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Canadian news agency
Joshua Clipperton
Toronto — Hockey Hall of Fame on Monday in 2022 Announce the class. The 2020 version was finally introduced one year later in November last year due to the COVID-19 pandemic. Hall decided to oppose naming the 2021 class, but the next batch of hockey royalty could clearly have a West Coast feel.
Canadian Press is investigating some of the players who may receive a call.
HENRIK SEDIN
Former Vancouver Canucks captain should be a slam dunk in the first year of qualification.
He was ranked 3rd overall in the 1999 NHL Draft, one point behind his twin brother Daniel. He is ranked as the greatest leader in Kanax history for assists (830), points (1,070), games played (1,330) and power. -Playpoint (369).
Henrik Sedin won the Hart Memorial Trophy as NHL MVP in 2009-10 and the Art Ross Trophy as the league's top scorer, 105 times in 17 seasons including Vancouver's run to 2011. Added 78 points in the playoffs. Stanley Cup Finals.
Daniel Sedin
Like his brother, the nodding Swede seems to be a natural choice for the selection committee.
Daniel, the most feared line triggerman in hockey during Sedin's heyday, scored 393 goals in Kanax history, second only to Henrik. (648). Points (1,041), games played (1,306), power play points (367).
Daniel, who retired in 2018 like Henrik, won the Ted Lindsay Award in 2010-11 as a league MVP voted by members of the NHL Players Association with Art Ross. He registered 71 points in 102 playoff games.
If Sedin, who helped his country win the gold medal at the 2006 Olympics, receives a call on Monday, it will be the first guide for players who have spent their entire career at Kanax.
ROBERTO LUONGO
In the first year of qualification, another former Vancouver player's phone may ring.
Luongo was ranked third in NHL history with 489 wins when the goalkeeper retired in 2019. This is better than Marc-Andre Fleury. He ranks second in three categories after Martin Brodure. He played games (1,044), played shots (30,924), and saved (28,409).
A native of Montreal has scored 40 victories over Canax and has played at least 70 times in four consecutive seasons.
Luongo, three-time Vezina Trophy finalist as the league's top goalkeeper, was second only to Sidney Crosby in the 2006-07 Hart Memorial Trophy vote.
He also helped Canada win the Olympic gold medal in both 2010 and 2014. The entire career in the same organization. As a member of the Detroit Red Wings, he scored 337 goals, 623 assists and 960 points in 1,082 games in 15 seasons. Each will be ranked 5th in franchise history.
Zetterberg is also in his first year of qualification, helping the Original Six franchise win the final cup in 2008 and winning the Conn Smythe Trophy as a playoff MVP. did.
Drafted in the seventh round of 1999, Zetterberg also won the gold medal at the 2006 Olympics and voted for the Selke Trophy as NHL's top defensive forward in 2007-08 to take third place. It ended in.
CAROLINE OUELLETTE
Ouellette, along with fellow Canadian teammates Hayley Wickenheiser and Jana Heford, has just three winners in four or more Olympics. Is one of the female hockey players in Canada. gold medal.
In the first year of her hall qualification, Owellett scored podiums in the 2002, 2006, 2010 and 2014 games, scoring 9 goals and 26 points in a total of 20 contests. did.
Montreal products have also won six world championships with the national team.
ALEXANDER MOGILNY
Since 2009, Russian forwards have scored 473 goals and 1,032 559 assists in 990 games in 16 seasons. I got points. Career.
Mogilny added 86 points in 124 playoffs and pulled up the cup at the New Jersey Devils in 2000. He also won the Olympic gold medal in the Soviet Union in 1988.
Daniel Alfredson
The Swede, who has been qualified for the hole since 2017, has 444 goals, 713 assists and 1,157 points during his 18 NHL season.
The former Senator Captain, who won the Calder Memorial Trophy as the NHL's Rookie of the Year in 1996, added 100 points in 124 playoff contests.
Alfredson won the Olympic gold medal in 2006, leading Ottawa to the 2007 Cup Final.
This report by Canadian Press was first published on June 24, 2022.
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