“THE BEST OF THE BEST”€œTHE BEST OF THE BEST” WORLD WIDE HOCKEY HALL OF FAME For web-based...

“THE BEST OF THE BEST”

WORLD WIDE HOCKEY HALL OF FAME

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BY THE COMMITTEE TO RECOGNIZE TRUE EXCELLENCE

MOREY HOLZMAN, CHAIRARTHUR CHIDLOVSKI

LLOYD DAVISERNIE FITZSIMMONS

IAIN FYFFEDAVE HOLLANDPATRICK HOUDAGORD JENNINGS

JASON KASIOREKKEITH LENNROB MATIC

JOSEPH NIEFORTHJOE PELLETIER

KARL-ERIC REIFLARRY ROBERTSON

HOWARD ROSENTHALBILL SWIFT

DAVID STEWART-CANDYSEBASTIEN TREMBLAY

BILL UNDERWOODMIKE WYMAN

http://www.chidlovski.com/wwhhof/

Gordie Howe, upon the passing of Jean-Claude Tremblay, expressed surprise whenMr. Hockey found out the former Canadien and Nordique defenseman was not in the Hallof Fame. “He’s got five Cups. I’ve only got four,” said Mr. Hockey.

In a broader picture, Mr. Hockey has defined the very problem of the Hall of Fame:there are so many people elected that few know (or have even heard of) all of thehonoured. The level of excellence has been lowered so that if one wins five StanleyCups, the expectation is they should be enshrined.

In his 2003 autobiography, Thunder and Ice, Phil Esposito comments that his Hall ofFame induction day meant little.

Said the man who trailed just Gordie Howe on the NHL’s all-time goal scoring listwhen he retired in 1980, “It wasn't that big a deal to me because I feel there are someplayers in the Hall who shouldn't be there, and as a result it sort of cheapens it foreveryone.”

The Hockey Hall of Fame selection committee’s selection methods and criterion havecome under ridicule and discussion since the first election in 1945. Even today, theselection method works something like this: a player is nominated, and the 18 committeemembers say yea or nay. If 75% of the voting members approve, we will soon behonoring a new member of the Hockey Hall of Fame. And no one on the committee goeshome until someone gets chosen.

The current committee is made up of retired players, current Hall of Famers, anexecutive or two, and a journalist or two. The main problem with the Toronto-centricnature of the Hall is a disproportionate amount of Maple Leafs in its environs, and anearly complete lack of Americans and Europeans. Other organizations, such as theUnited States Hall of Fame and the IIHF Hall of Fame, have formed to fill the gap, buttheir niche view has left a vacancy in terms of a hockey hall of fame truly representativeof the best hockey players of all-time, the best hockey leaders of all-time, all enshrinedyet limited in numbers so that only the best of the best are recognized.

But more importantly, future hockey fans can learn the game’s great legacy.This is what we hoped to accomplish. No one and no one subject was sacred. We

didn’t prejudge the original WHA just because Harold Ballard lost some players. Wewere unified in our stated goal: to protect the legacy of those who were its greatestplayers, and those who were great for the game.

We are a committee of 21 researchers – some Society of International HockeyResearch members and others not – from across the globe, spanning career fields, all withone goal: to make our Hall of Fame the best of the best. Since it is incredibly inhumaneto just kick members out because they are no longer “good enough,” a new Hall, withnew, consistent voting requirements, provides one solution.

So who’s in, who’s out, and who’s making these decisions?Well, don’t worry. We didn’t kick out Gordie Howe, or Bobby Hull or Bobby Orr,

and we managed to protect Eddie Shore and Howie Morenz. And Bill Cook. LarryMurphy, however, was booted out of Toronto a second time.

Like Toronto, we are prejudiced against defenseman with a team-first mentality, eventhough hockey, if nothing else, is the ultimate in team sports. But when you are lookingat a ballot, like we did in 1985, with Howe, Bobby Hull, Stan Mikita, John Bucyk, AndyBathgate, Bernie Parent and Ken Dryden, Yvan Cournoyer and Gerry Cheevers, and thenadd in Alexander Ragulin, Nikolai Sologubov, Lars-Erik Sjoberg and Tord Lundstromfor international flavor, and you can only pick five, well, several great defensemen wereleft behind the play.

Here’s the summary with who we have elected. Our processes and some thoughtsfollow on the remaining pages:

SUMMARY

BUILDERSPatrick, Lester 1946Patrick, Frank 1946Ross, Art 1948Smythe, Conn 1948Adams, Jack 1954Hewitt, Foster 1961Taylor, Fred "Cyclone" 1964Lindsay, Ted 1974Howe, Gordie 1987Richard, Maurice 1988Orr, Bobby 1989Beliveau, Jean 1989Hull, Bobby 1990Plante, Jacques 1993Selke, Frank 2003Gretzky, Wayne 2004

HONOURED MEMBERSMalone, Joe 1945Ross, Art 1945Taylor, Fred "Cyclone" 1945Baker, Hobie 1945Gerard, Eddie 1945Morenz, Howie 1945Lalonde, Edouard "Newsy" 1945Vezina, Georges 1945Benedict, Clint 1945Clancy, Francis "King" 1945Nighbor, Frank 1945Stewart, Nels 1946Cook, Bill 1946Joliat, Aurele 1946Conacher, Charlie 1946Hainsworth, George 1946Frederickson, Frank 1947Cleghorn, Sprague 1947Gardiner, Chuck 1947Thompson, Cecil "Tiny" 1947Conacher, Lionel 1948Dye, Cecil "Babe" 1948Keats, Gordon "Duke" 1948Boucher, Frank 1949Goodfellow, Ebbie 1949Shore, Eddie 1949Smith, Reginal "Hooley" 1949Bowie, Russell 1950Jackson, Busher 1950Johnson, Ching 1950Johnson, Ernie "Moose" 1950Primeau, Joe 1951Seibert, Earl 1951Clapper, Aubrey "Dit" 1952Apps, Syl 1953Phillips, Tommy 1953Pitre, Didier 1954Durnan, Bill 1956Blake, Toe 1958Broda, Turk 1958Cameron, Harry 1959Malecek, Josef 1959Abel, Sid 1960Lach, Elmer 1961Worters, Roy "Shrimp" 1961Smith, Tommy 1961

Bobrov, Vsevolod 1962Brimsek, Frankie 1962Howe, Syd 1962Schmidt, Milt 1962MacKay, Mickey 1963Cowley, Bill 1963Kennedy, Ted 1963Bentley, Max 1964Denneny, Cy 1965Richard, Maurice 1965Quackenbush, Bill 1965Bouchard, Emile "Butch" 1966Stewart, Jack 1966Bentley, Doug 1967Bain, Dan 1970Johansson, Sven "Tumba" 1970Lindsay, Ted 1970Connell, Alec 1971Kelly, Leonard "Red" 1972Dunderdale, Tommy 1972Geoffrion, Bernie 1973Harvey, Doug 1974Moore, Dickie 1974Sawchuk, Terry 1975Bower, Johnny 1975Holmes, Harry "Hap" 1975Beliveau, Jean 1976Grant, Mike 1976Hall, Glenn 1976Pilote, Pierre 1977Hall, Joe 1977Foyston, Frank 1978Lehman, Hugh 1978Horton, Tim 1979Plante, Jacques 1980Richard, Henri 1982Mahovlich, Frank 1983Orr, Bobby 1984Howe, Gordie 1985Hull, Bobby 1985Mikita, Stan 1986Esposito, Phil 1986Kharlamov, Valeri 1986Bucyk, John 1987Cournoyer, Yvan 1987Mikhailov, Boris 1987Dryden, Ken 1988Olmstead, Bert 1988Sologubov, Nikolai 1988Carnegie, Herb 1990Tretiak, Vladislav 1990Park, Brad 1991Bossy, Mike 1992Gadsby, Bill 1992Potvin, Denis 1993Dionne, Marcel 1994Perreault, Gilbert 1994Firsov, Anatoli 1995Keon, Dave 1995Bathgate, Andy 1996Delvecchio, Alex 1996Lafleur, Guy 1996Savard, Serge 1996Robinson, Larry 1997Worsley, Lorne “Gump” 1997

Yakushev, Alexander 1997Howell, Harry 1998Laperriere, Jacques 1998Maltsev, Alexander 1998Salming, Borje 1998Tremblay, Jean-Claude 1999Trottier, Bryan 1999Nedomansky, Vaclav 2000Parent, Bernie 2000Stastny, Peter 2000Clarke, Bobby 2001Gainey, Bob 2001Pronovost, Marcel 2001Pulford, Harvey 2001Lemaire, Jacques 2002Ullman, Norm 2002Ratelle, Jean 2003Gretzky, Wayne 2004

REFEREES/EXECUTIVES

Patrick, Frank 1945Patrick, Lester 1945Ross, Art 1948Ion, Mickey 1948Smythe, Conn 1948Waghorne, Fred 1951LeSueur, Percy 1952Irvin, Dick 1953Gorman, Tommy 1953Adams, Jack 1954Creighton, James 1961Day, Clarence "Hap" 1961Blake, Hector "Toe" 1964Selke, Frank 1964Livingstone, Ed 1965Tarasov, Anatoli 1969Storey, Red 1971Chernyshev, Arkady 1972Udvari, Frank 1972Pollock, Sam 1975Bauer, David 1976Northey, William 1977Bowman, Scott 1979Hunter, Bill 1987Imlach, George "Punch" 1990Johnson, Bob 1995Tikhonov, Viktor 1995Kilrea, Brian 1997Torrey, Bill 1997Arbour, Al 1998Boucher, Frank 1998Sinden, Harry 2004Van Hellemond, Andy 2004

CONTRIBUTORS

Hewitt, Foster 1958Stanley, Lord Frederick 1975Coleman, Charles 1977Gallivan, Danny 1984McFarlane, Brian 1990Lecavalier, Rene 1994Ozerov, Nikolai 1997Meeker, Howie 2002

OUR HALL

We have four categories of our Hall – we don’t like the term Builder as originallyused.

The first is Honoured Members. This is where the greats of the game lace them up.Whether elected as a first-time inductee or as an Oldtimer (retired more than twentyyears), they are placed in the Hall together.

The second category was for executives and referees. Coaches fell into this category,as did GMs and owners.

The third category, added later, was a Contributors category. This was a catch-all foranybody not directly employed by the league or its teams, but whom when people thinkof this person, they think of their contribution to the sport. Foster Hewitt would be thefirst prominent member of this category. Dolores Claman, while she had her supporters,did not. Who’s Dolores Claman you ask? She’s the one who wrote the Hockey Nightand Canada theme song.

The fourth category was the Builder category. A Builder was a person who elevatedthe game and brought the status of hockey to a higher level. Frank Patrick was theperfect example of a Builder. Harold Ballard was not. In order to achieve Builder status,one had to be elected in another category. After being elected, the person then had to berenominated from someone on the election committee and gain 15 votes. There werethree exceptions to this rule. Their surnames are Patrick, Patrick and Gretzky.

Once elected, a person’s conduct off the ice could not be considered grounds forremoval, except for the Builders category.

L’AFFAIRE EAGLESON

We tried to vote in context of the times, so that the 1945 ballot, for example, wouldbe voted on with 1945 knowledge. This was where the committee had its largestshortcoming. This became poignant when considering Alan Eagleson’s contributions tothe game.

“I personally did not have this problem,” said Jason Kasiorek. “But it was obviouslya concern, as some members in the first few ballots that were considered all-time greatscould not get in because of comparisons to future stars.”

Eagleson had a large group of balloters who wanted to enshrine him for hiscontributions to player agents, his organizational abilities for the Summit Series and theCanada Cup, and then eventually remove him for exposing his crimes for which he wasconvicted in two countries.

Longtime sports journalist Larry Robertson pushed for Eagleson’s enshrinement.“I believe that on the basis of what he accomplished for the game of hockey

internationally and for Canada (he got us back onto the world stage) he deserves to be in.He also helped form the NHL Players Association (after the dismal failure of the one inthe 1950s),” Robertson said.

“Granted he got caught up in greed and fraud, but on the basis of what heaccomplished for the game before situations got out of hand he deserves to be inanyone’s hall of fame.”

Others changed their opinions as time went on.

“I voted for Eagleson for a while, and then stopped as his support never mounted andthe years got later, it is obvious that other committee members had a hard time voting forhim because of what we know now,” Kasiorek said.

Author Joseph Nieforth was another who had no problem sorting out the news fromthe times. “In the Eagleson case I began voting for him based on what would have beenknown at that point. After awhile I gave up on that tact since it looked like fewcommittee members were taking that approach,” Nieforth said.

Karl-Eric Reif was one who did not vote in context of the times.“If we had really fully immersed ourselves in the context of the year of each election

– if that's even realistically possible to do without being psychotically disassociative –most of the statistics that spoke eloquently on behalf of many of the early nomineeswouldn't have been available to us, for instance, and we'd have been more likely tosimply recapitulate the work of the early HHoF committees,” Reif said.

Arthur Chidlovski revealed a story from his childhood in Moscow, and why he wouldnot vote for Eagleson.

“As a representative of international hockey, I probably should be the first one to votefor Alan Eagleson. He brought Canada back to the international hockey and was behindthe most exciting and colorful international tournaments of that time,” Chidlovski said.

“And I don't vote for the Eagle because of a rather personal reason. He put me introuble! All of you probably remember his escape from police in Luzhniki Arena and theone-finger salute that he showed to me and millions of Russians that September 1972night.

“Later on he explained to me and millions of Russians that it wasn't what one mightthink - it meant a thumb up or number one. For most Canadians who know what thumbs-up looks like, it wasn't convincing and the whole episode was edited out of the gamebroadcast.

“The funny thing about it is that Eagleson’s gesture has no meaning in Russia. But Iand millions of other Russians who watched that game are good learners and it was alesson of how to show number one.

“In 1989, I got to the USA for the first time and I was asked by U.S. Customs howmany suitcases I had. Being a good student, I showed the customer officer the Eagleson’s“one” gesture and was almost deported.”

OUR COMMITTEE

We had 21 members of the committee. The major advantage our committee had overother selection committees is that we represented every major hockey playing area, withan age range from 28 to 63.

Said committee member Keith Lenn, “One would be hard-pressed to come up with amore knowledgeable and eclectic group of hockey historians, researchers, authors,collectors, statisticians, scouts, and fans than our committee of twenty-one. I will be asbold to say that the overall knowledge base of this group would rival, if not surpass, anycollection of players (past or present), front-office personnel, and beat writers that onecould muster up.”

A wide diversity of background and credentials is what Committee Chair MoreyHolzman was looking for.

“I would consider it an incredible day if four of the 16 members of the Hockey Hallof Fame committee in Toronto know why the Stanley Cup is engraved withPORTLAND, PCHA Champions, and why the owner of the Portland Rosebuds felt hecould justify the engraving,” Holzman said.

“Heck, I'd be impressed if four of them know who the owner of the Rosebuds was.Point being, they are not the most knowledgeable hockey people – just the bestconnected. Most of this committee could have answered that question before beingappointed.”

Here’s who we are, and our qualifications:

CHIDLOVSKI, ARTHUR, 40. Lives in Boston. Born in Moscow, U.S.S.R. andgrew up rooting for the Soviet National Team. Immigrated to the United States in 1990.His background includes TV and film production, documentary filmmaking andprofessional web development. He authored The Summit in 1972 and The Summit in1974 web sites.

DAVIS, LLOYD, 38. Lives in Toronto. During his 10 years in publishing he hasworked on books that run the gamut from gardening to investing to the Titanic. He hashad a hand editing in such books as Total Hockey, Kings Of The Ice, Full Spectrum,Messier and Deceptions and Doublecross.

FITZSIMMONS, ERNIE, 63. Lives in Fredericton, New Brunswick. The vicepresident of SIHR was a longtime hockey referee and statistician and media liaison forthe Fredericton Express and Fredericton Canadiens AHL teams. Co-author of FromPond-to-Pro and Total Hockey, Ernie self-published his own book on Fredericton’shistory from 1895 to 1945. A collector of hockey photos, Ernie’s collection of morethan 20,000 photos resides at the Hockey Hall of Fame in Toronto, and is the drivingforce behind the SIHR hockey record database.

