| Tij Iginla | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Born | August 1, 2006 Lake Country, British Columbia, Canada | ||
| Height | 6 ft 0 in (183 cm) | ||
| Weight | 185 lb (84 kg; 13 st 3 lb) | ||
| Position | Forward | ||
| Shoots | Left | ||
| WHL team | Kelowna Rockets | ||
| NHL Draft | Eligible 2024 | ||
Tij Iginla (born August 1, 2006) is a Canadian-American junior ice hockey forward for the Kelowna Rockets of the Western Hockey League (WHL) and the son of Hockey Hall of Fame inductee Jarome Iginla. He is considered a top prospect eligible for the 2024 NHL Entry Draft.
While attending Rink Academy in Kelowna and playing for their under-18 team, Iginla was drafted ninth overall by the Seattle Thunderbirds in the 2021 Western Hockey League (WHL) draft. [1]
Iginla scored his first WHL goal on October 14, 2022, against the Edmonton Oil Kings. [2] In 48 games with the Thunderbirds in his rookie 2022–23 season, he scored 6 goals and 18 points. [3] Seattle would win the Ed Chynoweth Cup as 2023 WHL champions, and would make it to the finals of the 2023 Memorial Cup, but Iginla would only play three games, all in the first round. [4] On June 7, 2023, Iginla was traded by the Thunderbirds to the Kelowna Rockets. [5]
Entering the 2023–24 season, Iginla was not recognized as a top-level prospect for the upcoming 2024 NHL Entry Draft. He began the year with a "B" rating from NHL Central Scouting, indicating a projected second- or third-round pick, but after a torrid start to the season that saw him score 13 goals and 21 points in his first 12 games, he was upgraded to an "A" prospect, a likely first-round selection. [6] [7] In December 2023, Iginla was selected as one of 40 draft eligible prospects to compete at the 2024 CHL/NHL Top Prospects Game. [8] He finished the year with 47 goals and 84 points in 64 games. [9]
Iginla represented Team Canada Red at the 2022 World U-17 Hockey Challenge, scoring two goals and seven points in seven games en route to a silver medal. [5]
Iginla is the son of Hockey Hall of Fame inductee Jarome Iginla. His younger brother Joe plays for the WHL's Edmonton Oil Kings, and his older sister Jade plays for Brown University. [5]
| Regular season | Playoffs | |||||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Season | Team | League | GP | G | A | Pts | PIM | GP | G | A | Pts | PIM | ||
| 2021–22 | Seattle Thunderbirds | WHL | 3 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 4 | – | – | – | – | – | ||
| 2022–23 | Seattle Thunderbirds | WHL | 48 | 6 | 12 | 18 | 19 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2 | ||
| 2023–24 | Kelowna Rockets | WHL | 64 | 47 | 37 | 84 | 35 | 11 | 9 | 6 | 15 | 0 | ||
| WHL totals | 115 | 53 | 50 | 103 | 58 | 14 | 9 | 7 | 16 | 2 | ||||
| Year | Team | Event | Result | GP | G | A | Pts | PIM | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2022 | Canada Red | U17 |  | 7 | 2 | 5 | 7 | 0 | |
| Junior totals | 7 | 2 | 5 | 7 | 0 | ||||
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