Jarome Iginla News: Pro Sports Daily

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November 14

Buffalo News

"Friday night was why folks pleaded with the NHL to return to its balanced schedule, the one in which every team plays each other. For three seasons — from 2005-06 to 2007-08 — the league tried building local rivalries and created a rotating system in which an Eastern Conference division skipped a division from the West. Among the teams the Buffalo Sabres avoided in 2007-08 were the Calgary Flames. Good for the Sabres, since the Flames went 42-30-10. Bad for Sabres fans because they missed Jarome Iginla, MVP runner-up that season. The balanced schedule returned last year, and Iginla returned to HSBC Arena on Friday. The Flames and their superstar hadn't visited Western New York since ..."

Iginla scraps fight rumour

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November 13

Calgary Sun

"Calgary Flames captain Jarome Iginla denied having challenged the whole Montreal Canadiens bench during Tuesday night's 1-0 win. The red-hot rumour making the rounds on the Internet, and amongst the Montreal media, is that Iginla told Habs players in the heat of battle during what was at times a contentious game, "Anybody has a problem, see me any time." Former Flames defenceman Joel Bouchard, who was Iginla's roommate in the early stages of their careers, was between the benches during the game and reportedly said on the RDS broadcast Iginla said he'll take on all comers. "No, no, no," Iginla pleaded after yesterday's practice. "I think he misheard that. I think I might have said Grats, ..."

Thinking less helps Iggy break shackles

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November 10

Calgary Herald

"A week ago, Jarome Iginla was dealing with the lingering aftermath of a rotten evening against the Detroit Red Wings. The no shots, the minus-two, the five giveaways — and, yes, the criticism. Calgary Flames coach Brent Sutter had given his popular captain the business. Publicly, yet. Now here Iginla is, seven days later, trying to explain his about-face — how so-so became go-go. How he turned into the National Hockey League's player of the week, like that (insert snap of fingers here). After that crummy Oct. 31 date with the Wings, Iginla had responded with his three finest games of the young season. "It's not easy to say why, you know what I mean?" said Iginla. "I wish it would have been ..."

Iginla player of the week, Glencross gets three games

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November 9

Calgary Herald

"Before his three-game suspension was made public Monday morning, Flames winger Curtis Glencross, who had concussed Rangers C Chris Drury with a hit on Saturday, declined to meet the media this morning before the team departed for Montreal. Flames coach Brent Sutter also refused to talk about the check. Glencross practised as the fourth member of the fourth line this morning. More chatty, not surprisingly, were the Flames about Jarome Iginla, who, in leading the Flames to three wins, was named the NHL's player of the week. The Flames captain produced five points, including the game-winning goal Wednesday at Dallas. In other news, Sutter pounded his troops through a tough session Monday ..."

Iggy starting to heat up

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November 7

Calgary Sun

"Baseball legend Reggie Jackson won't need to worry about sharing his nickname with Jarome Iginla. Mr. October, he is not. Like clockwork, though, the Calgary Flames captain is once again swinging for the fences in the second month of the NHL season. "Now that it's November, he's feeling it," smiled Flames centre Craig Conroy. "You can tell he's feeling it. He's stickhandling, skating, battling down low. That's when he's at his best." Fresh off lighting the lamp in consecutive contests for the first time this season, Iginla was not available to the media yesterday afternoon at the Saddledome. Too bad, really, because his sudden awakening from his usual early-season slumber has fans ..."

Flames shuffle lines in bid to spark Iginla, Jokinen

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November 4

Calgary Herald

"The shakeup continues. A day after whipping his troops through a punishing practice, Calgary Flames head coach Brent Sutter shuffled the lines for Tuesday's pre-departure workout at the Pengrowth Saddledome. Most notably, struggling snipers Jarome Iginla and Olli Jokinen were reunited to form a line with winger Eric Nystrom. "I felt we wanted to change up a little bit and we did after the second period the other night," said Sutter, referring to Saturday's 3-1 loss to the Detroit Red Wings. "We'll see. It could change again (today), but at this point in time, I'd like to give it some thought, but today we put them back together and we'll see where we're at." "Both their play needs to be ..."

