The Calgary Flames' captain, Jarome Iginla (Iggy as his many Calgary fans call him) and his wife Kara are now parents to three children - their newest edition, Joe, was born last month. Iginla says that looking forward to new baby's arrival helped speed up the hockey off-seaon.
Jarome told The Star Phoenix, "Yeah, we were looking forward to that the whole time. So summer was just flying, passing by till we got there."
Joe was named after Jarome (those close to the 31-year-old call him Joe), and baby joins older siblings, Jade 3, and Tij,2.
Iginla added, "Obviously, we're very blessed and it's been great. But also for hockey, it's been really good. It's one of those things you always hear about. As a player, you hear that it can help you take your mind away from it. I'm one of those players who can definitely see those benefits... and was sometimes thinking about hockey too much, or sometimes trying to get too intense or take it too serious.
"This helps balance things out and take a break away from the rink, away from theh game, which mentally, a lot of times, is good."
The pre-season starts September 23 with Calgary playing Florida Panthers and the regular season starts October 9, with Flames playing Vancouver Canucks. Go Iggy!
PS - That photo was taken by me a few months ago at the Flames Skills Competition.
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