Former Boston Bruins defenseman Zdeno Chara and legendary San Jose Sharks ahead Joe Thornton had been among the many NHL gamers that had been elected to the Hockey Corridor of Fame on Tuesday. Duncan Keith and Alexander Mogilny had been additionally elected as a part of the 2025 class.
Chara, Keith, and Thornton had been all chosen of their first 12 months of Corridor of Fame eligibility.
Corridor of Fame candidates should obtain at the very least 75% of the vote from the choice committee with the intention to be inducted into the Hockey of Fame. There’s a most restrict of 4 retired male gamers, two retired feminine gamers, and two builders that may be chosen in a given 12 months.
Former Canadian girls’s nationwide workforce ahead Jennifer Botterill and former United States girls’s nationwide workforce ahead Brianna Decker had been elected to the Hockey Corridor of Fame. When it got here to the Builders Class, former Boston College coach Jack Parker and former Canadian girls’s nationwide workforce coach Daniele Sauvageau may even be inducted.
Chara spent the vast majority of his legendary profession with the Boston Bruins (2006-20), whereas additionally spending time with the New York Islanders (1997-2001, 2021-22), Ottawa Senators (2001-06), and Washington Capitals (2020-21). The rugged defenseman racked up 680 factors (209 targets & 471 assists) in his 24-year NHL profession. He helped the Bruins win the Stanley Cup in 2011 and in addition received the Norris Trophy in 2008-09 because the NHL’s greatest defenseman.
Thornton logged 24 NHL seasons wherein he tallied 1,539 profession factors (430 targets & 1,109 assists) taking part in for the Bruins (1997-2005), San Jose Sharks (2005-20), Toronto Maple Leafs (2020-21), and Florida Panthers (2021-22). The proficient ahead ranks 14th all-time in factors and is one in all simply 16 gamers to have recorded at the very least 1,500 factors. As well as, he received the Hart Trophy in 2005-06 because the league’s MVP and the Artwork Ross Trophy because the NHL’s main scorer with 125 factors (29 targets & 96 assists) in 2005-06.
Keith was a longtime member of the Chicago Blackhawks (2005-21) and helped lead the franchise to 3 Stanley Cups within the 2010s. The shutdown defenseman additionally received the Conn Smythe Trophy as playoff MVP in the course of the 2015 Stanley Cup Playoffs. Keith tallied 646 profession factors (106 targets & 540 assists) in 1,256 regular-season video games, whereas including 19 targets and 72 assists in 151 playoff video games. The Blackhawks took residence the Norris Trophy on two events (2009-10 & 2013-14) because the league’s greatest defenseman.
Mogilny started his profession with the Buffalo Sabres after being chosen within the fifth spherical of the 1988 NHL Draft. He turned the primary participant from the Soviet Union in NHL historical past to defect and try and play within the NHL. The proficient winger registered 1,032 factors (473 targets & 559 assists) in 990 profession video games with the Sabres (1989-95), Vancouver Canucks (1995-2000), New Jersey Devils (2000-01, 2005-06), and Toronto Maple Leafs (2001-04). Mogilny helped lead the Devils to a Stanley Cup in 2000.
The eight members of the 2025 Hockey Corridor of Fame class shall be inducted on Nov. 10 in Toronto.