Iginla, Jokinen reunited

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November 4

Calgary Sun

"Calgary's most controversial celebrity couple is back together again. Snake-bitten snipers Jarome Iginla and Olli Jokinen hit the ice yesterday in matching red practice uniforms, hinting they'll be skating side-by-side tonight when the Flames face off against Stars in Dallas (6:30 p.m, TSN). Written off by many fans as a failed chemistry experiment, the Flames' highest-paid forwards will get another shot to prove the naysayers wrong after being split up five games ago. "Whenever you're not winning, things change up a bit, and we were obviously prepared for that," Iginla said. "I look forward to it. I always enjoy playing with (Jokinen). "He's a big, strong, smart hockey player, and I think ..."

Canucks D-Men out to pop Iggy's bubble

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October 16

Vancouver Sun

"With Sami (Calamity) Salo down again, Kevin Bieksa is moving on up in the Vancouver Canucks' blue-line scheme of things. Bieksa will skate tonight against the Calgary Flames alongside Willie Mitchell as the pair will be given the task of locking down dynamic Flames captain Jarome Iginla. Mitchell and Bieksa were a duo for much of the first half last season but the Canucks took off in February when coach Alain Vigneault split them up, putting Salo with Mitchell and Bieksa with Shane O'Brien. Bieksa's gambling forays into the offensive zone weren't particularly suited to playing against opposition top lines, which could better exploit his mistakes. Now Bieksa admits he will have to pick his ..."

Quinn fined 10k for tirade

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October 10

Edmonton Sun

"Pat Quinn suggested someone should have taken a stick and snapped it over Jarome Iginla's head. Instead, the Edmonton Oilers head coach himself was hit with a $10,000 fine from the NHL for his outburst on vigilante justice after Thursday's loss to the Calgary Flames, during which his defenceman Sheldon Souray was injured after stepping on Iginla's stick and slamming into the boards with the Flames winger on top of him. "Mr. Quinn's comments were inappropriate and without justification," NHL senior executive vice-resident of hockey operations Colin Campbell said in a statement yesterday. More appropriate was the way Iginla dealt with Quinn's remarks. You could tell the Flames captain was ..."

Quinn fined

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October 10

Toronto Sun

"Pat Quinn suggested someone should have taken a stick and snapped it over Jarome Iginla's head. Instead, the Edmonton Oilers head coach himself was hit with a $10,000 fine from the NHL for his outburst on vigilante justice after Thursday's loss to the Calgary Flames, during which his defenceman Sheldon Souray was injured after stepping on Iginla's stick and slamming into the boards with the Flames winger on top of him. Inappropriate "Mr. Quinn's comments were inappropriate and without justification," NHL senior executive vice-resident of hockey operations Colin Campbell said in a statement yesterday. Iginla kept his rebuttal calm. "I don't agree with it. It was an accident. I'm glad ..."

Iginla's hit on Souray rankles Quinn

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October 9

Edmonton Journal

"Edmonton Oilers coach Pat Quinn was looking for a little western justice after Jarome Iginla spilled Sheldon Souray into the boards face-first, which left the defenceman with a concussion Thursday night. Quinn is old school, and trying to even the score by dropping the mitts isn't enough for him. "I don't understand the players of today ... if that had happened in my era, the player would have been hit over the head with a stick right afterwards. That's the way you dealt with things, in the era I come from, you deal dirt with dirt. They won't let the vigilante stuff ... why give him the honour of a fistfight?" said Quinn, after his captain Ethan Moreau dropped the mitts with Iginla several ..."