FYFFE, IAIN, 28. Lives in Fredericton, New Brunswick. A chartered accountantwho specializes in hockey’s statistical analysis and historical data. He is the SIHR vicepresident for the Atlantic region and has published several articles in the HockeyResearch Journal. He writes an online column at www.hockeyzoneplus.com andwww.puckerings.com.

HOLLAND, DAVID, 41. Lives in Calgary, Alberta. A full-time environmentalconsultant and a spare-time hockey researcher, currently working on a publication aboutthe history of the teams that have represented Canada at the World HockeyChampionships.

HOLZMAN, MOREY, 40. Lives in Escondido, California. Originally hails fromDetroit. Co-author of Deceptions and Doublecross: How the NHL Conquered Hockey(Dundurn, 2002). Now an Enrolled Agent, the former journalist is a contributor toseveral books and the head of this committee.

HOUDA, PATRICK, 35. Lives in Stockholm, Sweden. A long-time hockeyresearcher who once “bird-dogged” for the St. Louis Blues. Co-author of World Cup of

Hockey (Warwick, 2002). Major contributor to Total Hockey, Total Hockey 2, andseveral NHL Official Record Books. Regular writer for European NHL magazine ProHockey.

JENNINGS, GORD, 63. Lives in Plantagenet, Ontario. Originally hails from St.Catharines, Ontario. A former Montreal Canadiens season-ticket holder for ten years,Gord attended his first hockey game on January 10, 1950, a OHA junior contest betweenthe Toronto Marlies and the St. Catharines TPs. He spends his time now collecting St.Cath memorabilia.

KASIOREK, JASON, 33. Lives in Grand Rapids, Michigan. A life-long RedWings fan and now a Griffins (AHL) season-ticket holder, the computer systemsadministrator writes scouting and game reports for www.redwingscentral.com. Jasonalso has a website tribute to the WHA’s Edmonton Oilers athttp://members.hockeyresearch.com/jkasiorek.

LENN, KEITH, 37. Lives in Thiells, New York. A public school teacher and avidhockey memorabilia collector. His monthly column, “Penned by Lenn” appears on theProfessional Hockey Players’ Association website, www.phpa.com. Keith also writesand created www.hockeysandwich.com.

MATIC, ROB, 37. Lives in London, Ontario. A Montreal Canadiens fan who grewup in Leafs’ Country, Rob was our alternate voter in case someone missed an election.His vote counted almost every time.

NIEFORTH, JOSEPH, 41. Lives in Toronto. Originally hails from Carroll’sCorner, Nova Scotia. Co-author of Deceptions and Doublecross: How the NHLConquered Hockey (Dundurn, 2002). Contributor to Total NHL, NHL Official Guide &Record Book and the Hockey Hall of Fame’s website, legendsofhockey.net. Joe isSIHR’s 2004 winner of the Brian MacFarlane Award for outstanding research.

PELLETIER, JOE, 30. Lives in Northern British Columbia. Co-author of WorldCup of Hockey (Warwick, 2002). Creator of 1972SummitSeries.com. Compiled severalbiographies of retired players with Patrick Houda for legendsovertime.com.

REIF, KARL-ERIC, 48. Lives in Western New York. Co-author of five hockeybooks (with Jeff Z. Klein), including The Hockey Compendium and The Death ofHockey. A former sports writer and sports columnist for The Village Voice, TheAmerican and The Hockey News. Founder of the website Above and Beyond Hockey.Karl’s work has also appeared in The New York Times, Sport, Inside Sports, and Goal.

ROBERTSON, LARRY, 56. Lives in Burlington, Ontario. A former sports editorfor three different Burlington newspapers, Larry has spent 35 years covering the NHL,OHA Senior A, Major Junior, and Tier II provincial juniors. Larry was the first personhired to be an assistant curator for Lefty Reid at the Hockey Hall of Fame when it was

located on the CNE grounds. Larry co-wrote the first Hockey Heritage, published by theHall of Fame in 1969. In addition to his love of hockey, he was the Chief StatisticianInformation Officer for the Canadian Football League from 1982 to 1992. Currently, hewrites The Sports Page program insert for the AHL’s Hamilton Tigers.

ROSENTHAL, HOWARD, 54. Lives in Philadelphia. A Flyers fan since theteam’s inception in 1967. Wrote a weekly report during 1997-98 on the Flyers’ AHLaffiliate, the Philadelphia Phantoms, for In The Crease.

STEWART-CANDY, DAVID, 35. Lives in East Vancouver, British Columbia.Compiled the International Ice Hockey Almanac league-standings project. Hascontributed to several books including Total Hockey and Deceptions and Doublecross:How the NHL Conquered Hockey, and to the independent hockey movie Rhino Brothers.

SWIFT, BILL, 56. Lives in Connecticut. Tax attorney and hockey researcher hasbeen a hockey fan since 1961. Amongst the games he attended were the Flyers’ firsthome game in 1967, the game Red Berenson scored six goals, the game Guy Lafleurscored his 500th career goal, the first game of the Summit Series in 1972, Gordie Howe’slast NHL game, all three games at Rendez-vous ’87 and Challenge Cup ’79.

TREMBLAY, SEBASTIEN, 30. Lives in Ottawa. Raised in Quebec City. Hockeyfan who grew up watching his hometown Quebec Nordiques and is a self-proclaimedaddict of the art of goaltending.

UNDERWOOD, BILL, 42. Lives in Philadelphia. Former NHL scout for theQuebec Nordiques and GM of the ill-fated Plattsburgh Pioneers of the QMJHL (don’tlook for their records, the QMJHL expunged them). A scout for more than 20 years, hehas been head scout at major junior and minor pro level.

WYMAN, MIKE, 47. Lives in Montreal. Originally from Arvida, Quebec.Lifelong hockey fan writes a history column called Old School forwww.insidehockey.com. His work has also appeared in The Hockey News.

Universally, the committee anointed Arthur Chidlovski, the hockey fan who grew upin the Soviet Union, as the most influential member of the committee.

Bill Underwood, the former Nordique scout, spoke for the committee when he stated,“Arthur’s anecdotes about the earlier Soviet players who I never had the pleasure ofseeing and insights into the general attitudes in Soviet hockey from someone who grewup there were priceless!”

Karl-Eric Reif also praised the European content, as small as it was, on thecommittee. “Arthur Chidlovski's deep well of knowledge on Soviet hockey and PatHouda's expertise on European hockey were often enlightening and thought-provoking. Iwas already eager to cast votes for some of the better-known Soviet and Czech players ofthe post-Summit-Series era, but they convinced me to add votes for a few lesser-known(to me and most of North America) Soviets, Czechs, and Scandinavians of the 1950s and'60s,” Reif said.

Not that we always got along or played follow the leader. One heated discussionbetween Underwood and Iain Fyffe led Reif to send the following e-mail to Chair MoreyHolzman, “Aw, c’mon ref. Let ‘em go. C’mon ref.”

Did we mention the Hanson Brothers received several votes as well?By and large the committee was cohesive. We grew into a family, much the same

way a Stanley Cup champion grows on their path. Away from the balloting, which tookplace twice a week for about 10 months, we had births, deaths, a wedding and businesstrips.

We started with 20 members for the 1945 ballot, and added an alternate in 1949, anddidn’t lose a single member after that. That dedication was shown most aptly by BillSwift, the international tax attorney, who e-mailed his votes from Mexico City, Milan,London and Calais, France, amongst other places. Bill was one of three committeemembers who never missed a vote.

OUR RULES

From the outset, we were out to change some rules and maintain some consistency.We merged the voting rules of baseball’s hall of fame with hockey’s culture, trying tokeep hockey’s unique Canadian flavour, while recognizing that the sport is international.Voters were given five votes each in the Honoured Players and Oldtimers category; threein the other categories.

Like the baseball hall of fame, a player had to wait five years before being qualifiedfor election. There were no exceptions, even in the tragic cases of Terry Sawchuk andTim Horton.

Like the baseball hall of fame, a candidate had to garner 75% of the votes forelection, which usually meant 15 of the 20 votes.

Like baseball’s modern qualification rules, a player had 15 chances to be elected asan Honoured Member, before he was given a second chance as an Oldtimer.

And one rule we added as went along: anyone with less than four votes was droppedfrom the next ballot. Some of our ballots were quite hefty, and this mechanism thinnedthem out, although anyone from the committee was free to nominate anyone they choseat any time.

Not all the committee members were happy with these predetermined decisions.Keith Lenn had proposed we just run down a list of players and voted yes or no for

their inclusion. Lenn said, “While the actual voting process may not have been what Iwould consider ideal for this exercise, it was fair nonetheless because we stuck to therules. Again, I believe that a ‘yes/no’ approach would have served our committee betterand inducted players in a more timely fashion, preventing the logjams that occurred dueto the finite numbers of players/builders/contributors, etc. that we could select in eachround.”

Long-time Flyers fan Howard Rosenthal desired to see us take baseball’s weighted-scale approach, awarding five-point for a first-place vote, three for a second-place andone for a third-place vote. It should also be noted the NHL uses the weighted methodwhen determining its awards at the end of the season.

Rosenthal said, “My only criticism of the process is that there was no weightedvoting, so that a voter's first- and fifth-place choices counted equally and a sixth-place

choice did not count at all. I think that weighted voting would have allowed a moreaccurate evaluation in each individual election, although I don't know how muchdifference it would have made in which nominees were elected over the course of 60elections.”

OUR INITIAL THOUGHTS

A majority of the committee held the current Hall of Fame selection committee withsome degree of contempt. Viewed as an NHL-centric Old Boys Club, the current head ofthe Hall of Fame’s Selection Committee is NHL Vice President Jim Gregory. This dual-role certainly smells like conflict of interest, which has led numerous hockey fans to raiseeyebrows. Perhaps no more a selection than Bernie Federko, with his former GM EmileFrancis on the Hall’s selection committee, drew the ire of most of us to join this project.

Rob Matic, the London, Ontario-based hockey fan who said he felt a little intimidatedto join the group, said even ordinary hockey fans have this perception. He said, “TheHockey Hall of Fame Selection Committee is an Old Boys’ Network who votes for theirfavourites or for those who tow the company line.”

Said book editor Lloyd Davis, “I wasn't particularly motivated to right historicalwrongs. There are a couple of players whose absence from the HHOF puzzles me – MarkHowe, for instance. But I've never felt the urge to lobby for a Paul Henderson or RonEllis or Dino Ciccarelli. I was hoping the panel would be a bit more selective than theactual Hall, and would avoid voting in every 1,000-point player from the 1980s or everyOriginal Six netminder with a goals against average below 3.00.”

Arthur Chidlovski echoed Davis’ sentiment, noting the IIHF Hall of Fame is evenmore limiting that the Hall of Fame in Toronto.

“I felt that there were some players that were unfairly overlooked by the HHOF.Jean-Claude Tremblay, Mark Howe and, of course, many European stars that didn't havea chance to play in the NHL. On the other hand, the IIHF Hall of Fame ignores manyNHL stars because for, a variety of known reasons, they didn't play in the WorldChampionships and Winter Olympics tournaments,” Chidlovski said.

NEW-FOUND RESPECT FOR THE CHORE?

The committee was split in the area of whether they had new respect for the Hall’sSelection Committee as a result of this exercise.

SIHR President Ernie Fitzsimmons expressed disappointment that the Hall of Famehas elected some above average players at the expense of some better players. Thisproject changed his opinion.

“I can understand the problem getting a consensus when I could probably win aStanley Cup with those I couldn't include on my ballot in many seasons,” Fitzsimmonssaid.

Mike Wyman was at the opposite side of the spectrum.“If anything, it has made me more aware of the HHoF's shortcomings when

considering non-NHLers,” Wyman said. “In 2002, they saw fit to enshrine Bernie

Federko and Clark Gillies, who probably deserve to be in the Hall of the Very Good butwho really ought not be in the HHoF. Then last year they go and induct Brian Kilrea, acareer junior coach, just when I figured them as a pure Old Boys outfit. Mind you, theyalso put Mike Illitch in for buying a team and writing a mess of cheques. Go figure.”

Larry Robertson said to compare the two Halls would be unfair.“Those selection committees, as biased as they may have been, voted on participants

of their time, and times previous. We, however, were taking an overview of the gameback to its earliest beginnings, and trying at times to see how close we could come tomatching our results with those of the selectors who had gone before us.”

One area we differ from the real Hall is that we announce our voting results. JimGregory, the Hall committee’s current director, has been quoted as saying that they donot release results because they wish not to offend or embarrass players who do not getin.

Said Committee Chair Morey Holzman, “The Hockey Hall of Fame in Toronto has itwrong. There's no shame in gaining just one vote, unless the candidate happens to be aJean Beliveau, and then the shame is on the committee. One vote means that you strucksomeone on the committee as a worthy member of the Hall, and that in of itself is anaccomplishment.”

THE ELECTIONS

1945

The first election brought its first controversy: Chair Morey Holzman refused to putLester and Frank Patrick on the ballot because he determined they should automaticallyqualify as Builders for the first ballot included with Builders.

“Of the many, this may have been my biggest mistake,” Holzman said. “I effectivelytook two votes out of everybody’s hands by saying that the Patricks were automatic. Wehad 23 Oldtimers on the initial ballot who are enshrined in Toronto. I was trying to giveeveryone two extra votes, and I shouldn’t have done that. Two people voted for FrankPatrick anyway.”

Because we decided we wanted to induct a large initial class, we chose the top fivevote getters in both the Oldtimers and Honoured Members categories, regardless of votetotals.

On the initial ballot, we had three players tied with seven votes apiece, so weinducted all three.

The initial class for 1945:

HONOURED MEMBERS:

HOWIE MORENZ (C)EDOUARD “NEWSY” LALONDE (C)GEORGES VEZINA (G)CLINT BENEDICT (G)FRANCIS “KING” CLANCY (D)

FRANK NIGHBOR (LW)JOE MALONE (C)ART ROSS (D)FRED “CYCLONE” TAYLOR (D-R)HOBART “HOBIE” BAKER (R)EDDIE GERARD (D)

Here is how the final voting went:

Honoured Players:Howie Morenz 16Georges Vezina 13Newsy Lalonde 12Clint Benedict 7Francis Clancy 7Frank Nighbor 7Aurele Joliat 6Lionel Conacher 4Charlie Gardiner 4George Hainsworth 3Nelson Stewart 3Bill Cook 2Babe Dye 2Gordon Keats 2Irving Bailey 1

Harry Cameron 1Sprague Cleghorn 1Frank Frederickson 1Harry Holmes 1Ernie Johnson 1Ching Johnson 1

Oldtimers:Joe Malone 18Art Ross 12Fred Taylor 12Hobart Baker 6Eddie Gerard 6Dan Bain 3Thomas Dunderdale 3Si Griffis 3

Joe Hall 3Didier Pitre 3Harvey Pulford 3Mike Grant 2Jack Laviolette 2*Frank Patrick 2Tommy Phillips 2Hod Stuart 2Jack Darragh 1Herb Gardner 1Jack Gibson 1Billy Gilmour 1Ernie Russell 1Tommy Smith 1Marty Walsh 1Harry Westwick 1

* - Patrick was declared ineligible, but two committee members voted for him anyway.

“We fell into the same trap that the actual Hall of Fame did,” said Iain Fyffe. “HobeyBaker's tragic death and word-of-mouth quality (he never played high-level competition)got him inducted. What a player accomplished as a player should determine hisworthiness as a Hall-of-Famer; Baker accomplished little.”

1946

We had our first unanimous ballot. Two members who had committed to vote buthad not voted dropped out. We had 18 members voting. Lester Patrick was unanimouslyelected as a Builder. Frank Patrick was selected as well. Originally, we did not requirethat someone be elected in another category before they became a Builder.

We changed the requirements so that a person needed to be named on 75% of theballots cast in order to be elected as an Oldtimer. None of the Oldtimers qualified for theHall on this ballot.

For 1946, we continued to elect the top five finishers in the Honoured Playerscategory. We added the coaches/executives/referees category for this election as well.The highest vote getter in this category was Mickey Ion, the longtime PCHA referee.

