche in the National Hockey League. He was a longtime member and former captain of the Calgary Flames and also played for the Pittsburgh Penguins and Boston Bruins before joining the Avalanche in 2014...
ProfessionHockey Player
Date of Birth1 July 1977
CityEdmonton, Canada
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We knew they'd raise their game. They're one of the top teams in the conference and we didn't match them after they started coming.
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We knew they'd be fired up. We've all gone through something like this during our careers when there's a shakeup or a tough change and you band together and get fired up. They battled and competed and found a way to get that third goal that we didn't get.
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We're around the same age. He's a good power forward. He's got good hands in front of the net. He scores his share of goals. He can get really hot too which is a good thing.
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Defensively, we've been doing really well, and offensively, we'd like to score more goals. I don't think that's a secret. Personally, I think the first half could have been better and I'm looking forward to the second half and contributing more on the offensive side of it.
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He's right at the top of his class, there's no question. He's going to be a star.
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I think it's great. You can just see he's competing. I thought he gave us a boost. We scored pretty shortly after that.
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He ended up with a few big points. He really got us going, got the confidence up and then everybody fed off it.
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It is pre-season, but we're coming off a loss and we want to get into the winning habit at home.
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Kipper, he's played like that all year. He's been amazing.
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This is my ninth year here and I think I missed one of these tournaments for the World Cup. You come back and see the guys -- it's great. You keep in touch by e-mail but it's kind of a nice buzz to hear the anticipation. It's a good time of the year.
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He was great. He made some very big saves. I have seen him play before and he is a big player.
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He's a top D-man in the league. He obviously was a pretty big boost out there for them.
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It's a nice compliment. It's nice to have different expectations at the start of the season than being picked just out of the playoffs,
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In playoffs, I think home-ice advantage is not as big as it is in the regular season. I think everybody's prepared. There are no tired legs or anything like that.