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Updated · Sportsnet.ca · Jun 22
Hockey Hall of Fame Inducts 6, Led by Carey Price and Patrice Bergeron
Updated
Updated · Sportsnet.ca · Jun 22

Hockey Hall of Fame Inducts 6, Led by Carey Price and Patrice Bergeron

3 articles · Updated · Sportsnet.ca · Jun 22

Summary

  • Six honorees were voted into the Hockey Hall of Fame on Monday: Carey Price, Keith Tkachuk, Patrice Bergeron, Pekka Rinne, Cindy Curley and builder Brian Burke.
  • Price, 38, headlines the class after a 15-year Montreal career that produced 361 wins, a .917 save percentage and a dominant 2014-15 season with Hart and Vezina trophies.
  • Bergeron and Rinne were also one-franchise standouts—Bergeron retired with 1,294 Boston games, six Selke trophies and a 2011 Stanley Cup, while Rinne won the 2018 Vezina after 683 games in Nashville.
  • Tkachuk finished with 538 goals and 2,219 penalty minutes across 1,201 NHL games, while Curley helped establish U.S. women's hockey with three world championship silver medals in the tournament's first three years.
  • Burke, 70, entered as a builder after front-office stints with five NHL clubs, a 2007 Stanley Cup in Anaheim and the 1999 draft maneuvering that landed Daniel and Henrik Sedin.

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