Hat-ta boy, Iggy!
Once upon a time, reading ‘hat-trick’ and ‘Iggy’ in the same sentence would’ve naturally referred to Jarome Iginla, the St. Albert product who went on to National Hockey League fame as his generation’s preeminent power forward, scoring 625 goals over a 20-year, Hockey Hall of Fame career on the pro hockey circuit and recording 12 ‘hatties’ before retiring in 2017.
On Sunday, however, his son Joe Iginla took centre stage and recorded his first hat-trick in junior hockey, becoming the youngest Edmonton Oil Kings player to score three goals in a game in an 8-2 win over the visiting Red Deer Rebels.
“I didn’t know that,” Iginla said after the game when he was told he became the youngest Oil King to get a hat-trick, aged 16 years 139 days.
“It’s definitely cool. There’s been a lot of great players with this organization, so it surprises me.”
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