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NHL Calgary Flames #12 Jarome Iginla Profile Jarome Arthur-Leigh Adekunle Tig Junior Elvis Jarome Iginla(born July 1, 1977) is a Canadian professional ice hockey player for the Calgary Flames of the National Hockey League (NHL). A six-time NHL All-Star, he is the Flames’ all-time leader in goals, points, and games played, and is second in assists to Al MacInnis. Named the Flames captain at the start of the 2003–04 season, Jarome Iginla has been called the first black captain in NHL history. He has represented Canada internationally on numerous occasions, helping Team Canada to its first Olympic gold medal in 50 years at the 2002 Winter Olympics and another gold medal at the 2010 Winter Olympics in Vancouver. NHL career Jarome Iginla made his NHL debut in the 1996 Stanley Cup Playoffs, as he was signed to a contract and flown to Calgary immediately after his junior season ended in Kamloops. He appeared in two games for the Flames in their series against the Chicago Blackhawks. In doing so, he became the first 18-year-old to play for the Flames since Dan Quinn in 1983. In his first NHL game, Jarome Iginla assisted on a Theoren Fleury goal to record his first point; he scored his first goal in his second game.He remained with the Flames, and played his first NHL season in 1996–97. He earned a spot on that year’s NHL All-Rookie Team and finished as the runner-up to Bryan Berard in voting for the Calder Memorial Trophy as rookie of the year after leading <a href="http://wk.putianb2b.com/"><strong>威客兼职 </strong></a> all first-year players in scoring with 50 points. By his third season, 1998–99, Jarome Iginla led the Flames in goals with 28. His success complicated negotiations for a new contract, as he and the Flames struggled to agree on a new deal following the season. Hoping to help resolve the contract impasse, he agreed to attend training camp without a contract, and purchased his own insurance as the team would not have been responsible financially if he suffered an injury. He remained without a contract at the start of the 1999–00 season and missed the first three games <a href="http://wk.putianb2b.com/"><strong>兼职网 </strong></a> as a holdout before signing a deal worth US4.9 million, plus bonuses. There were fears Jarome Iginla would again hold out after his contract expired following the season.These fears were unfounded, however, as he signed a two-year, 13 million deal before the season and was looked on to again lead the Flames offensively.Jarome Iginla fell back to 67 points in 2002–03 as injuries, including a lingering finger dislocation following a fight, diminished his play. His 35 goals were still enough to lead the Flames for the fourth time in five seasons.Despite his offensive contributions, the Flames missed the playoffs. Uncertain future The Flames struggled in 2009–10, failing to qualify for the playoffs for the first time since 2003.Jarome Iginla accepted responsibility for the team’s failure, admitting that finishing around 70 points for the season was “not enough”.The team’s declining fortunes and Jarome Iginla’s season led to increasing questions on whether he could be traded from the team he has played his entire NHL career with. Jarome Iginla, who would have to approve any trade the team attempts to make due to a no-movement clause in his contract, expressed that he did not wish to leave Calgary, but would accommodate a trade if the Flames wished to do so.Former Flames’ general manager Craig Button argued against trading Jarome Iginla, blaming a lack of complementary players for both Jarome Iginla and Calgary’s failures: “There’s nothing easier in hockey than to be able to shut down one player. And the Calgary Flames, I would argue, have made it really easy for teams to shut down Jarome”.The Flames have publicly stated that they do not plan to trade him. Individually, he reached 900 career points in a two-goal, two-assist effort against the Oilers on January 30, 2010. Six nights later, Jarome Iginla played his 1,000th career game against the Florida Panthers. Jarome Iginla <a href="http://blog.udclick.com/ahfxy2010/1342/index.html?#c74673"><strong>Timberland's Blog » Blog Archive » Expensive Ray Ban Sunglasses</strong></a> struggled offensively to begin the 2010–11 season, and with the Flames falling to the bottom of the standings, there was continued speculation over his future in Calgary. Team management repeatedly reiterated that they were not interested in moving him to another team.Improving his game as the season wore on, Jarome Iginla reached another personal milestone, recording his 500th career assist on January 11, 2011, the same day he was named to play in his sixth All-Star Game. He announced several days later that he had declined to play in the All-Star Game as he wished to spend the time with his ailing grandmother. Jarome Iginla scored his 30th goal of the season on a penalty shot against the Nashville Predators on March 6, 2011, and in doing so became the 10th player in NHL history to score at least 30 goals in ten consecutive seasons.A month later, he scored his 1,000th career point, notching the game-winning goal against the St. Louis Blues in a 3–2 win on April 1, 2011. 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