Yet historically, the town has left shopping and style scouting to the neighboring towns of Camden and Rockland. Rockport is known for its boatbuilding, historic lime kilns, cultural destinations, the famed Andre the Seal, and the Belted Galloway cattle at Aldermere Farm, among other things. But he does have a puck with a number etched in magic marker on masking tape that not many can also claim to have.BY VERONIQUE MCAREE | PHOTOGRAPHY AMANDA KOWALSKI Iginla still doesn't have a Stanley Cup in his trophy case. "We feel like we can compete with anyone when we're playing like we can." "We've got a lot of real important games coming up, starting with Wednesday against St.
Iginla wants to be a part of a strong playoff push. Iginla told Bleacher Report in November that he would not waive his no-movement clause this season, citing family reasons and the belief Colorado can be a winner.Īfter a dismal start, the Avs have been playing pretty good hockey for a while now. The Avs sat only four points out of a wild-card spot, behind Nashville, after the win over L.A. But Iginla led the Avs in goals last season with 29, and while his scoring pace is down some this year (11 goals in his first 40 games), he has always been known as a strong second-half player. There were some who scoffed at Sakic for giving that third year on the deal, and at such an overall salary to a guy said to be slowing down. Iginla has another year remaining on his contract, a three-year, $16 million, no-movement-clause deal he signed after leaving the Boston Bruins in 2014. Now that Iginla has reached 600 goals, the attention will turn to an accomplishment that's eluded him his whole career: a Stanley Cup. I don't want him to do it against our team, but I'll be rooting for him right after that," Hartley said. "You look at him out on the ice this morning and how hard he trains he's probably got another 100 in him if he wants it," Sutter said.Īnother one of Iginla's former coaches, Calgary's Bob Hartley, was in the game before at the Pepsi Center. He always saw that in Iginla, whose offseason workouts near his summer home in the Okanagan Valley of British Columbia have passed into legendary status. Sutter saves his biggest respect for the workers of the game, the guys who put in the time on and off the ice for the best chance to succeed. It's pretty spectacular when you think about it." "When you put it in perspective, 600 goals, that's over 30 a year on average for as long as he's been in the league (this is his 19th season). "Just a real hockey player, Jarome," said Sutter, which is as good as it gets from him as far as praise. Even a guy like Sidney Crosby, at 313, seems like a long shot now in today's lower-scoring NHL.
Ovechkin will likely get there, but there is no guarantee, and there is little chance for the others. After that there is Patrick Marleau (470), Vincent Lecavalier (411) and Patrik Elias (407). The leading active goal scorer behind Iginla is Washington Capitals star Alex Ovechkin, who entered Tuesday with 496. We may have witnessed the last of the 600-goal scorers for quite a while. "That was definitely one of the lucky ones, but I'm not too picky. "You gotta get lucky sometimes," Iginla said in the victorious dressing room, with the puck already wrapped in tape in his locker. The disc instead ricocheted off the skate of defenseman Jake Muzzin and past backup goalie Jhonas Enroth.Ī few years from now, nobody will care that 600 was an errant bank shot instead of one of the many Iginla one-timers that puffed the backs of nets like Louis Armstrong's cheeks on the trumpet. And who cares if it was a goal that actually was intended to be a pass? At his usual post in the left circle on the power play, Iginla fed a puck across the middle intended for Matt Duchene, but the pass went behind him. Iginla became the 19th to do it, and it's just the latest accomplishment on a resume that will act as an express ticket to the Hall of Fame some day.
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