The class of 1946:

HONOURED MEMBERSNELSON STEWART (RW)BILL COOK (RW)AURELE JOLIAT (RW)

CHARLIE CONACHER (LW)GEORGE HAINSWORTH (G)

BUILDERSFRANK PATRICK LESTER PATRICK

Here is how the voting went:

Honoured Players:Nelson Stewart 13Bill Cook 10Aurele Joliat 10Charlie Conacher 9George Hainsworth 6Sprague Cleghorn 5Frank Frederickson 5Lionel Conacher 4Charlie Gardiner 4Ernie Johnson 4Gordon Keats 4Cecil Thompson 4Marty Barry 2Babe Dye 2Harry Holmes 2Irving Bailey 1Harry Cameron 1Ivan Johnson 1Herbie Lewis 1Reginald Smith 1

Oldtimers:Dan Bain 8Mike Grant 7Frank McGee 7Tommy Phillips 7Thomas Dunderdale 6Joe Hall 6Didier Pitre 6Si Griffis 5Jack Darragh 4Jack Laviolette 4Tommy Smith 4Riley Hern 3George Prodgers 3Harvey Pulford 3Marty Walsh 3Russell Bowie 2Ernie Russell 2Hod Stuart 2Jimmy Gardner 1Jack Gibson 1Harry Westwick 1

Off-Ice/Referees:Mickey Ion 10James Creighton 9Frederick Stanley 8Fred Waghorne 8Pete Muldoon 6Cecil Hart 2

Builders:

Lester Patrick 18Frank Patrick 16Art Ross 12Conn Smythe 11Fred Taylor 9Tom Gorman 6Hartley 3Patton 2Phil Ross 1

“We originally did not require someone to be elected in another category beforebecoming a Builder,” said Chair Morey Holzman. “This led to confusion amongst manymembers, and so we changed it for 1947. I was also disappointed that with the rules weset up that someone with one-third approval from the committee (George Hainsworth)could get elected.

“Don’t get me wrong. In due time Hainsworth would have been elected with morethan 75% of the vote. But I became concerned with weaker ballots approaching thatsomeone else might get elected with such a small vote.”

1947

We changed the procedure slightly for 1947. Instead of automatic entry for the firstfive finishers, we elected the top four, as there was a tie for fifth. We firmed up thecommittee with the addition of Lloyd Davis, who proved to be a very valuable asset tothe committee.

For Odie Cleghorn, Hugh Lehman and Harry Holmes, they were on their last ballot asa Honoured Player. If they did not get elected in 1947, they would have to be elected asan Oldtimer.

The class of 1947:

HONOURED MEMBERSFRANK FREDERICKSON (C)SPRAGUE CLEGHORN (D)

CHARLIE GARDINER (G)CECIL “TINY” THOMPSON (G)


Honoured Players:Frank Frederickson 10Sprague Cleghorn 9Charlie Gardiner 9Cecil Thompson 9Lionel Conacher 7Cecil Dye 7Gordon Keats 6Hugh Lehman 6Ernie Johnson 5Ivan Johnson 4Reginald Smith 4Harry Cameron 3Harry Holmes 3Marty Barry 2Irving Bailey 1Odie Cleghorn 1

Oldtimers:Thomas Dunderdale 8Dan Bain 7Mike Grant 7Tommy Phillips 7Didier Pitre 7Russell Bowie 6Joe Hall 6Jack Darragh 5Si Griffis 5Frank McGee 5Harvey Pulford 5Jack Laviolette 4Tommy Smith 4Riley Hern 3Ernie Russell 3Marty Walsh 3George Prodgers 2Hod Stuart 2Jimmy Gardner 1Harry Westwick 1

Off-Ice/Referees:

Mickey Ion 13James Creighton 10Fred Waghorne 9Frederick Stanley 8Pete Muldoon 5Cecil Hart 2

Builders:

Art Ross 12Conn Smythe 11Tom Gorman 10Dick Irvin 10Jack Adams 9Fred Taylor 9Hartley 5Patton 3Phil Ross 2

“A good election, but I could see that there were flaws in the rules. I wanted to goone more election before making changes,” said Chair Morey Holzman.

1948

We had a problem with a couple of people who signed up to volunteer for the project,but then they disappeared off the face of the Earth. We added Mike Wyman for the 1948election.

We took the top three vote getters for the Honoured Players category, and held firmon the 75% rule for the other categories.

The class of 1948:

HONOURED MEMBERSLIONEL CONACHER (D)CECIL “BABE” DYE (RW)

GORDON “DUKE” KEATS (C)

OFF-ICE/REFEREESMICKEY ION

BUILDERSART ROSS CONN SMYTHE


Honoured Players:Lionel Conacher 15Cecil Dye 14Gordon Keats 12Ernie Johnson 10Reginald Smith 10Ebbie Goodfellow 9Ivan Johnson 8Bun Cook 6Harry Cameron 5Marty Barry 4Irving Bailey 2Georges Mantha 2

Off-Ice/Referees:Mickey Ion 17James Creighton 13Fred Waghorne 10Frederick Stanley 8Pete Muldoon 4Cecil Hart 2

Oldtimers:Thomas Dunderdale 11Tommy Phillips 10Dan Bain 9Russell Bowie 9Mike Grant 9Didier Pitre 8Frank McGee 7Joe Hall 6Harvey Pulford 5Jack Darragh 4Jack Laviolette 4Si Griffis 3Harry Holmes 3Hod Stuart 3Tommy Smith 2Riley Hern 2Hugh Lehman 2Ernie Russell 1Marty Walsh 1Odie Cleghorn 1

Builders:

Art Ross 17Conn Smythe 15Tom Gorman 14Jack Adams 12Fred Taylor 10Dick Irvin 8Patton 4Phil Ross 3Charles Hartley 2

“It was becoming obvious that the vast majority of committee members werecontinuing to pick the same people,” said Chair Morey Holzman. “There was littlevariance of the votes – just the deletion of an elected member meant those votes werebeing redistributed. The result was a logjam, especially in the Oldtimers category.”

1949

We had a full ballot for the first time, with all 20 members casting votes.We took the top three vote getters for the Honoured Players category, and held firm

on the 75% rule for the other categories. We had a tie for third, so we elected fourmembers. Some of our committee wondered quite loudly if we were inducting too manypeople too early. Other committee members voiced concerns that we were not electingenough members.

“Coming into the last three ballots, I had Fred Waghorne pencilled in as a referee. Hehad 14 votes. He finished with 14 votes. This was a strange election. After 10 ballots,Ebbie Goodfellow was leading Eddie Shore,” said Chair Morey Holzman.

Joe Pellietier was ecstatic with the results.“I couldn't be more pleased with the results of this election, as Boucher, Goodfellow

and Smith are all personal favorites. Shore was a no brainer,” Pelletier said.Our other Joe, Joseph Nieforth, was less than thrilled that Harry “Hap” Holmes was

dropped from the ballot due to lack of support.“I am truly surprised that Harry Holmes was dropped from the ballot. He only

backstopped four Stanley Cup winners and appeared in the undecided 1919 series,”Nieforth said.

Tommy Gorman and Fred Waghorne finished with fourteen votes, instead of therequire fifteen. Under a weighted system, they probably would have been elected.Instead, they would have to wait at least one more year.

The class of 1949:

HONOURED MEMBERSFRANK BOUCHER (C)EBBIE GOODFELLOW (LW-D)

EDDIE SHORE (D)REGINALD “HOOLEY” SMITH (C)


OLDTIMERSPhillips, Tommy 12Bowie, Russel 11Dunderdale, Tommy10Grant, Mike 10Bain, Dan 9Hall, Joe 7McGee, Frank 7Pitre, Didier 7Stuart, Hod 4Laviolette, Jack 3Lehman, Hugh 3Pulford, Harvey 3Smith, Tommy 3Darragh, Jack 2Griffis, Si 2Hern, Riley 2Prodgers, Goldie 1Russell, Ernie 1

HONOURED PLAYERS

Shore, Eddie 17Goodfellow, Ebbie 14Boucher, Frank 13Smith, Hooley 13Johnson, Moose 10Jackson, Busher 9Cameron, Harry 6Johnson, Ching 6Cook, Bun 4Aurie, Larry 2Bailey, Ace 1Barry, Marty 1

MANAGERS/EXECS/REFS

Waghorne, Fred 14Creighton, James 13Muldoon, Pete 11Hart, Cecil 5

BUILDERS

Gorman, Tommy 14Adams, Jack 12Irvin, Dick 12Taylor, Cyclone 10Stanley, Lord Frederic 9Hartley, 4Patton 4Ross, Phil 4

1950

The 1950 election saw our lowest turnout. Only 15 members cast votes, which thenmeant 12 were needed for election.

That being said, we added Johnson & Johnson to our Hall of Fame, as well as aBusher and a Bowie.

One player’s vote total sparked a lively debate.Hod Stuart, one of the original members of the Hall of Fame, only gained one vote

from the committee. The committee was split on Stuart’s worthiness due to his tragicdeath in 1907 at age 27. (He dove from a rock into a lake, broke his neck and drowned.)Stuart’s legacy, unknown to all but a handful of hockey people, was the engraving of theStanley Cup with the player’s names. Every player who has his name engraved on teamsport’s only individual legacy to its champions owes a debt of gratitude to Stuart. The1907 Montreal Wanderers inscribed the names of the entire team inside the silver bowl,and no one was going to demand it be buffed out after Stuart’s death.

In the Canadian magazine MacLeans, a panel of hockey experts in 1925 concludedStuart was on the all-time team at defense. Westerners and former players Lester Patrick(Victoria) and Harry Scott (Calgary) listed Stuart as the best defenseman of all-time.

Said Morey Holzman, “He was a great defenseman, no doubt about it, but I feel hedid not play long enough to merit inclusion. He created a scandal in Pittsburgh whileplaying in the IHL, and was by most accounts, the best defenseman in the first decade ofthe 1900s.

“But I wonder if we would have voted in Wayne Gretzky had he died in 1981. OrGordie Howe if he would not have survived the Kennedy hit in 1950.”

Iain Fyffe concurred.“The actual Hall of Fame was easily swayed by tragic deaths in its early years. Hod

Staurt, Hobey Baker, Scotty Davidson. In my opinion none of these deserve inductionbased on their playing careers; they may have been great had they continued to play, butthey did not. Even Frank McGee, to me, had too short a career for the World WideHockey Hall of Fame.”

Joe Pelletier disagreed, drawing parallels to Bobby Orr.“Stuart played from 1895 through 1907 - 12 seasons,” Pelletier said. “Lets eliminate

those early years where the statistics are all but missing and when he was still a teenager.We'll just look at when he joined the Ottawa Silver Seven in 1898, and he would havebeen 18 or 19 years old. Over the next NINE seasons he would go on a spectacular careerthat had earned him the reputation as the best defenseman or rover in all of hockey, andsome even said the best hockey player in the world. Then he tragically died.

“Bobby Orr had a very similar career. Looking at approximately the same ages, Orrquickly established himself as the best in the world. His career would be basically overafter eight seasons.

“Our Hall will be forever empty without him.”

HONOURED MEMBERSRUSSEL BOWIE (R)HARVEY “BUSHER” JACKSON(RW)

ERNIE “MOOSE” JOHNSON (D)IVAN “CHING” JOHNSON (D)


OLDTIMERSBowie, Russel 12Dunderdale, Tommy 10Phillips, Tommy 10Grant, Mike 8Bain, Dan 7Campbell, Lorne 3Griffis, Si 3Hall, Joe 3Laviolette, Jack 3McGee, Frank 3Pitre, Didier 3Darragh, Jack 2Smith, Tommy 2Breen, Billy 1Lehman, Hugh 1Prodgers, Goldie 1Pulford, Harvey 1Russell, Ernie 1Stuart, Hod 1

HONOURED PLAYERSJohnson, Ching 13Jackson, Busher 12Johnson, Moose 12Cameron, Harry 8Cook, Bun 8Barry, Marty 5Bailey, Ace 4Aurie, Larry 2March, Harold "Mush" 2Finnigan, Frank 1Gagnon, Johnny 1

MANAGERS/EXECS/REFSCreighton, James 11Waghorne, Fred 11Calder, Frank 6Kennedy, George 6Muldoon, Pete 6Hart, Cecil 2

BUILDERSGorman, Tommy 11Irvin, Dick 10LeSueur, Percy 9Adams, Jack 8Stanley, Sir Frederic 6Taylor, Cyclone 6Hartley 4Shore, Eddie 4Ross, Phil 2Patton 1

1951

The 1951 election saw a better turnout. Eighteen members cast votes, which thenmeant 14 were needed for election.

Fred Waghorn, Earl Seibert and Joe Primeau were elected.Waghorn’s enshrinement was heavily endorsed by long-suffering Sabre fan (and

hockey writer) Karl-Eric Reif.“If one referee is deserving of enshrinement, it must be the British-born Waghorn,

who not only reffed more than 2,000 games during a 50-year career that began before theStanley Cup was created, but is the only official to offer genuine, positive innovation tothe game in that role,” Reif said.

“It was Waghorn who instituted the practise of dropping the puck for face-offs, ratherthan placing it on the ice between the players' sticks, as had been the custom. It wasWaghorn who replaced the referees' steel whistles with hand-held bells in the days ofoutdoor hockey in subfreezing temperatures, then replaced the bells with whistles again,once games moved indoors. And it was Waghorn whose Solomonic judgment providedone of the game's best-known rules and greatest yarns: while Waghorn was reffing aturn-of-the-century contest, the puck struck a goalpost and split in half, one part goingthrough the uprights and across the line, the other part skittering wide. The attackingteam claimed goal, but Waghorn ruled otherwise, declaring that the puck had not entirelycrossed the goal line.”

HONOURED MEMBERSJOE PRIMEAU (C) EARL SEIBERT (D)

REFEREES/OFF-ICE EXECUTIVESFRED WAGHORN


OLDTIMERSPhillips, Tommy 11Pitre, Didier 9Smith, Tommy 9Bain, Dan 8Dunderdale, Tommy 8Grant, Mike 8Hall, Joe 5Hern, Riley 4McGee, Frank 4MacKay, Mickey 3Pulford, Harvey 3Stuart, Hod 3Griffis, Si 2Holmes, Harry 2Laviolette, Jack 2Prodgers, Goldie 2Breen, Billy 1Campbell, Lorne 1Darragh, Jack 1Lehman, Hugh 1Russell, Ernie 1

HONOURED PLAYERSPrimeau, Joe 14Seibert, Earl 14Cameron, Harry 11Cook, Bun 6Simpson, Joe 6Weiland, Cooney 6Coulter, Art 4Aurie, Larry 3Barry, Marty 2Finnigan, Frank 2Gagnon, Johnny 2Gottselig, Johnny 2Bailey, Ace 1Carr, Lorne 1March, Harold "Mush" 1

MANAGERS/EXECS/REFSWaghorne, Fred 15Creighton, James 10Muldoon, Pete 8Kennedy, George 7Calder, Frank 3Hart, Cecil 3

BUILDERSGorman, Tommy 13Irvin, Dick 12LeSueur, Percy 11Stanley, Sir Frederic 11Adams, Jack 9Taylor, Cyclone 6Hartley 5Shore, Eddie 4Ross, Phil 3Patton 1

1952

The 1952 election was a yawner, as these things go. Eighteen members cast votes,which then meant 14 were needed for election.

Dit Clapper was a near-unanimous selection as the first NHL player to participate in20 different seasons was selected on 17 ballots. Also elected, as a builder, was PercyLeSueur.

Despite a stellar career as the goaltender for the Silver Seven of Ottawa, LeSueur’sgreatest contributions came off the ice. He invented goal nets, and was a long-timemanager, executive and referee at various levels in hockey.

