The Hockey Hall Of Fame today announced the newest members that will join as the Class of 2023 on 13 November, with a trio of goaltenders, and a pair of Canadian forwards and builders, with numerous International Hockey Lineal Championships between them, joining the ranks of the Hall in Toronto.

🇺🇸 Tom Barrasso, the fifth overall pick at the 1983 NHL Draft, would spend 19 NHL seasons in net with Buffalo, Pittsburgh, Ottawa, Toronto, Carolina and St. Louis, earning 369 wins in 777 career games, along with another 61 playoff wins that would see him win back-to-back Stanley Cups in 1991 and 1992. Barrasso would also capture the Calder, Vezina and Jennings Trophies, and internationally, the Boston native would suit up for Team USA at one World Junior Championship (1983), one World Championship (1986), two Canada Cups (1984, 1987) and one Olympics (2002), winning a Silver medal.

🇸🇪 Henrik Lundqvist, the sixth-winningest goaltender in NHL history, spent his entire 15 year career with the New York Rangers, winning the Vezina Trophy in 2012 and notching 459 career wins and 23,509 saves in 887 career games, becoming the only player to start a career with seven straight 30-win seasons. A native of Åre, Sweden, Lundqvist captured a Gold (2017) and two Silver (2003, 2004) World Championship medals out of six total appearances for Tre Kronor, along with an Olympic Gold (2006) and Silver (2014) medal, and backstopped Sweden at both the 2004 and 2016 World Cup Of Hockey.

🇨🇦 Caroline Ouellette, the tenth female to be nominated to the hall, spent sixteen illustrious seasons with Team Canada, capturing four Olympic (2002, 2006, 2010, 2014), six World Championship (1999, 2000, 2001, 2004, 2007, 2012) and nine Nations Cup Gold medals, becoming the first female to join the Triple Gold Club after capturing the Clarkson Cup in 2009. The Montréal native, an NCAA Champion in 2003, would also capture four total Clarkson Cup titles (2009, 2011, 2012, 2017), and has since moved into an Assistant Coach role with Team Canada, serving since 2019.

🇨🇦 Pierre Turgeon, the first overall pick of the 1987 NHL Draft, spent 19 NHL seasons between Buffalo, the New York Islanders, Montréal, St. Louis, Dallas and Colorado, notching 1,327 points in 1,294 career NHL games, being named an NHL All-Star four times and winning the Lady Byng Trophy in 1993. The Rouyn, Québec native would only have one international appearance for Canada, playing with the 1987 World Junior squad that famously sparred with the Soviet Union at the “Punch-Up In Piešťany,” where Turgeon infamously was the only Canadian to not leave the bench during the brawl.

🇨🇦 Mike Vernon, the #56 overall pick of the 1981 NHL Draft who would become a fellow 19-year NHL veteran, served between the pipes with his hometown Calgary Flames, Detroit, San Jose and Florida, earning 385 wins in 781 games played, along with another 77 playoff wins that saw Vernon lift the Stanley Cup in 1989 (with Calgary) and 1997 (with Detroit). A Jennings Trophy winner in 1996 and five-time NHL All-Star, Vernon only appeared twice for Team Canada, at the 1983 World Junior Championship (winning Bronze) and 1991 World Championship (winning Silver).

Also inducted into the builders category are Canadians Pierre Lacroix and Ken Hitchcock, himself a decorated international coach with Canada, capturing three Olympic (2002, 2010, 2014), one World Cup (2004) and one World Junior (1988) Gold Medals, along with a World Championship Silver (2008). Our congratulations go out to these hockey legends on joining the Hall Of Fame this November!

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