The Hockey Hall Of Fame tonight inducted their 2025 Class, inducting six legendary players to their ranks with a number of tremendous international achievements.

As first noted upon the announcement of the class in June, the Class of 2025 (and their corresponding achievements) are as follows:

🇨🇦 Jennifer Botterill, the Canadian power forward and 3-time Olympic champion (2002, 2006, 2010) gets the call after her retirement and transition to broadcasting in 2011. Botterill also boasts five World Championship (1999, 2000, 2001, 2004, 2007) and seven Nations Cup (1999, 2000, 2001, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009) Gold medals, along with one Olympic (1998), three World Championship (2005, 2008, 2009) and three Nations Cup (1997, 2003, 2008) Silver medals throughout her illustrious international career. A two-time Patty Kazmaier Award winner (2001, 2003) with Harvard University, Botterill would spend pro six seasons between the Toronto / Mississauga Aeros of the NWHL and the Mississauga Chiefs of the CWHL, winning the NWHL title in 2005.

🇸🇰 Zdeno Chára, the towering iron-man defender, enters the Hall with the most games played by a defender in history (1,680), spanning 24 NHL seasons with New York, Ottawa, Boston and Washington. A 5-time NHL All-Star, Chára captured the Stanley Cup in 2011 with Boston, along with a Norris (2009) and Messier (2011) Trophy, amassing 680 career points, along with another 70 points in 200 career playoff games. Internationally, Chára was one of the most consistent Slovak stars in history, helping Slovakia to their historic first World Championship Silver medal in history (2000), followed up again in 2012, and finished runner-up at the 2016 World Cup of Hockey as part of “Team Europe.” Chára was inducted to the IIHF Hall of Fame this past May in Stockholm.

🇺🇸 Brianna Decker retired at age 31 in 2023 already one of the most decorated American players in history, transitioning into coaching with one Olympic (2018), six World Championship (2011, 2013, 2015, 2016, 2017, 2019) and six Nations Cup (2011, 2012, 2015, 2016, 2017, 2018) Gold medals. Decker also holds a pair of Silver medals from the Olympics (2014, 2022), World Championship (2012, 2021) and Nations Cup (2010, 2014), respectively. After winning an NCAA title with her home state Wisconsin Badgers, Decker spent four seasons in the CWHL and NWHL, winning CWHL Rookie of the Year honours and the Clarkson Cup in 2015 with Boston, then winning two NWHL MVP titles and an Isobel Cup in 2016, before returning to win her second Clarkson Cup with Calgary in 2019, amassing a staggering combined 119 points in just 68 regular season games.

🇨🇦 Duncan Keith, the defensive cornerstone of the Chicago Blackhawks dynasty of the 2010’s, retired in 2022 after 17 NHL seasons, the majority in Chicago but also with time spent in Edmonton. A 3-time Stanley Cup champion (2010, 2013, 2015), Keith was also a 4-time NHL All-Star, two-time Norris Trophy winner (2010, 2014) and won the Conn Smythe Trophy in 2015, notching 646 points in 1,256 career NHL games, adding another 91 points in 151 career playoff games. Internationally, Keith notched a pair of Olympic Gold medals in 2010 and 2014, along with a World Championship Silver medal in 2008.

🇷🇺 Alexander Mogilny, eligible for the Hall since 2009, finally gets the call after a long sixteen year wait, mirroring the number of seasons he played in the NHL between Buffalo, Vancouver, New Jersey and Toronto, electrifying the league following his highly publicized defection from the Soviet Union. Mogilny was a 5-time NHL All-Star and notched 1,032 points in 990 career games, along with another 86 points in 124 playoff games, winning the Rocket Richard (1993) and Lady Byng (2003) trophies, along with a Stanley Cup with the Devils in 2000. Internationally, Mogilny captured Olympic, World Junior and World Championship Gold all within 15 months of each other in 1988-89, making him a Triple Gold Club member, only returning to the Russian team post-dissolution at the 1996 World Cup of Hockey.

🇨🇦 Joe Thornton, affectionately known as “Jumbo” for his towering presence and menacing play, retired in 2023 after 24 NHL seasons between Boston, San Jose, Toronto and Florida, with a short stint in Davos of the Swiss League, capturing a Spengler Cup (2004) and National League title (2005). Domestically, the first overall pick of the 1997 NHL Draft would notch 1,539 points in 1,714 career NHL games, winning both the league MVP and scoring title in 2006. For Canada, Thornton would capture Olympic (2010), World Cup (2004, 2016) and World Junior (1997) Gold over his career, along with a World Championship Silver medal in 2005.

Also inducted into the builders category are coaches Jack Parker (USA) and Danièle Sauvageau (Canada). Our congratulations go out to these hockey legends on joining the Hall Of Fame!

Photo Credit: The Boston Globe – IIHF – HHOF – IOC