'I never dreamed I’d ever have my jersey up there — I was just thrilled to be in the NHL.' As the Flames prepare to raise No. 12 to the rafters, Jarome Iginla looked back on his historic career and shed light on his new life off the ice. (EricFrancis)
CALGARY — Jarome Iginla still remembers that long, heart-wrenching walk out of the St. Pete Times Forum that muggy June evening.
Fifteen years later, on eve of his jersey retirement ceremony, Iginla admitted the sting and foreign feeling of falling short in the biggest of games is still hard to contemplate. "But it wasn’t meant to be, in my mind. I have that faith. I look back and try to focus on the good memories." A winner of virtually every other hockey title a team could battle for in hockey, including three provincial crowns his St. Albert squad won in minor hockey, Iginla retired last summer missing just one championship on his resumé.He’ll forever be remembered as a warrior on the ice and the classiest of ambassadors off it.
That same intensity brought him and teammates close to blows over things like video game challenges and table tennis contests. It’s an edge he admits he still carries today when something — anything — is on the line.
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