Jarome Iginla just another motorist during TV interview about winter storm

Tom Gatto

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Hockey Hall of Famers: They're just like us!

Well, one of them sure was this weekend: Jarome Iginla, a member of the Hall's 2020 class.

Iginla was chilling at a rest stop in Lexington, Mass., during a winter storm Saturday when Boston television station WFXT asked to talk to him about the weather. The Edmonton native, 20-year NHL veteran and former Bruin had a wonderfully understated response. The station's presentation matched the low-key vibe:

"I like the snow, I like the winter, but not necessarily this," said Jarome Iginla. "May be a little too much.”

A snow-rain mix coupled with high winds, aka a nor'easter, created difficult road conditions across Massachusetts, New Hampshire and Vermont, the station reported. Iginla offered advice on how to handle them.

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"Pretty tough, we’re from Canada, so it’s not too crazy," he told WFXT. "I mean we got some winter tires. Used to this growing up so, it’s not great, I’ll tell you, you get some tough stretches, but if you don’t go too fast it’s doable."

And while the journalists at WFXT may or may not have recognized Iginla or played up his background, hockey media sure did.

Other tweeters noted that Iginla, 43, lives in greater Boston and coaches his son in youth hockey. He played for the Bruins in the 2013-14 season, notching 30 goals and 31 assists in 78 games.

Tom Gatto

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Tom Gatto joined The Sporting News as a senior editor in 2000 after 12 years at The Herald-News in Passaic, N.J., where he served in a variety of roles including sports editor, and a brief spell at APBNews.com in New York, where he worked as a syndication editor. He is a 1986 graduate of the University of South Carolina.