HONOURED MEMBERSDIT CLAPPER (RW-D)

REFEREES/OFF-ICE EXECUTIVESPERCY LeSUEUR


OLDTIMERSPhillips, T 12Pitre 11Bain 8Smith, T 8Dunderdale 7Hall, Joe 6McGee, Frank 6Grant, Mike 4Laviolette 3Pulford, Harvey 3Stuart, H 3Darragh, J 2Griffis 2Hern, Riley 2Holmes 2MacKay, Mickey 2Breen, Billy 1Campbell, L 1Lehman 1Prodgers 1

Russell, E 1

HONOURED PLAYERSClapper, Dit 17Cowley, Bill 11Cameron, Harry 9Cook, Bun 9Barry, Marty 7Coulter, Art 6Simpson, Joe 6Aurie, Larry 3Weiland, Cooney 3Bailey, Ace 2Gagnon, Johnny 2March, Harold "Mush" 2Patrick, Lynn 2Finnigan, Frank 1Gottselig, Johnny 1Jackson, Art 1

COACHES/MANAGERSEXECUTIVES/REFEREES

Creighton 11Muldoon 10Calder, F 7Kennedy, George 7Hart 3

BUILDERS

LeSueur 15Gorman 12Irvin 12Stanley, F 10Adams, Jack 8Taylor 6Hartley 3Patton 3Ross, Phil 3Shore, Eddie 3

1953

Some of the committee members became restless because the early game’s stars werenot being elected in rapid fashion. The viewpoint was best expressed by Jason Kasiorek,who said, “I think our problem is not that we don't feel the majority of these players areworthy of induction, but we do disagree in the order we feel they should be elected.”

Lloyd Davis captured the mood of the majority when he said he was not convincedthat the true greats of the game would eventually become enshrined. Davis said, “I don'tthink it's necessarily a "problem" that players are not being inducted in this category.That's the attitude the actual HOF seems to hold, as evidenced by its policy that it mustinduct at least one player a year. And suddenly we're introduced to Clark Gillies, Hall ofFamer.”

Syl Apps and Tommy Phillips were elected to our hall, as were legendary coachesTommy Gorman and Dick Irvin.

On his last ballot as a regular Honoured Member, Harry Cameron fell short with 11 ofthe requisite 15 votes.

HONOURED MEMBERSSYL APPS (C) TOMMY PHILLIPS (LW)

BUILDERSTOMMY GORMAN DICK IRVIN


OLDTIMERSPhillips, T 15Pitre 13Smith, T 11Bain 9Dunderdale 8Hall, Joe 6McGee, Frank 6Grant, Mike 5Pulford, Harvey 4Stuart, H 4Holmes 3Laviolette 3Lehman 3Campbell, L 2Griffis 2Prodgers 2Darragh, J 1Hern, Riley 1Russell, E 1

HONOURED PLAYERSApps, Syl 15Cameron, Harry* 11Cowley, Bill 11Boucher, George* 8Cook, Bun 8Weiland, Cooney 7Barry, Marty 6Simpson, Joe 6Coulter, Art 4Bailey, Ace 3Aurie, Larry 2Bruneteau, Mud 2Finnigan, Frank 2Gagnon, Johnny 2Karakas, Mike 2Gottselig, Johnny 1Patrick, Lynn 1

COACHES/MANAGERS/EXECUTIVES/REFEREES

Creighton 14Muldoon 12Kennedy, George 9Calder, F 7Hart 3

BUILDERSGorman 17Irvin 16Adams, Jack 12Stanley, F 10Taylor 9Hartley 5Shore, Eddie 4Patton 3Ross, Phil 1

1954

The 1954 vote saw the committee elect a couple of Oldtimers, but none of therecently retired players. Bill Cowley just missed election with 14 votes. But Didier Pitrewas elected in the Oldtimers category and Jack Adams was selected in the Builders.

HONOURED MEMBERSDIDIER PITRE

BUILDERSJACK ADAMS


OLDTIMERSPitre 16Smith, T 13Cameron, H 10Dunderdale 9Bain 8Grant, Mike 5Hall, Joe 5Hern, Riley 4Holmes 4McGee, Frank 4Pulford, Harvey 4Stuart, H 4Russell, E 3Boucher, G 2Campbell, L 2Griffis 2Laviolette 2Darragh, J 1

Lehman 1Prodgers 1

HONOURED PLAYERSCowley, Bill 14Schriner, Sweeney 11Howe, Syd 10Cook, Bun 9Bailey, Ace* 7Weiland, Cooney 7Barry, Marty 6Coulter, Art 6Hextall, Bryan 6Simpson, Joe* 6Aurie, Larry 2Finnigan, Frank 2Karakas, Mike 2Patrick, Lynn 2Bruneteau, Mud 1

Gagnon, Johnny 1


Creighton 13Muldoon 11Kennedy, George 8Calder, F 7Brown, George 3Hart 3

BUILDERSAdams, Jack 15Stanley, F 12Taylor 8Hartley 7Shore, Eddie 7Patton 5Ross, Phil 5

1955

The 1955 vote saw the committee have its first election without electing a singlemember. Twenty ballots were cast, and the election hinged on the last ballot. Hence, BillDurnan just missed being elected.

For those who wanted a smaller Hall of Fame than in Toronto, this was good news.“I'm actually quite proud of this group for having a no-election year, although I'm

surprised it was this year,” said Joe Pelletier.Here is how the final voting went:

OLDTIMERSCameron, H 10Smith, T 10Chabot, Lorne 8Bain 6Dunderdale 6Worters, Roy "Shrimp" 6Grant, Mike 5Hall, Joe 5McGee, Frank 5Hern, Riley 4Mantha, Sylvio 4Pulford, Harvey 4Laviolette 3Lehman 3Prodgers 3Simpson 3Stuart, H 3Boucher, G 2Holmes 2Russell, E 2Bailey, Ace 1Campbell, L 1Darragh, J 1Griffis 1

HONOURED PLAYERSDurnan, Bill 14Malecek, Josef 11Schriner, Sweeney 11Howe, Syd 9Cowley, Bill 8Cook, Bun 7Barry, Marty 5Weiland, Cooney 5Patrick, Lynn 4Coulter, Art 3Drillon, Gordie 3Hextall, Bryan 3Reardon, Kenny 3Aurie, Larry 2Colville, Neil 2Finnigan, Frank 2Gagnon, Johnny 2Karakas, Mike 2Bruneteau, Mud 1Patrick, Muzz 1

COACHES/MANAGERSEXECUTIVES/REFEREESCreighton 12Muldoon 9Day, Clarence "Hap" 8Hewitt, Foster 7Livingstone, Ed 6Kennedy, George 5Calder, F 4Hart 3Brown, George 2Cotton, Harold "Baldy" 1Northey, William 1

BUILDERSNorthey, William 10Stanley, F 10Ross, Phil 8Shore, Eddie 8Taylor 8Hartley 7Patton 6Day, Clarence "Hap" 4Gibson, Jack 4

1958

Wyman’s pitch after the 1957 election worked as two members changed their votesand elected Toe Blake. Blake finished second in the election as Maple Leaf goalie TurkBroda was also elected.

In the off-ice category, legendary Hockey Night In Canada broadcaster Foster Hewittwas elected, although surprisingly not unanimously. Foster received 17 votes.

HONOURED MEMBERSHECTOR “TOE” BLAKE (LW) “TURK” BRODA (G)

REFEREES/OFF-ICE PERSONNELFOSTER HEWITT

Here were the final results:

OLDTIMERSCameron, H 14Smith, T 11Worters, Roy "Shrimp" 11Chabot, Lorne 8Dunderdale 6Hall, Joe 6Bain 5Grant, Mike 5McGee, Frank 4Pulford, Harvey 4Hern, Riley 3Laviolette 3Lehman 3Simpson 3Stuart, H 3Bailey, Ace 2Russell, E 2Campbell, L 1Griffis 1Holmes 1Mantha, Sylvio 1Prodgers 1

HONOURED PLAYERSBroda, Turk 17Blake, Toe 16Malecek, Josef 14Cowley, Bill 10Howe, Syd 7Schriner, Sweeney 6Cook, Bun 5Bauer, Bobby 4Barry, Marty 3Reardon, Kenny 3Aurie, Larry 2Finnigan 2Weiland, Cooney 2Conacher, Roy 1Drillon, Gordie 1Gagnon 1Hextall, Bryan 1Karakas, Mike 1O'Connor, Buddy 1Orlando, Jimmy 1Patrick, Lynn 1

Pratt, Babe 1


Hewitt, Foster 17Creighton 13Day, Clarence "Hap" 11Livingstone, Ed 8Muldoon 7Northey, William 7Stanley, F 7Calder, F 5Kennedy, George 5Hartley 4Gibson, Jack 3Hart 3Patton 2Brown, George 1

BUILDERSShore, Eddie 8Taylor 7

1959

The 1959 ballot sees our first significant departure from the Hockey Hall of Fame.Enshrined are Harry Cameron and Czech legend Josef “Pepi” Malecek. Both received 15votes.

Cameron was known as the first player to curve his shot from the point.Malecek was the first to score 1,000 goals, tallying 1,006 goals in 562 games.Swedish journalist Patrick Houda called him, “The Wayne Gretzky of Europe.”Joseph Nieforth was happy with the results.“I must say that I am very pleased with this selection. Cameron finally gets his

recognition and Malecek becomes our first European-based player to be inducted,”Nieforth said.

James Creighton, the Halifax man who introduced hockey to Montreal, Ottawa andLord Stanley’s sons, just missed being enshrined in the off-ice category, as did Hap Day,who led the Maple Leafs to four Stanley Cups in the 1940s.

HONOURED MEMBERSHARRY CAMERON (D) JOSEF “PEPI” MALECEK (C-D)


OLDTIMERSCameron, H 15Smith, T 11Worters, Roy "Shrimp" 10Chabot, Lorne 8Bain 7Dunderdale 7Hall, Joe 6Grant, Mike 5McGee, Frank 4Holmes 3Laviolette 3Lehman 3Pulford, Harvey 3Stuart, H 3Bailey, Ace 2Russell, E 2Simpson 2Griffis 1Hern, Riley 1Mantha, Sylvio 1Prodgers 1

HONOURED PLAYERSMalecek, Josef 15Abel, Sid 13Lach, Elmer 13Howe, Syd 10Cowley, Bill 9Schriner, Sweeney 6Stewart, Jack 5Bauer, Bobby 4Cook, Bun 4Reardon, Kenny 3Weiland, Cooney 3Drillon, Gordie 2Barry, Marty 2Aurie, Larry 1Conacher, Roy 1Gagnon 1Hextall, Bryan 1Karakas, Mike 1Lee, Bobby 1Orlando, Jimmy 1

Patrick, Lynn 1


Creighton 14Day, Clarence "Hap" 14Livingstone, Ed 8Muldoon 8Northey, William 8Kennedy, George 7Stanley, F 7Calder, F 5Hart 3Hartley 3Gibson, Jack 2Patton 2Brown, George 1

BUILDERSHewitt, Foster 13Shore, Eddie 8Taylor 7

1960

Chair Morey Holzman introduced what would amount to be the final rule change inthe election proceedings. Due to clogging on the lists, largely due to committee membersvoting for their favorite player even though the rest of the committee is not supporting thenominee, Holzman’s new rule stated that a candidate must be on at least four ballots tostay on the list.

This fractured the ballot as little, as this election became known as the Near MissElection.

Sid Abel squeaked in with 15 votes, but Elmer Lach, Tommy Smith, Hap Day, JamesCreighton and Builder Candidate Foster Hewitt fell one vote shy.

HONOURED MEMBERSSID ABEL (C)


OLDTIMERSSmith, T 14Worters, Roy "Shrimp" 13Bain 9Chabot, Lorne 9Dunderdale 9Hall, Joe 6Grant, Mike 5McGee, Frank 5Holmes 4Stuart, H 4Griffis 3Lehman 3Pulford, Harvey 3Bailey, Ace 2Campbell, L 2Laviolette 2Prodgers 2Russell, E 2Simpson 2 1Hern, Riley 1

HONOURED PLAYERSAbel, Sid 15Lach, Elmer 14Howe, Syd 13Schmidt, Milt 13Cowley, Bill 9Brimsek, Frankie 7Bauer, Bobby 4Cook, Bun 4Stewart, Jack 4Weiland, Cooney* 3Barry, Marty 2Schriner, Sweeney 2Aurie, Larry 1Drillon, Gordie 1Dumart, Woody 1Gagnon 1Hextall, Bryan 1Meeker, Howie 1Patrick, Lynn 1Reardon, Kenny 1Stewart, Gaye 1


Creighton 14Day, Clarence "Hap" 14Livingstone, Ed 12Muldoon 10Kennedy, George 8Stanley, F 7Northey, William 6Calder, F 4Hartley 4Hart 3Gibson, Jack 1Patton 1

BUILDERSHewitt, Foster 14Blake, Toe 10Shore, Eddie 4Taylor 4

1961

The Class of 1961 represented one of the largest classes we inducted. Filtering outcandidates that did not gain 25% of the ballot resulted in at least one member from eachcategory getting elected.

Elmer Lach was selected as a Retired Player, Tommy Smith and Roy Worters werechosen as Oldtimers, James Creighton and Hap Day were selected as managers andFoster Hewitt was selected as a Builder. Milt Schmidt just missed election with 14 votes,as did Eddie Livingstone.

HONOURED MEMBERSELMER LACH (C)TOMMY SMITH (C)

ROY WORTERS (G)

REFEREES/OFF-ICE MANAGEMENTCLARENCE “HAP” DAY JAMES CREIGHTON

BUILDERSFOSTER HEWITT


OLDTIMERSSmith, T 15Worters, Roy "Shrimp" 15Chabot, Lorne 12Bain 11Dunderdale 11Holmes 7Hall, Joe 6McGee, Frank 6Grant, Mike 5Stuart, H 5

HONOURED PLAYERSLach, Elmer 18Schmidt, Milt 14Cowley, Bill 12Howe, Syd 12Brimsek, Frankie 11Stewart, Jack 6Jaenecke, Gustav 5Cook, Bun 4Rayner, Chuck 4Ball, Rudi 3Bouchard, Butch 3Bauer, Bobby 2Goldham, Bob 1Quackenbush, Bill 1Heller, Ott 0Peters, Jimmy 0Sandford, Ed 0


Day, Clarence "Hap" 16Creighton 15Livingstone, Ed 14Kennedy, George 8Muldoon 8Northey, William 7Hartley 5Calder, F 4Stanley, F 4

BUILDERSHewitt, Foster 15Blake, Toe 8Taylor 4Shore, Eddie 3

1962

The Class of 1962 was a class of legends. Soviet legend Vsevolod Bobrov joinedFrankie Brimsek, Syd Howe and Milt Schmidt on the Honoured Roll.

Bobrov, a first-time eligible candidate, scored 243 goals in 130 Soviet Elite Leaguegames from 1947-57, and added 91 goals in 57 games in international play. According toArthur Chidlovski, Bobrov’s superstar status has children in the U.S.S.R. flocking tohockey.

“For people in Russia in the 1940's and 1950's, Bobrov was a household name. Histalent, style and success made him the major attraction to the sports arena of that time,”Chidlovski said. “He was the only person who was the captain of the national team USSRin both soccer and hockey. People followed Bobrov's hair style and there was even theso-called Bobrov's fashion style.”

Bobrov, who is not honored by the Hockey Hall of Fame, marks a significantdeparture by our committee.

Brimsek was the original Mr. Zero and one of the first American stars in the NHL.Howe was hockey’s all-time scorer when he retired, and Schmidt was the star of theBruins’ Kraut line.

Just missing was Toe Blake, who received 14 votes as a coach.

