"With his Calgary Flames teammates doing the voting, Jarome Iginla has been nominated for the 2011 King Clancy Memorial Trophy.
The award goes annually to the National Hockey League player who "best exemplifies leadership qualities on and off the ice and who has made a significant humanitarian contribution to his community."
Each NHL club, with its own players voting, selects one nominee.
Iginla, the Flames captain and star right-winger, reached the 1,000-point plateau this past season, making him the 77th NHLer to achieve that milestone. He also hit 30 goals for the 10th consecutive winter, in addition to cresting the 40-goal plateau for the fourth time.
Iginla, 33, also continues to be busy away from the rink.
For instance, there's KidSport, to whom Iginla donates $2,000 for each goal he scores — in other words, $86,000 this past winter. Since 2000, he has given more than $500,000 to KidSport, a non-profit organization that raises sports funds for underprivileged families.
The Jarome Iginla/Cassie Campbell Hockey School, a summertime event in Calgary, supports grassroots hockey and raises funds for local and international charities. Since 2002, the camp has directed more than $130,000 to organizations, such as Brown Bagging it for Calgary's Kids, Ronald McDonald House of Southern Alberta, Diabetes Association (Foothills Calgary), Stars Air Ambulance, Easter Seals' Camp Horizon (Bragg Creek), For the Love of Reading Fun, Doctors Without Borders and OXFAM Canada."
