More on Iggy, this time about his Christmas day battles against Craig Conroy on the backyard rink. By Wes Gilbertson:
https://calgarysun.com/sports/20-to-...-jarome-iginla
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“Jarome had this little rink in his backyard and he’d tell me, ‘Bring your skates. We’re going one-on-one,’ ” Conroy reminisced. “So it’s Christmas, and we only get a couple of days off, and we’d be out there battling one-on-one in his backyard. Seriously. He’d beat me, and I’d tell him, ‘Jeez, you really know how to ruin a guy’s Christmas.’ ”
This story, perhaps better than any other, sums up Iginla’s love for the sport that made him famous, made him a multi-millionaire, made him a net-filling fan favourite and now a member of the Hockey Hall of Fame.
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He also confirmed his intentions to move back "West":
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Now 43, Iginla is currently living in the Boston area — he popped up this past weekend on a local news report about a wicked winter storm — but plans to eventually return closer to his roots.
His close buddy Conroy should perhaps be ready for an invite to Christmas dinner … with a catch.
“We’re going to move back west, so we’ll have to set that up again,” Iginla chuckled. “I better beat him now.”
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