HONOURED MEMBERSVSEVOLOD “SEVA” BOBROV (LW)FRANK BRIMSEK (G)

SYD HOWE (C)MILT SCHMIDT (C)

Here were the final results:OLDTIMERS

Bain 12Chabot, Lorne 11Dunderdale 11MacKay, Mickey 11Hall, Joe 9Grant, Mike 8Holmes 8Lehman, Hugh 6Stuart, H 6Barry, Marty 5McGee, Frank 5Johansson, Lulle 3Torriani, Richard 2

HONOURED PLAYERSBobrov 16Brimsek, Frankie 16Howe, Syd 16Schmidt, Milt 16Cowley, Bill 11Kennedy, Ted 8Stewart, Jack 5Cook, Bun 4Jaenecke, Gustav 2Rayner, Chuck 1 COACHES/MANAGERS/

EXECUTIVES/REFEREESBlake, Toe 14Kennedy, George 13

Livingstone, Ed 13Selke, Frank 12Muldoon, Pete 10Northey, William 9Stanley, Frederick 7Hartley 5Calder, F 4

BUILDERSCreighton, James 10Blake, Toe 8Taylor, Cyclone 8

1963

The Class of 1963 welcomes Duncan “Mickey” MacKay, Bill Cowley and TedKennedy. MacKay, also known as The Wee Scot, was a star in the old Pacific CoastHockey Association. Cowley was the game’s first true playmaker, and Teeder Kennedywas a Maple Leaf legend.

HONOURED MEMBERSBILL COWLEY (C)DUNCAN “MICKEY” MACKAY(LW)

TED KENNEDY (C)


OLDTIMERSMacKay, Mickey 16Bain 14Dunderdale 12Chabot, Lorne 10Holmes 8Denneny, Cy 7Lehman, Hugh 7Grant, Mike 6Hall, Joe 5McGee, Frank 4Stuart, H 4Barry, Marty 3

HONOURED PLAYERSCowley, Bill 16Kennedy, Ted 15Stewart, Jack 13Cook, Bun* 7Watson, Harry 7Thomson, Jimmy 3Warwick, Bill 2Warwick, Grant 2

BUILDERSTaylor, Cyclone 13Creighton, James 10Blake, Toe 9

COACHES/MANAGERS/EXECSBlake, Toe 13Selke, Frank 13Northey, William 12Livingstone, Ed 11Kennedy, George 10Muldoon, Pete 6Calder, F 4Hartley 4Stanley, Frederick 4

1964

The Class of 1964 The World Wide Hockey Hall of Fame is pleased to welcome MaxBentley as an Honoured Member. We also welcome Coach Toe Blake, already inductedas a player, Frank Selke and Cyclone Taylor as Builders.

OLDTIMERSBain 14Denneny, Cy 14Dunderdale 10Chabot, Lorne 9Grant, Mike 8Lehman, Hugh 8Hall, Joe 7Holmes 6McGee, Frank 6Stuart, H 5Barry, Marty 4Watson, Harry E. (amateur) 4

HONOURED PLAYERSBentley, Max 16Quackenbush, Bill 13Stewart, Jack 13Mosienko, Bill 6Watson, Harry P. (Leaf) 6Smith, Sid 3Curry, Floyd 1Egan, Pat 0Prystai, Metro 0

COACHES/MANAGERS/EXECSBlake, Toe 16Selke, Frank 15

Livingstone, Ed 14Kennedy, George 11Muldoon, Pete 10Northey, William 10Hartley 4Stanley, Frederick 4Calder, F 3

BUILDERSTaylor, Cyclone 17Creighton, James 10Blake, Toe 9

1965

The World Wide Hockey Hall of Fame is pleased to announce its first unanimousHonoured Member: Maurice Richard. Joining the Rocket, as an Honoured Member is CyDenneny and Bill Quackenbush. Elected in the Managers category is Eddie Livingstone.

“What a pleasure to read that Livvy gets his due,” said Lloyd Davis, editor ofDeceptions and Doublecross, the book that brought the former Toronto Blueshirtsowner’s plight to the limelight.

Here are the final results:

OLDTIMERSDenneny, Cy 15Bain 12Connell, Alex 7Dunderdale 7Chabot, Lorne 5Grant, Mike 5Holmes 5Barry, Marty 4Broadbent, Harry "Punch" 4Foyston, Frank 4Hall, Joe 4Lehman, Hugh 4Siebert, Babe 4Mantha, Sylvio 3McGee, Frank 3Stuart, H 3Watson, Harry E. (amateur) 3

Horner, Red 2

HONOURED PLAYERS

Richard, Maurice "Rocket" 20Quackenbush, Bill 16Stewart, Jack 14Bouchard, Butch 13Reardon, Ken 8Mosienko, Bill 5Francis, Emile 4Watson, Harry P. (Leaf) 4Henry, Jim 1Smith, Sid 1Couture, Gerry 0Curry, Floyd 0Egan, Pat 0

Leswick, Tony 0Mosdell, Kenny 0Prystai, Metro 0

COACHES/MANAGERS/EXECSLivingstone, Ed 18Muldoon, Pete 14Northey, William 14Kennedy, George 12Stanley, Frederick 6Calder, F 5Hartley 5

BUILDERSCreighton, James 12Blake, Toe 10

1966

The World Wide Hockey Hall of Fame is pleased to induct Emile "Butch" Bouchardand "Black" Jack Stewart into the Hall of Fame.


OLDTIMERSBain 12Connell, Alec 8Dunderdale 8Broadbent, Harry "Punch" 6Chabot, Lorne 6Grant, Mike 5Holmes 5Horner, Red 5Lehman, Hugh 5Stuart, H 5Barry, Marty 4Foyston, Frank 4Hall, Joe 4Watson, Harry E. (amateur) 4

Mantha, Sylvio 3McGee, Frank 3Siebert, Babe 3

HONOURED PLAYERSBouchard, Butch 17Stewart, Jack 16Reardon, Ken 10Lumley, Harry 7Watson, Harry P. (Leaf) 6Francis, Emile 3McNeil, Gerry 1Skov, Glen 1Gardner, Cal 0Guidolin, Bep 0

Reibel, Earl 0

COACHES/MANAGERS/EXECSNorthey, William 13Kennedy, George 12Muldoon, Pete 12Stanley, Frederick 7Calder, F 6Hartley 5

BUILDERSRichard, Maurice 12Blake, Toe 10Creighton, James 7

1967

The Class of 1967 consists of...Doug Bentley.


OLDTIMERSBain 11Dunderdale 10Connell, Alec 9Holmes 7Stuart, H 7Chabot, Lorne 6Grant, Mike 6Broadbent, Harry "Punch" 5Hall, Joe 5Foyston, Frank 4Horner, Red 4Lehman, Hugh 4Barry, Marty 3

Watson, Harry E. (amateur) 3

HONOURED PLAYERSBentley, Doug 17Reardon, Ken 11Lumley, Harry 8Olmstead, Bert 8Watson, Harry P. (Leaf) 6Armstrong, Bob 1Sloan, Tod 1Bonin, Marcel 0Hergesheimer, Wally 0Wilson, Johnny 0

COACHES/MANAGERS/EXECSNorthey, William 14Kennedy, George 12Muldoon, Pete 11Hartley 7Stanley, Frederick 7Calder, F 5

BUILDERSBlake, Toe 10Richard, Maurice 10Creighton, James 8

1968

The Class of 68 is...empty. Here are the results.

OLDTIMERSBain 11Connell, Alec 11Dunderdale 10Holmes 9Lehman, Hugh 7Chabot, Lorne 6Foyston, Frank 5Grant, Mike 5Horner, Red 5Broadbent, Harry "Punch" 4Stuart, H 4Hall, Joe 3

HONOURED PLAYERSReardon, Ken 10

Babich, Yevgeny 7Lumley, Harry 7Olmstead, Bert 7Modry, Bohumil 6Drobny, Jaroslav 5Guryashev, Alexey 5Puchkov, Nikolai 3Shuvalov, Victor 3Watson, Harry P. (Leaf) 3Fontinato, Louie 1St. Laurent, Dollard 1Sullivan, Red 1Tarasov, Anatoli 1Juzda, Bill 0Lewicki, Danny 0Lynn, Vic 0

Whitlock, Bucko 0

COACHES/MANAGERS/EXECSKennedy, George 11Northey, William 11Muldoon, Pete 10Brown, Walter 7Calder, F 6Hartley 6Hewitt, William 6Stanley, Frederick 4


1969

The World Wide Hockey Hall of Fame is pleased to welcome this year's inductee:Coach Anatoli Tarasov.

Here are the results:

OLDTIMERSBain 13Dunderdale 13Connell, Alec 12Holmes, Hap 10Lehman, Hugh 8Grant, Mike 7Hall, Joe 7Broadbent, Harry "Punch" 6Chabot, Lorne 6Foyston, Frank 5Stuart, Hod 5Horner, Red 3

HONOURED PLAYERSReardon, Ken 12

Drobny, Jaroslav 10Babich, Yevgeny 9Olmstead, Bert 9Modry, Bohumil 8Lumley, Harry 7Guryashev, Alexey 6Shuvalov, Victor 6Flaman, Fernie 3Puchkov, Nikolai 3Trojak, Ladislav 3Watson, Harry P. (Leaf) 3Chevrefils, Real 0Turner, Bob 0White, Sherman 0

COACHES/MANAGERS/EXECS

Tarasov, Anatoli 15Kennedy, George 12Northey, William 12Chernyshev, Arkady 9Muldoon, Pete 9Hewitt, William 6Brown, Walter 5Hartley, Charles 5Stanley, Frederick 5Calder, Frank 3


1970

The World Wide Hockey Hall of Fame is pleased to welcome Ted Lindsay,Sven "Tumba" Johansson and Dan Bain. SIHR President Ernie Fitzsimmons lobbiedhard for Bain’s induction. Said Lloyd Davis, “Oh, great! Now that Dan Bain is in theHall, I have to go and revise the ballottemplate I've been using since about 1948! When Ernie asked me if I might considerthrowing my support behind Bain, I said, ‘Consider it? I've been trying to *will* him intothe Hall for so long!’


OLDTIMERSBain 16Dunderdale 14Connell, Alec 12Holmes, Hap 11Grant, Mike 8Chabot, Lorne 7Foyston, Frank 5Hall, Joe 5Lehman, Hugh 5Broadbent, Harry "Punch" 4Stuart, Hod 4

HONOURED PLAYERSLindsay, Ted 19

Johansson, Tumba 16Reardon, Ken 11Drobny, Jaroslav 8Modry, Bohumil 7Babich, Yevgeny 6Olmstead, Bert 6Lumley, Harry 5Shuvalov, Victor 5Johnson, Tom 4Guryashev, Alexey 3Migay, Rudy 0

COACHES/MANAGERS/EXECSStorey, Red 12Kennedy, George 11

Northey, William 11Muldoon, Pete 10Udvari, Frank 10Chernyshev, Arkady 9Brown, Walter 6Hartley, Charles 6Hewitt, William 6Stanley, Frederick 4Campbell, Clarence 2


1971

We welcome to our Hall Alec Connell and Red Storey. Although it had no influencein our voting, one of our committee members interviewed Storey during our exercise.

Reported Mike Wyman, “Spent a wonderful afternoon with Mr. Storey ("The name'sRed, son.")last spring. He had a lot to say about Clarence Campbell, none of it good. Myfavorite quote was that he was "arrogant, alcoholic, incompetent and a complete asshole". “When I mentioned that I had worked at the Duty Free shop at theMontreal Airport that resulted in his Campbell's criminal conviction,he went into a tale about how Campbell and his cronies had stolen thecompany from a fellow by the name of Andy Anton, at one time a semi-pro hockey player.

“He wasn't too keen on the way Campbell treated Maurice Richard andmentioned that after '55 he would surreptitiously take Richard'sstick from him any time that the Rocket got into a fight, ‘just incase.’

Said that Campbell tried to get him canned from his local radio showas well as banned from Hockey Night in Canada and keep him out of theHHoF. Seems that Campbell said something to the effect that Storeywould be back the next season, hat in hand, asking for his $11,000 ayear reffing job back because, ‘Red's too dumb to be able to feed hisfamily.’”

Here is the final tally:

OLDTIMERSConnell, Alec 15Dunderdale 13Holmes, Hap 11Grant, Mike 8Chabot, Lorne 7Hall, Joe 7Lehman, Hugh 7Broadbent, Harry "Punch" 6Stuart, Hod 6Foyston, Frank 5


HONOURED PLAYERSOlmstead, Bert 13Drobny, Jaroslav 11Reardon, Ken 10Sologubov, Nikolay 8Babich, Yevgeny 7Johnson, Tom 7Lumley, Harry 6Modry, Bohumil 6Tregubov, Ivan 5Shuvalov, Victor 3Stasiuk, Vic 1Litzenberger, Ed 0Regan, Larry 0Rollins, Al 0

COACHES/MANAGERS/EXECSStorey, Red 17Kennedy, George 13Udvari, Frank 13Northey, William 12Chernyshev, Arkady 8Muldoon, Pete 8Hewitt, William 7Hartley, Charles 6Brown, Walter 5Stanley, Frederick 3

1972

We welcome four new members of the Hall: Tommy Dunderdale, Red Kelly, FrankUdvari and Arkady Chernyshev.


OLDTIMERSDunderdale 17Holmes, Hap 13Foyston, Frank 11Grant, Mike 11Lehman, Hugh 9Hall, Joe 8Reardon, Ken 8Chabot, Lorne 6Broadbent, Harry "Punch" 5Stuart, Hod 4

HONOURED PLAYERSKelly, Red 18Drobny, Jaroslav 14

Olmstead, Bert 10Sologubov, Nikolay 10Babich, Yevgeny 7Modry, Bohumil 7Johnson, Tom 5Lumley, Harry 5Tregubov, Ivan 5Almetov, Alexander 2Bjorn, Lars 2Labine, Leo 1McLeod, Jackie 1Mortson, Gus 1Hay, Billy 0Loktev, Konstantin 0Petterson, Ronald 0

COACHES/MANAGERS/EXECSChernyshev, Arkady 16Udvari, Frank 15Kennedy, George 13Northey, William 13Muldoon, Pete 9Hartley, Charles 8Hewitt, William 8Brown, Walter 6

BUILDERSRichard, Maurice 13Creighton, James 12Blake, Toe 10

1973

At the suggestion of Howard Rosenthal, we added another category, Contributors.These are off-ice personalities that have helped transform and popularize the game. Welimited the number of votes, however, to three for contributors and three for executives.

Said Lloyd Davis, “It may seem frivolous even to consider the nomination ofsomeone who didn't play or administer the game. Then again, Foster Hewitt did neither. Ithink nominations such as this one do give us another opportunity to think differentlyfrom the actual HHOF, by recognizing some of the cultural signifiers that make the sporta little more important to those who follow it.”

We welcome to our Hall, Bernie "Boom Boom" Geoffrion. Bernie's induction, makeshis children the first people to have their father and grandfather (Howie Morenz) electedto our Hall.

OLDTIMERSHolmes, Hap 14Foyston, Frank 12Grant, Mike 12Lehman, Hugh 12Reardon, Ken 11Hall, Joe 9Chabot, Lorne 7Stuart, Hod 7Broadbent, Harry "Punch" 4

HONOURED PLAYERSGeoffrion, Bernie 18Moore, Dickie 14Olmstead, Bert 11Sologubov, Nikolay 10Drobny, Jaroslav 9

Modry, Bohumil 6Johnson, Tom 5Lumley, Harry 5Babich, Yevgeny 4Tregubov, Ivan 4Glover, Fred 1MacKell, Fleming 1Bassen, Hank 0Chadwick, Ed 0Masterton, Bill 0Toppazzini, Jerry 0

EXECUTIVESNorthey, William 13Kennedy, George 12Kryczka, Joe 8Hewitt, William 7

Muldoon, Pete 7Hartley, Charles 6Brown, Walter 4Ahearne, Bunny 3Hay, Charlie 2Starovoitov, Andrei 0

CONTRIBUTORSFerguson, Elmer 10Eagleson, Alan 9Esaw, Johnny 5Moir, Bob 5


1974

We welcome to our Halls, the great defenseman Doug Harvey, Dickie Moore andrecognize as a Builder Ted Lindsay.


