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-season.
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....