Iggy of old will return

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October 9

Calgary Sun

"Jarome Iginla scored one goal in the first five games last season. Coincidentally, it took the third contest for him to light the lamp. Just as long as it took this season. Is it too much to ask people to wait at least a couple of weeks before hitting any panic buttons about him, or any other player? Same thing for saying how great they are. Over the NHL season's first couple of weeks, there are all kinds of anomalies. Every year, some unknown player has a great start that takes everyone by surprise. Colorado netminder Craig Anderson would fall into this category with his perfect record (2-0-0), 1.00 goals-against average and .973 save percentage. And every year, a proven player doesn't ..."

Captaincy issue to follow Iginla

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August 25

Calgary Herald

"Jarome Iginla should keep a running tally of the number of times he answers a question on the captaincy for the Canadian men's hockey team. Who knows? It might help if he wants a post-hockey career as the next Count on Sesame Street. Over the next few months, Iginla might hit 10,000 - or more - judging by the rapid-fire queries fired at him on the subject during his first media scrum Monday at Canada's Olympic orientation camp. "Once the puck is dropped, you're just another player," a reporter said. "But be honest: would that `C' be very meaningful to you? Is it very important?" True to character, Iginla answered politely with his trademark smile. Wonder if he'll be able to keep that up in ..."

Iginla destined to be next Captain Canada?

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August 20

Calgary Herald

"Jarome Iginla had gone out to dinner with his dad, brothers and sisters that evening eight years ago, when he received welcome, if unexpected, news. Crazy part is, he thought it was a setup. This was a call he didn't think was coming. "My girlfriend at the time, now my wife (Kara), had phoned while we were eating and told me that (Team Canada) was looking for me. And I immediately thought, 'Yeah. Right.' One of the guys on the team, obviously, playing a prank. Sorry, but I'm not falling for that.'' The names of those invited to the orientation camp at Hockey Canada's Father David Bauer Arena for Team Canada 2002, prepping for the Salt Lake Olympic Games, had already been announced. ..."

Jarome built in a day

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August 20

Calgary Sun

"He'd already watched the Day 1 highlights, so when a call came through asking him to pack his bags as quickly as possible and make the three-hour drive for the second session, Jarome Iginla was suspicious. An 11th-hour invitation to an Olympic orientation camp that included some of the best hockey players in the world can be cause for skepticism for a guy who had just one 30-goal season under his belt in five NHL seasons. "At first, I seriously thought it could be a hoax -- one of the guys playing a joke," Iginla recalled of the message asking him to come down (to Calgary) to the Hockey Canada-hosted camp in preparation for the 2002 Salt Lake City Games. "I'd show up with my bags, ..."

Passing the torch?

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July 10

Calgary Herald

"Jarome Iginla remembers being thrilled by the sudden development. Because Team Canada had dropped its opener at the 2002 Olympic Games in Salt Lake City -- a 5-2 stinker against Sweden--the coaching staff eagerly re-arranged the forwards. One fresh alignment would see Iginla--and fellow youngster Simon Gagne--shifting to a line with Joe Sakic. "Whoever I was with, I was excited," Iginla, grinning, recalled Wednesday. "You know, it's the Olympics. You can't go wrong." The question was -- how would Sakic take the news? How would he like leaving all-world playmates Mario Lemieux and Paul Kariya for a centre-ice perch with two greenhorns? "I was thinking, from his point of view, 'Oh, I wonder ..."

Vancouver on Iggy's horizon

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June 24

Calgary Herald

"The summer golf season will come to an early end for Jarome Iginla who's next on-ice assignment will be to make the Olympic team in August. On Tuesday, the Flames announced the team's new coach Brent Sutter, but it was also International Olympic Day, and conjured visions of gold for the Flames captain hoping to compete at the 2010 Vancouver Winter Olympics. "The day today brings back a lot of memories from past Olympics," said Iginla. "Salt Lake (2002), which I was very blessed to be a part of, and Torino (2006).The players who get an opportunity here in Canada to play for Canada, with the passion that Canadians have, it's going to be a truly unforgettable experience." Iginla is considered ..."