OLDTIMERSFoyston, Frank 12Holmes, Hap 12Grant, Mike 11

Lehman, Hugh 11Hall, Joe 10

Reardon, Ken 9Broadbent, Harry "Punch" 6

Shuvalov, Victor 6Stuart, Hod 6

Chabot, Lorne 5Aurie, Larry 4

HONOURED PLAYERSHarvey, Doug 19Moore, Dickie 15Pilote, Pierre 11

Alexandrov, Veniamin 8Olmstead, Bert 7

Sologubov, Nikolay 7

Drobny, Jaroslav 5Babich, Yevgeny 4Johnson, Tom 4

Modry, Bohumil 4Stanley, Allan 2Zeidel, Larry 2

Harris, Billy (Leaf) 1Lumley, Harry 1Wharram, Ken 1

Creighton, Dave 0Mayasich, John 0Mickoski, Nick 0Tregubov, Ivan 0Witiuk, Steve 0

EXECUTIVESBauer, Fr. David 12Imlach, George 9

Kennedy, George 9Pollock, Sam 8

Muldoon, Pete 7Northey, William 5Brown, Walter 4Hewitt, William 3Hartley, Charles 2

Kryczka, Joe 2Strachan, Jim 1

CONTRIBUTORSStanley, Lord Frederick 10

Ferguson, Elmer 9Eagleson, Alan 8Esaw, Johnny 3

Moir, Bob 1

BUILDERSLindsay, Ted 15

Richard, Maurice 11Blake, Toe 8

Creighton, James 8

1975

The Class of ’75 welcomes Terry Sawchuk, Johnny Bower, and Hap Holmes asHonoured Members. For all the hullabaloo over Sawchuk, two people still did not votefor him.

Iain Fyffe, who has done a tremendous amount of work in statistical analysis ofgoaltenders, was one of those. “I firmly believe Terry Sawchuk is one of the mostoverrated goaltenders of all time. He was probably a great goalie for his first four or fiveyears, but as he went on he was clearly overtaken by players such as Glenn Hall, JacquesPlante, and Johnny Bower. Not that being the fourth-best goalie in the world is bad, andhe may well have deserved election eventually, but I certainly don't think he should havebeen anywhere near unanimous. He was something like the Martin Brodeur of his era; hehad great numbers (wins, shutouts) that were largely due to his team and have littleinformative value about his ability,” Fyffe said.

In the Executives category, we welcome Canadiens GM Sam Pollock, akaThe Godfather. And in the Contributors category, we welcome Lord Stanley.


OLDTIMERSHolmes, Hap 16Hall, Joe 12Grant, Mike 11Lehman, Hugh 10Reardon, Ken 11Foyston, Frank 8Chabot, Lorne 6Stuart, Hod 7Broadbent, Harry "Punch" 5Aurie, Larry 3Shuvalov, Victor 3

CONTRIBUTORSStanley, Lord Frederick 16Eagleson, Alan 11Ferguson, Elmer 11

HONOURED PLAYERSSawchuk, Terry 18Bower, John 16Pilote, Pierre 14Sologubov, Nikolay 10Alexandrov, Veniamin 9Olmstead, Bert 6Drobny, Jaroslav 5Babich, Yevgeny 4Johnson, Tom 4Provost, Claude 3Boivin, Leo 2Modry, Bohumil 2Henry, Camille 1Mayorov, Boris 1Wilson, Johnny 1Horvath, Bronco 0Maloney, Phil 0McKenney, Don 0

Murphy, Ron 0Vasko, Elmer "Moose" 0

EXECUTIVESPollock, Sam 18Bauer, Fr. David 10Imlach, George 10Northey, William 8Muldoon, Pete 6Kennedy, George 5Brown, Walter 1


1976

In this, the year of the American Bicentennial, we elect a Canadian who barnstormedin the States, a goalie nicknamed Mister who played or worked for every team that everexisted in the States (not true, it just seems that way), and two other guys who came in asvisitors.

So in the spirit of "Give us your tired, your poor," etc. our Hall of Fame is pleased towelcome, Mike Grant, Glenn Hall, Jean Beliveau and Contributor Father David Bauer.


OLDTIMERSGrant, Mike 18Hall, Joe 12Reardon, Ken 12Foyston, Frank 10Lehman, Hugh 10Broadbent, Harry "Punch" 8Stuart, Hod 8Chabot, Lorne 7Shuvalov, Victor 5Aurie, Larry 3

CONTRIBUTORSEagleson, Alan 11Ferguson, Elmer 9

HONOURED PLAYERSBeliveau, Jean 20Hall, Glenn 19Pilote, Pierre 13Pronovost, Marcel 9Olmstead, Bert 8Sologubov, Nikolay 8Alexandrov, Veniamin 6Armstrong, George 5Drobny, Jaroslav 4Johnson, Tom 3Arbour, Al 1Babich, Yevgeny 1Dineen, Bill 1Ferguson, John 1

Hodge, Charlie 0Talbot, Jean-Guy 0

EXECUTIVESBauer, Fr. David 16Northey, William 10Muldoon, Pete 8Kennedy, George 7Imlach, George 13


1977

We welcome Hall to our Hall. "Bad" Joe Hall and Pierre Pilote are inducted into ourHonoured Members wing. William Northey is inducted in the Builders wing. AndCharles Coleman is inducted in the contributors wing.

Committee chair Morey Holzman was not thrilled with Northey’s selection. “Themore research I did into the Montreal Arena Company and the machinations betweenNorthey, Calder and the Toronto Hockey Club, the more I disliked the man. AlanEagleson's a saint compared to Northey, but a stupid saint – Eagleson got caught.”

Joe Pelletier was non-plussed, and pushed for Northey’s induction from thebeginning.

“I think we are really missing the boat by not electing this 1947 HHOF builderinductee. He was instrumental in the development of hockey in Montreal and creating theAllan cup and Canadian Hockey Association,” Pelletier said.

“The Allan Cup was donated by Sir H. Montagu Allan, but it was William Northeythat spearheaded the movement of the once proudly coveted trophy that still is competedfor today.

“The Stanley Cup, when it was an amateur trophy, saw proceeds from the games tothe teams, thus leading to abuses of the principles of amateurism as clubs gathered starplayers from all parts of the country, regardless of cost, knowing that if they got into aStanley Cup series their share of the receipts would take care of the extra expenses inbuilding up a championship team.

“William Northey saw what was good and pure in this game, and tried to keep it thatway. Northey remained active with the Allan Cup, serving as trustee. He was alsoinstrumental in the formation of the Canadian Hockey Association in 1914, serving as thefirst chairman of the organization. The CHA was Canada's first governing body ofamateur hockey, and has grown into a significant force over the years.”


OLDTIMERSHall, Joe 17Lehman, Hugh 12Foyston, Frank 11Reardon, Ken 11Chabot, Lorne 8Shuvalov, Victor 8Stuart, Hod 7Broadbent, Harry "Punch" 6

HONOURED PLAYERSPilote, Pierre 18Olmstead, Bert 13Pronovost, Marcel 13Alexandrov, Veniamin 12Sologubov, Nikolay 11

Drobny, Jaroslav 8Davydov, Vitaly 7Armstrong, George 4Provost, Claude 3Duff, Dick 2Evans, Jack "Tex" 0Goyette, Phil 0Hay, Jim 0Konovalenko, Viktor 0Marshall, Don 0Pronovost, Andre 0

EXECUTIVESNorthey, William 15Imlach, George 13

Muldoon, Pete 11Kennedy, George 10

CONTRIBUTORSColeman, Charles 16Cote, Will 10Eagleson, Alan 8Ferguson, Elmer 6


1978

We welcome to our Hall a couple of old-timers: Frank Foyston and HughLehman. Had to wait until the final vote came in before announcingthe results.

Here are the final votes:

OLDTIMERSLehman, Hugh 15Foyston, Frank 15Stuart, Hod 11Reardon, Ken 11Chabot, Lorne 9Shuvalov, Victor 8Broadbent, Harry "Punch" 6

HONOURED PLAYERSPronovost, Marcel 14Davydov, Vitaly 12Ragulin, Alexander 12Sologubov, Nikolay 12Olmstead, Bert 11Alexandrov, Veniamin 10

Baun, Bob 6Armstrong, George 6Drobny, Jaroslav 5Fielder, Guyle 2Martin, Seth 2Pulford, Bob 2Beach, George 1Hicke, Bill 0Morrison, Jim 0Ronson, Len 0Stewart, Ron 0

EXECUTIVESBowman, Scott 14Imlach, George 13Muldoon, Pete 10

Kennedy, George 9

CONTRIBUTORSEagleson, Alan 11Ferguson, Elmer 8Doucet, Roger 7Cote, Will 7Smith, Kate 1

BUILDERSRichard, Maurice 12Beliveau, Jean 11Blake, Toe 9Creighton, James 7

1979

It's time to sit around the donut shop and talk hockey as we electTim Horton andScott Bowman into the World Wide Hockey Hall of Fame.


OLDTIMERSStuart, Hod 13Reardon, Ken 11Chabot, Lorne 9Cook, Bun 9Broadbent, Harry "Punch" 7Shuvalov, Victor 7

HONOURED PLAYERSHorton, Tim 17Sologubov, Nikolay 11Delvecchio, Alex 10Firsov, Anatoli 10Olmstead, Bert 8Pronovost, Marcel 8Ragulin, Alexander 8Worsley, Lorne "Gump" 8Davydov, Vitali 5

Laperriere, Jacques 5Alexandrov, Veniamin 3Armstrong, George 3Baun, Bob 3Provost, Claude 1Cahan, Larry 0Drobny, Jaroslav 0Edwards, Marv 0Gendron, Jean-Guy 0Kurtenbach, Orland 0McDonald, Ab 0Paille, Marcel 0Perreault, Bob 0Pulford, Bob 0

EXECS/OFF-ICE PERSONNELBowman, Scott 15Imlach, George 13

Muldoon, Pete 11Kennedy, George 10Wilson, Lefty 3Norris, Jim 1Wirtz, Arthur 1

CONTRIBUTORSEagleson, Alan 11Cote, Will 7Doucet, Roger 7Ferguson, Elmer 6Claman, Dolores 4


1980

The maker of the mask won the 1980 election. We welcome to the Hall: JacquesPlante.


OLDTIMERSStuart, Hod 14Cook, Bun 11Reardon, Ken 11Broadbent, Harry "Punch" 10Chabot, Lorne 10Shuvalov, Victor 9Barry, Marty 7Prodgers, Goldie 3

HONOURED PLAYERSPlante, Jacques 16Richard, Henri 11Sologubov, Nikolay 9Firsov, Anatoli 8Delvecchio, Alex 7Bathgate, Andy 6Olmstead, Bert 6Ragulin, Alexander 6

Davydov, Vitali 4Worsley, Lorne "Gump" 4Pronovost, Marcel 3Laperriere, Jacques 2Hebenton, Andy 1Jirik, Jaroslav 1Madigan, Connie 1Angotti, Lou 0Ashbee, Barry 0Harris, Ted 0Hillman, Wayne 0Lumley, Harry* 0Mohns, Doug 0Oliver, Murray 0Rousseau, Bobby 0

EXECS/OFF-ICE PERSONNELKennedy, George 13Muldoon, Pete 12

Hunter, Bill 11Imlach, George 9Allen, Keith 6Snider, Ed 3Hatskill, Ben 0

CONTRIBUTORSEagleson, Alan 13Doucet, Roger 9Ferguson, Elmer 9Cote, Will 7Claman, Dolores 4


1981

The Class of 1981 is empty...Gord Jennings commented on the process when first-time candidate Henri Richard received only 13 of the necessary 15 votes.

“Wow! This is a tough group when a guy who wins 11 Stanley Cups can't getelected,” Jennings said.

Joe Pelletier also commented on the election.“Eleven Stanley Cups and Jean Beliveau once told me the greatest and most complete

player he ever played with,” Pelletier said. “Yet six people didn't think he was top fiveon our list? Yikes!”


OLDTIMERSStuart, Hod 13Cook, Bun 9Reardon, Ken 8Chabot, Lorne 8Broadbent, Harry "Punch" 7Noble, Reg 6Lumley, Harry 6Shuvalov, Victor 5Pulford, Harvey 4Laviolette, Jack 4Griffis, Si 4Honkavaara, Aarne 3Barry, Marty 3Abel, Clarence "Taffy" 3Karakas, Mike 2Finnigan, Frank 2

HONOURED PLAYERSRichard, Henri 13Sologubov, Nikolay 12Delvecchio, Alex 8

Firsov, Anatoli 8Olmstead, Bert 7Ragulin, Alexander 7Worsley, Lorne "Gump" 7Bathgate, Andy 6Laperriere, Jacques 6Pronovost, Marcel 6Davydov, Vitali 5Howell, Harry 4Svedberg, Lennart 3Redmond, Mickey 2Bergman, Gary 1Binkley, Les 0Hillman, Larry 0Jones, Art 0Kuzkin, Viktor 0Marshall, Willie 0Nesterenko, Eric 0White, Bill 0

EXECS/OFF-ICE PERSONNELMuldoon, Pete 11

Kennedy, George 10Hunter, Bill 8Ahearne, Bunny 7Imlach, George 7Smeaton, Cooper 5Allen, Keith 3Rodden, Mike 0

CONTRIBUTORSEagleson, Alan 11Doucet, Roger 7Ferguson, Elmer 7Cote, Will 6Claman, Dolores 4


1982

All of the comments about Henri Richard were enough to push him in. Hod Stuartstill had trouble getting enough support on the old-timers ballot. He finished with 14votes.

The World Wide Hockey Hall of Fame is pleased to welcome Henri Richard into ourHall.

Here are the final vote totals:

OLDTIMERSStuart, Hod 14Chabot, Lorne 9Cook, Bun 9Reardon, Ken 9Broadbent, Harry "Punch" 8Noble, Reg 7Pulford, Harvey 7Griffis, Si 6Laviolette, Jack 6Lumley, Harry 6Shuvalov, Victor 6

HONOURED PLAYERSRichard, Henri 15Sologubov, Nikolay 10Bathgate, Andy 8Ragulin, Alexander 8Delvecchio, Alex 7Firsov, Anatoli 7Laperriere, Jacques 7Howell, Harry 6

Olmstead, Bert 6Pronovost, Marcel 5Worsley, Lorne "Gump" 5Ullman, Norm 4Armstrong, George 3Crozier, Roger 2Davydov, Vitali 2Backstrom, Ralph 1Brown, Andy 0Gassoff, Bob 0Goyer, Gerry 0Hadfield, Vic 0Nevin, Bob 0Pappin, Jim 0Prentice, Dean 0Shack, Eddie 0Van Impe, Ed 0Villemure, Gilles 0

EXECS/OFF-ICE PERSONNELHunter, Bill 11Kennedy, George 11

Ahearne, Bunny 8Imlach, George 8Muldoon, Pete 8Kostka, Vladimir 5Smeaton, Cooper 4

CONTRIBUTORSEagleson, Alan 12Ferguson, Elmer 7Fischer, Red 7Doucet, Roger 6Schulz, Charles 5Claman, Dolores 4Cote, Will 4

BUILDERSBeliveau, Jean 13Richard, Maurice 12Blake, Toe 9Creighton, James 7

1983

The Class of 1983 welcomes...Frank Mahovlich.

Here are the final vote tallies:

OLDTIMERSReardon, Ken 11Stuart, Hod 11Broadbent, Harry "Punch" 8Noble, Reg 8Chabot, Lorne 7Cook, Bun 7Laviolette, Jack 7Griffis, Si 6Pulford, Harvey 6Shuvalov, Victor 5Lumley, Harry 4

HONOURED PLAYERSMahovlich, Frank 16Bucyk, John 11Sologubov, Nikolay 11Delvecchio, Alex 7Ragulin, Alexander 7Bathgate, Andy 6Laperriere, Jacques 6Firsov, Anatoli 5Gilbert, Rod 4Olmstead, Bert 4Worsley, Lorne "Gump" 4

Howell, Harry 3Pronovost, Marcel 3Ullman, Norm 3Giacomin, Ed 1Hull, Dennis 1Maniago, Cesare 1Stapleton, Pat 1Berenson, Red 0Broderick, Ken 0Dornhoefer, Gary 0Huck, Fran 0Johnston, Ed 0Larose, Claude 0MacDonald, Lowell 0Nanne, Lou 0Plager, Barclay 0Reid, Tom 0Roberts, Jimmy 0Sanderson, Derek 0Smith, Dallas 0Sterner, Ulf 0

EXECS/OFF-ICE PERSONNELHunter, Bill 11Kennedy, George 11

Imlach, George 9Ahearne, Bunny 7Muldoon, Pete 7Kostka, Vladimir 4Smeaton, Cooper 3

CONTRIBUTORSEagleson, Alan 12Gallivan, Danny 11Lecavalier, Rene 5Doucet, Roger 4Ferguson, Elmer 4Fischer, Red 4Cote, Will 3Schulz, Charles 3Claman, Dolores 2Kelly, Dan 2


1984

We had another unanimous selection in the 1984 ballot: Robert Gordon Orr.We also welcome into the Hall, as a contributor, legendary broadcaster Danny

Gallivan. Here are the results:

OLDTIMERSReardon, Ken 11Stuart, Hod 11Broadbent, Harry "Punch" 9Chabot, Lorne 9Olmstead, Bert 9Griffis, Si 7Noble, Reg 7Shuvalov, Victor 7Cook, Bun 6Lumley, Harry 6Pulford, Harvey 6Laviolette, Jack 4

HONOURED PLAYERSOrr, Bobby 20Cournoyer, Yvan 12Dryden, Ken 11Bucyk, John 9Sologubov, Nikolay 8Tremblay, J.C. 8

Parent, Bernie 6Delvecchio, Alex 5Ragulin, Alexander 5Worsley, Lorne "Gump" 5Bathgate, Andy 3Firsov, Anatoli 3Laperriere, Jacques 3Gilbert, Rod 1O'Ree, Willie 1Goldsworthy, Bill 0Green, Ted 0Holik, Jaroslav 0Martin, Pit 0McKenzie, John 0Neilson, Jim 0Starshinov, Viacheslav 0Stemkowski, Pete 0Wakely, Ernie 0Watson, Bryan 0Westfall, Ed 0

EXECS/OFF-ICE PERSONNELHunter, Bill 13Imlach, George 12Kennedy, George 8Muldoon, Pete 8Ahearne, Bunny 6Kostka, Vladimir 4

CONTRIBUTORSGallivan, Danny 15Eagleson, Alan 11Fischer, Red 7Ferguson, Elmer 6Lecavalier, Rene 5Doucet, Roger 4


1985

Having said that, the Hall welcomes new unanimous new Honoured Members:Gordie Howe and Bobby Hull.


OLDTIMERSReardon, Ken 11Stuart, Hod 11Broadbent, Harry "Punch" 9Olmstead, Bert 9Chabot, Lorne 7Cook, Bun 6Griffis, Si 6Lumley, Harry 6Noble, Reg 6Pulford, Harvey 6Shuvalov, Victor 6Laviolette, Jack 4

HONOURED PLAYERSHowe, Gordie 20Hull, Bobby 20Mikita, Stan 12Sologubov, Nikolay 10Cournoyer, Yvan 7Dryden, Ken 6Bucyk, John 5Tremblay, J.C. 5

Worsley, Lorne "Gump" 4Parent, Bernie 3Brewer, Carl 2Ragulin, Alexander 2Bathgate, Andy 1Delvecchio, Alex 1Lacroix, Andre 1Apps, Syl 0Cheevers, Gerry 0Dryden, Dave 0Flett, Bill 0Hamilton, Al 0Hodge, Ken 0Lundstrom, Tord 0Lutchenko, Vladimir 0Magnuson, Keith 0Saleski, Don 0Schultz, Dave 0Sjoberg, Lars-Erik 0Smith, Gary 0Tallon, Dale 0Walton, Mike 0

EXECS/OFF-ICE PERSONNELHunter, Bill 13Imlach, George 12Kennedy, George 7Ahearne, Bunny 6Muldoon, Pete 6Kostka, Vladimir 5Boucher, Frank 4Mathers, Frank 3

CONTRIBUTORSEagleson, Alan 11Lecavalier, Rene 11Fisher, Red 8Ferguson, Elmer 7Doucet, Roger 4


1986

We welcome two new members to our Hall - one of whom was elected unanimously.We welcome Stan Mikita, Valeri Kharlamov and Phil Esposito to our Hall (Bill

Hunter just missed with 14 votes). And the one elected unanimously? Mikita. Mikitahad missed being elected on his first two eligible ballots.


OLDTIMERSOlmstead, Bert 12Reardon, Ken 11Stuart, Hod 10Chabot, Lorne 9Griffis, Si 8Broadbent, Harry "Punch" 7Noble, Reg 6Pulford, Harvey 6Cook, Bun 5Lumley, Harry 5Shuvalov, Victor 5Laviolette, Jack 2

HONOURED PLAYERSMikita, Stan 20Esposito, Phil 17Kharlamov, Valeri 15Cournoyer, Yvan 9Dryden, Ken 8Bucyk, John 7

Mikhailov, Boris 7Sologubov, Nikolay 6Holecek, Jiri 3Tremblay, J.C. 2Henderson, Paul 1Lemaire, Jacques 1Ratelle, Jean 1Worsley, Gump 1Ahlberg, Mats 0Bernier, Serge 0Burrows, Dave 0Ellis, Ron 0Hampson, Ted 0Harper, Terry 0Ley, Rick 0Libett, Nick 0Schmautz, Bobby 0Tkaczuk, Walt 0

EXECS/OFF-ICE PERSONNELHunter, Bill 14

Imlach, George 11Boucher, Frank 8Kennedy, George 6Muldoon, Pete 6Ahearne, Bunny 5Kostka, Vladimir 4

CONTRIBUTORSEagleson, Alan 10Lecavalier, Rene 10Ferguson, Elmer 8Fischer, Red 7Doucet, Roger 3

BUILDERSHowe, Gordie 12Richard, Maurice 12Beliveau, Jean 10Hull, Bobby 9Creighton, James 5Blake, Toe 2

1987

It is with great honours, we welcome the following into our Hall of Fame: JohnBucyk, Boris Mikhailov and Yvan Cournoyer as Honoured Members. Bill Hunter isselected in the Builders category. And Gordie Howe is promoted to Builders status.

There was great debate about Bucyk. SIHR President Ernie Fitzsimmons said thatBucyk was “the hardest-hitting forward during my lifetime.” Others pointed out that hehad 21 seasons in the NHL, and yet was only the best left-winger once in his career.Lloyd Davis pointed out that Clark Gillies also fit that role. Summed up HowardRosenthal, “Bucyk may never have been the best left wing in the league, but he wasamong the best for a very long time.

The great Russian defenseman, Nikolay Sologubov, had 14 votes in the Oldtimerscategory.


OLDTIMERSSologubov, Nikolay 14Olmstead, Bert 12Reardon, Ken 11Chabot, Lorne 10Stuart, Hod 8Griffis, Si 6Cook, Bun 5Broadbent, Harry "Punch" 4Lumley, Harry 4Noble, Reg 4Pulford, Harvey 4Shuvalov, Victor 4

HONOURED PLAYERSBucyk, John 18Mikhailov, Boris 16Cournoyer, Yvan 16Keon, Dave 13

Dryden, Ken 13Dzurilla, Vladimir 6Vachon, Rogatien 3Martin, Rick 3Watson, Jimmy 1Grant, Danny 1Vickers, Steve 0Shmyr, Paul 0Robert, Rene 0Pronovost, Jean 0Luce, Don 0Dailey, Bob 0

EXECS/OFF-ICE PERSONNELHunter, Bill 15Imlach, George 11Boucher, Frank 6Mathers, Frank 5Kennedy, George 5

Ahearne, Bunny 5Muldoon, Pete 4Kostka, Vladimir 3

CONTRIBUTORSMcFarlane, Brian 13Eagleson, Alan 9Fisher, Red 9Ferguson, Elmer 7Lecavalier, Rene 6

BUILDERSHowe, Gordie 16Orr, Bobby 10Richard, Maurice 9Hull, Bobby 8Beliveau, Jean 5Creighton, James 4

1988

The committee is pleased to induct Ken Dryden as an Honoured Member. Alsoelected, in the Oldtimers category, are Nikolay Sologubov and Bert Olmstead. Andelevated in the Builders category is Maurice Richard.

There were several people at 14 votes: Dave Keon, Serge Savard, andBrian McFarlane.


OLDTIMERSSologubov, Nikolay 19Olmstead, Bert 15Reardon, Ken 12Chabot, Lorne 9Stuart, Hod 6Cook, Bun 4Griffis, Si 4Lumley, Harry 4Pulford, Harvey 4Shuvalov, Victor 4Broadbent, Harry "Punch" 3Noble, Reg 2

HONOURED PLAYERSDryden, Ken 15Keon, Dave 14Savard, Serge 14Ratelle, Jean 12Nedomansky, Vaclav 11

Yakushev, Alexander 11Petrov, Vladimir 8Dzurilla, Vladimir 6Nilsson, Ulf 3Tardif, Marc 2Houle, Rejean 1Abrahamsson, Tommy 0Beaton, Frank 0Cashman, Wayne 0Dupont, Andre 0Gilbert, Gilles 0Ketola, Veli-Pekka 0Turnbull, Ian 0Vadnais, Carol 0

EXECS/OFF-ICE PERSONNELImlach, George 12Boucher, Frank 9Kennedy, George 6Mathers, Frank 6

Ahearne, Bunny 5Mariucci, John 5Muldoon, Pete 5Kostka, Vladimir 4

CONTRIBUTORSMcFarlane, Brian 14Eagleson, Alan 8Fisher, Red 8Lecavalier, Rene 8Ferguson, Elmer 7

BUILDERSRichard, Maurice 16Orr, Bobby 13Hull, Bobby 10Beliveau, Jean 9Blake, Toe 5Creighton, James 2

1989

The World Wide Hockey Hall of Fame is pleased to welcome: Bobby Orr and JeanBeliveau as Builders.


OLDTIMERSCarnegie, Herb 13Reardon, Ken 12Shuvalov, Victor 12Chabot, Lorne 9Stuart, Hod 8Griffis, Si 7Lumley, Harry 7Pulford, Harvey 7Cook, Bun 6

HONOURED PLAYERSTretiak, Vladislav 14Clarke, Bobby 11Keon, Dave 11Savard, Serge 11Esposito, Tony 9Lapointe, Guy 9Firsov, Anatoli 6Maltsev, Alexander 4Nedomansky, Vaclav 4

Ratelle, Jean 4Yakushev, Alexander 4Lemaire, Jacques 3Vasiliev, Valery 3Pospisil, Frantisek 2Tremblay, J.C. 2Barber, Bill 1Dzurilla, Vladimir 1Petrov, Vladimir 1Craig, Jim 0Holt, Randy 0Leach, Reggie 0Lessard, Mario 0Machac, Oldrich 0MacLeish, Rick 0McKechnie, Walt 0Rota, Darcy 0

EXECS/OFF-ICE PERSONNELImlach, George 13Boucher, Frank 8

Mathers, Frank 7Kennedy, George 6Mariucci, John 6Muldoon, Pete 6Kostka, Vladimir 5Ahearne, Bunny 4

CONTRIBUTORSMcFarlane, Brian 14Ozerov, Nikolay 10Lecavalier, Rene 9Eagleson, Alan 7Fisher, Red 5Ferguson, Elmer 4

BUILDERSOrr, Bobby 16Beliveau, Jean 15Hull, Bobby 14Blake, Toe 6

1990

Our World Wide Hockey Hall of Fame is pleased to welcome Vladislav Tretiak intoour Hall as an Honoured Member. Inducted in the Oldtimer's Category is Herb Carnegie.Carnegie became the first Canadian player inducted in the post-NHL era who neverplayed in the NHL. Also inducted: George (Punch) Imlach as an executive; BrianMcFarlane as a Contributor; and Bobby Hull as a Builder.


OLDTIMERSCarnegie, Herb 17Reardon, Ken 13Shuvalov, Victor 11Chabot, Lorne 9Mantha, Sylvio 7Stuart, Hod 7Cook, Bun 6Griffis, Si 5Lumley, Harry 5Pulford, Harvey 4

HONOURED PLAYERSTretiak, Vladislav 15Park, Brad 14Clarke, Bobby 12Keon, Dave 10Esposito, Tony 9Savard, Serge 9Firsov, Anatoli 7Yakushev, Alexander 6

Lapointe, Guy 4Maltsev, Alexander 4Nedomansky, Vaclav 4Ratelle, Jean 3Hedberg, Anders 1Shutt, Steve 1Sittler, Darryl 1Boldirev, Ivan 0Cloutier, Real 0Holik, Jaroslav 0Kehoe, Rick 0Korab, Jerry 0Larocque, Michel 0Mondou, Pierre 0O'Reilly, Terry 0Ramsay, Craig 0Savard, Andre 0Schoenfeld, Jim 0

EXECS/OFF-ICE PERSONNELImlach, George 15

Boucher, Frank 9Kennedy, George 6Mathers, Frank 6Ahearne, Bunny 5Mariucci, John 5Muldoon, Pete 5Kostka, Vladimir 4

CONTRIBUTORSMcFarlane, Brian 15Lecavalier, Rene 9Ozerov, Nikolay 9Eagleson, Alan 8Ferguson, Elmer 5Fisher, Red 4

BUILDERSHull, Bobby 18Blake, Toe 11

1991

The 1991 election saw us induct only one new member: Brad Park.


OLDTIMERSReardon, Ken 12Shuvalov, Victor 11Gadsby, Bill 10Chabot, Lorne 9Mantha, Sylvio 9Cook, Bun 8Griffis, Si 8Stuart, Hod 7Lumley, Harry 5Pulford, Harvey 5

HONOURED PLAYERSPark, Brad 17Keon, Dave 13Savard, Serge 11Clarke, Bobby 10Yakushev, Alexander 10Esposito, Tony 7

Firsov, Anatoli 7Lapointe, Guy 7Nedomansky, Vaclav 7Maltsev, Alexander 6Ftorek, Robbie 1Mahovlich, Pete 1Young, Howie 1Bubla, Jiri 0Garrett, John 0Lindbergh, Pelle 0Lysiak, Tom 0MacDonald, Blair 0Nystrom, Bobby 0Tremblay, Mario 0

EXECS/OFF-ICE PERSONNELBoucher, Frank 8Ahearne, Bunny 6Torrey, Bill 6

Kennedy, George 5Mariucci, John 5Mathers, Frank 5Sather, Glen 5Muldoon, Pete 4Shero, Fred 4

CONTRIBUTORSLecavalier, Rene 13Eagleson, Alan 9Ozerov, Nikolay 9Ferguson, Elmer 6Fisher, Red 5

BUILDERSPlante, Jacques 11Blake, Toe 9

1992

The Hockey Hall Class of 1992 is pleased to welcome: Mike Bossy andBill Gadsby.Here are the final votes:

OLDTIMERSGadsby, Bill 15Mantha, Sylvio 11Reardon, Ken 10Chabot, Lorne 9Shuvalov, Victor 9Pulford, Harvey 8Griffis, Si 7Cook, Bun 6Lumley, Harry 5Stuart, Hod 5

HONOURED PLAYERSBossy, Mike 16Keon, Dave 13Perreault, Gilbert 12Savard, Serge 11Clarke, Bobby 9Esposito, Tony 7Lapointe, Guy 5Nedomansky, Vaclav 5Yakushev, Alexander 5

Maltsev, Alexander 4Firsov, Anatoli 3Carlson, Jack 1Carlson, Steve 1Rogers, Mike 1Stastny, Marian 1Baxter, Paul 0Bouchard, Dan 0Gare, Danny 0Goring, Butch 0Hlinka, Ivan 0Lever, Don 0MacAdam, Al 0McNab, Pete 0Resch, Glenn "Chico" 0Risebrough, Doug 0

EXECS/OFF-ICE PERSONNELBoucher, Frank 10Torrey, Bill 9Sather, Glen 8Shero, Fred 5

Ahearne, Bunny 4Mathers, Frank 4Brooks, Herb 3Kennedy, George 3Muldoon, Pete 3Mariucci, John 2

CONTRIBUTORSLecavalier, Rene 11Ozerov, Nikolay 8Eagleson, Alan 5Hanson, Dave 5Carlson, Jack 4Carlson, Steve 4Ferguson, Elmer 3Fisher, Red 3

BUILDERSPlante, Jacques 14Blake, Toe 8

1993

The 1993 election saw us welcome: Denis Potvin, and Jacques Plante as a builder.Here are the final votes:

OLDTIMERSMantha, Sylvio 13Reardon, Ken 13Chabot, Lorne 10Shuvalov, Victor 10Pulford, Harvey 9Cook, Bun 8Griffis, Si 7Stuart, Hod 7Lumley, Harry 6

HONOURED PLAYERSPotvin, Denis 15Perreault, Gilbert 14Keon, Dave 13Savard, Serge 12Clarke, Bobby 10Lapointe, Guy 8Yakushev, Alexander 8Esposito, Tony 7Maltsev, Alexander 5

Nedomansky, Vaclav 5Bilyaletdinov, Zinetula 1Meloche, Gilles 1Middleton, Rick 1Edwards, Don 0Gillies, Clark 0Jarvis, Doug 0Kapustin, Sergei 0Larouche, Pierre 0Lewis, Dave 0Paiement, Wilf 0Russell, Phil 0Semenko, Dave 0Stoughton, Blaine 0Sutter, Brian 0Unger, Garry 0Williams, Dave "Tiger" 0

EXECS/OFF-ICE PERSONNELTorrey, Bill 14Boucher, Frank 11

Sather, Glen 10Mathers, Frank 6Ahearne, Bunny 5Shero, Fred 5

CONTRIBUTORSLecavalier, Rene 13Hansen Brothers 9Ozerov, Nikolay 9Young, Scott 6Dowd, Nancy 4Eagleson, Alan 4Abel, Allen 2Westgate, Murray 1

BUILDERSPlante, Jacques 18Tretiak, Vladislav 14Blake, Toe 11

1994

We welcome into our Hall our own version of the French Connection:Marcel Dionne, Gilbert Perreault and Rene Lecavalier. Tikhonov justmissed with 14 votes.

Here's the final tally:

OLDTIMERSDelvecchio, Alex 13Firsov, Anatoli 12Reardon, Ken 12Worsley, Gump 11Mantha, Sylvio 9Laperriere, Jacques 7Chabot, Lorne 6Pulford, Harvey 4Cook, Bun 3Griffis, Si 3Lumley, Harry 2Shuvalov, Victor 2Stuart, Hod 3

HONOURED PLAYERSDionne, Marcel 19Perreault, Gilbert 16Savard, Serge 12Keon, Dave 12

Clarke, Bobby 10Esposito, Tony 7Maltsev, Alexander 6Yakushev, Alexander 5Lapointe, Guy 5Nedomansky, Vaclav 4Smith, Billy 3Martinec, Vladimir 1Brodeur, Richard 0Dvorak, Miroslav 0Holik, Jiri 0Maruk, Dennis 0McDonald, Lanny 0Novy, Milan 0

EXECS/OFF-ICE PERSONNELTikhonov, Viktor 14Torrey, Bill 11Sather, Glen 7Boucher, Frank 6

Hood, Bruce 4Ahearne, Bunny 3Mathers, Frank 3D'Amico, John 3Pavelich, Matt 3Shero, Fred 2Armstrong, Neil 1

CONTRIBUTORSLecavalier, Rene 15Ozerov, Nikolay 11Young, Scott 9Hansen Brothers 8Dowd, Nancy 3Eagleson, Alan 3

BUILDERSTretiak, Vladislav 12Blake, Toe 11

1995

We welcome to our World Wide Hockey Hall of Fame: Dave Keon, Anatoli Firsov,Bob Johnson and Viktor Tikhonov.

The final results:

OLDTIMERSFirsov, Anatoli 15Bathgate, Andy 14Delvecchio, Alex 14Worsley, Gump 14Reardon, Ken 10Laperriere, Jacques 8Chabot, Lorne 6Mantha, Sylvio 5Pulford, Harvey 4

CONTRIBUTORSOzerov, Nikolay 13Young, Scott 10Hansen Brothers 9Abel, Allen 5

HONOURED PLAYERSKeon, Dave 17Savard, Serge 14Yakushev, Alexander 14Clarke, Bobby 13Gainey, Bob 11Esposito, Tony 8Lapointe, Guy 8Maltsev, Alexander 8Nedomansky, Vaclav 4Federko, Bernie 1Secord, Al 1Beck, Barry 0Fotiu, Nick 0Froese, Bob 0Gradin, Thomas 0Greschner, Ron 0Kampurri, Hannu 0Lindstrom, Willy 0

Lukowich, Morris 0O'Connell, Mike 0Persson, Stefan 0

EXECS/OFF-ICE PERSONNELTikhonov, Viktor 18Johnson, "Badger" Bob 15Torrey, Bill 8Boucher, Frank 5Sather, Glen 5Hood, Bruce 2

BUILDERSPollock, Sam 12Tretiak, Vladislav 10Blake, Toe 9Selke, Frank 9

1996

For 1996, we elected Guy Lafleur, Serge Savard, Andy Bathgate and AlexDelcecchio to its hallowed chips.

Lafleur is a unanimous selection.Here is the final tally:

OLDTIMERSBathgate, Andy 15Delvecchio, Alex 15Worsley, Gump 14Reardon, Ken 11Laperriere, Jacques 10Howell, Harry 9Mantha, Sylvio 8Pulford, Harvey 5Chabot, Lorne 3

HONOURED PLAYERSLafleur, Guy 20Savard, Serge 16Yakushev, Alexander 14Clarke, Bobby 12

Gainey, Bob 9Maltsev, Alexander 7Vasiliev, Valery 7Esposito, Tony 6Lapointe, Guy 4Nedomansky, Vaclav 4Peeters, Pete 1Maloney, Don 0Meagher, Rick 0Snepsts, Harold 0

EXECS/OFF-ICE PERSONNELTorrey, Bill 14Boucher, Frank 12Sather, Glen 9McCauley, John 1

CONTRIBUTORSOzerov, Nikolay 14Young, Scott 11Hansen Brothers 7Dryden, Ken 4McGregor, Roy 4Abel, Allen 3Fischler, Stan 1

BUILDERSPollock, Sam 12Tretiak, Vladislav 10Blake, Toe 9Selke, Frank 9Dryden, Ken 1

1997

Open them Hall doors wide. We need a larger podium.Our World Wide Hockey Hall of Fame is pleased to induct Honoured Members Larry

Robinson and Alexander Yakushev. Also added to the Honoured Members, through theOldtimers ballot, is Gump Worsley. We've added two former members of the Islandersfront office to the Hall as well: Bill Torrey and Brian Kilrea, who admittedly, is betterknown for his junior coaching in Ottawa. And entering as a Contributor is Sovietbroadcasting legend (and lifelong icon of our own Arthur), Nikolai Ozerov.

Ozerov was not well-known to the west, as Sweden’s Patrick Houda told us.“I would say that Ozerov's name is only known among the old journalists over here in

Sweden. But the same thing goes for Foster Hewitt who was almost an icon in Canadianbroadcasting,” Houda said.

“Canada had Foster Hewitt, the Russians had Nikolay Ozerov, the Czechs had JosefLaufer and Sweden had Lennart Hyland. All helped popularize the sport thanks to theirgreat radio and TV broadcasts.”

Arthur Chidlovski grew up in the Soviet Union, listening to Ozerov. Chidlovski said,“Ozerov's reports from the 1972 Summit belong to the classics of TV broadcasting.When the Soviets won the first game in Montreal, Ozerov said that the ‘myth ofunbeatable self-praised Canadian hockey professionals is over now.’ ”

Chidlovski added that although not intentional, Ozerov’s phraseology wouldsometimes send a nation of hockey fans into fits of laughter.

In 1974, the WHA played the Soviets in an lesser-known eight-game series, won bythe Russians, and Ozerov was there to broadcast the only international tournamentsplayed by Bobby Hull and Gordie Howe.

“Gordie Howe is a legend of Canadian hockey," said Ozerov. “He is 46, has over1000 scars on his body, his hair is gray but it's still not enough for him. Life is expensiveand Howe needs money. He plays himself and forces his children to play too. His sons,Mark and Marty, are playing for Team Canada too. Canadian hockey pros don't wearhelmets. They wear nothing. The only one who wears anything is Bobby Hull. Hewears a wig.”

That was enough to convince several of the North Americans on the committee thatFoster Hewitt wasn't the only person who had hickey fans turned on and tuned into theradio.

Another who made the Hall was Lorne Worsley. A lot of the committee members feltthere were too many Original Six goalies already selected, but Karl-Eric Reif made aplea, which he termed Stumpin’ For The Gump.

“To me, at least, there's not a single more worthy candidate in the Honoured Playerscategory on the current ballot than Gump Worsley. Sure, it's easy to sneer at thatassertion if you buy only his reputation as colourful and ‘roly-poly’ but then look nofurther and simply dismiss him as ‘another journeyman goalie.’

“Such, perhaps, is the inevitable legacy of a great goalie playing the best years of hiscareer behind perennially godawful teams in a town where hockey barely registers as anafterthought, and finishing up in his 40s with an expansion team,” Reif said.

Reif added that Worsley won four Stanley Cups in five years with the Canadiens, “Iwould venture that during the many years in which all of them were playing as

contemporaries, Worsley ranked just a shade behind only Bower and Plante, and easilyon a par with both Sawchuk and Hall.”

There were three others with 14 ballots who just missed being elected.Here are the final results:

OLDTIMERSWorsley, Gump 16Howell, Harry 14Laperriere, Jacques 14Mantha, Sylvio 11Pulford, Harvey 11Reardon, Ken 11Ullman, Norm 9

HONOURED PLAYERSRobinson, Larry 19Yakushev, Alexander 15Clarke, Bobby 13Maltsev, Alexander 11Gainey, Bob 10Vasiliev, Valery 9

Esposito, Tony 8Lapointe, Guy 7Nedomansky, Vaclav 4Simmer, Charlie 1Corsi, Jim 0Hagman, Matti 0Linseman, Ken 0Liut, Mike 0Pouzar, Jaroslav 0Tonelli, John 0

EXECS/OFF-ICE PERSONNELTorrey, Bill 17Kilrea, Brian 15Boucher, Frank 11Sather, Glen 7

Brabham, Henry 3Kelly, Pat 0

CONTRIBUTORSOzerov, Nikolay 16Young, Scott 14Conway, Russ 7Hansen Brothers 5Dryden, Ken 4McGregor, Roy 3

BUILDERSPollock, Sam 12Selke, Frank 11Tretiak, Vladislav 10Blake, Toe 9

1998

The World Wide Hockey Hall of Fame is pleased to induct Alexander Matsev andBorje Salming as Honoured Members. Also, from the Oldtimers grouping, Harry Howelland Jacques Laperriere are added as well. Al Arbour and Frank Boucher are added in thecoaches/executives group.


OLDTIMERSHowell, Harry 18Laperriere, Jacques 16Mantha, Sylvio 14Pulford, Harvey 14Ullman, Norm 12Reardon, Ken 9

HONOURED PLAYERSMaltsev, Alexander 17Salming, Borje 16Clarke, Bobby 14Gainey, Bob 12Lapointe, Guy 12Esposito, Tony 10Nedomansky, Vaclav 6Vasiliev, Valery 6

Smith, Bobby 2Wilson, Doug 2Marsh , Brad 1Ogrodnick, John 1Starikov, Sergei 1Carlyle, Randy 0Crha, Jiri 0Kasper, Steve 0Kerr, Tim 0Lemelin, Rejean 0Levo, Tapio 0McKegney, Tony 0Napier, Mark 0Vaive, Rick 0

EXECS/OFF-ICE PERSONNELArbour, Al 19

Boucher, Frank 16Sather, Glen 11

CONTRIBUTORSYoung, Scott 11Hansen Brothers 8Duff, Bob 7Percival, Lloyd 6Conway, Russ 5Dryden, Ken 5Connors, "Stompin" Tom 3

BUILDERSPollock, Sam 13Selke, Frank 10Blake, Toe 9Tretiak, Vladislav 9

1999

We had a sticky situation when Iain Fyffe nominated Ernie Fitzsimmons as aContributor. Iain cited Ernie’s decades of dedication to preserving hockey historythrough his donation of tens of thousands of photographs to the Hockey Hall of Fame, aswell as his statistical collections that helped make Total Hockey a reality. Ernie hadindicated privately that he was honoured, but that he felt his nomination could also seethat our committee was self-serving and self-indulgent.

The HHOF is pleased to announce the induction of unanimous selection BryanTrottier and JC Tremblay. Here are the final results:

OLDTIMERSTremblay, J. C. 15Parent, Bernie 12Pronovost, Marcel 11Reardon, Ken 11Ullman, Norm 11Lemaire, Jacques 10Mantha, Sylvio 10Pulford, Harvey 10

HONOURED PLAYERSTrottier, Bryan 20Nedomansky, Vaclav 14Clarke, Bobby 13Gainey, Bob 13Lapointe, Guy 11Esposito, Tony 9

Vasiliev, Valery 7Goulet, Michel 6Stastny, Anton 2Taylor, Dave 2Anderson, John 0Ramage, Rob 0

EXECS/OFF-ICE PERSONNELVan Hellemond, Andy 14Sather, Glen 12Allaire, Francois 5Voss, Carl 5

CONTRIBUTORSFitzsimmons, Ernie 11Meeker, Howie 9Young, Scott 7

Hendy, Jim 6Hanson Brothers 5Duff, Bob 4Dryden, Ken 3Paton, John 3Percival, Lloyd 3Andrews, Ron 2Henderson, Paul 2Conway, Russ 1

BUILDERSPollock, Sam 14Selke, Frank 11Tretiak, Vladislav 10Blake, Toe 8

2000

This is the multi-linguistic election - each of our inductees speakat least twolanguages fluently.

We welcome into the Hall: Bernie Parent, Vaclav Nedomansky and Peter Stastny.Here are the final results:

OLDTIMERSParent, Bernie 15Pronovost, Marcel 12Pulford, Harvey 12Lemaire, Jacques 11Mantha, Sylvio 10Reardon, Ken 10Ullman, Norm 10Cheevers, Gerry 7Armstrong, George 3

HONOURED PLAYERSStastny, Peter 18Nedomansky, Vaclav 15Clarke, Bobby 14Gainey, Bob 12Howe, Mark 10Lapointe, Guy 8

Vasiliev, Valery 7Esposito, Tony 7Goulet, Michel 4Propp, Brian 1Larson, Reed 1Poulin, Dave 0Naslund, Mats 0Larmer, Steve 0Eriksson, Thomas 0Andersson, Peter 0Acton, Keith 0

EXECS/OFF-ICE PERSONNELSinden, Harry 13Van Hellemond, Andy 13Sather, Glen 12Voss, Carl 5Allaire, Francois 3

Branch, Dave 2

CONTRIBUTORSFitzsimmons, Ernie 13Meeker, Howie 10Young, Scott 9Duff, Bob 8Hendy, Jim 6Hanson Brothers 5

BUILDERSPollock, Sam 13Selke, Frank 10Blake, Toe 9Tretiak, Vladislav 9Salming, Borje 2

2001

The World Wide Hockey Hall of Fame is pleased to induct Bobby Clarke, BobGainey, Marcel Pronovost and Harvey Pulford. Pulford was on the initial ballot in 1945.Many committee members admitted not knowing much about the defenseman whoscored three goals in his entire career, and seemed to be more remembered for bootingthe Stanley Cup into the Rideau River than for being the best point in the game for tenyears.


OLDTIMERSPronovost, Marcel 16Pulford, Harvey 16Lemaire, Jacques 13Mantha, Sylvio 12Ullman, Norm 11Cheevers, Gerry 10Reardon, Ken 9

HONOURED PLAYERSClarke, Bobby 16Gainey, Bob 15Howe, Mark 11Vasiliev, Valery 10Lapointe, Guy 9Krutov, Vladimir 9

Esposito, Tony 8Neely, Cam 6Loob, Hakan 4Goulet, Michel 3Kiessling, Udo 2Balderis, Helmut 2Roberts, Gordie 1Friesen, Karl 0Christian, Dave 0Cavallini, Paul 0

EXECS/OFF-ICE PERSONNELSinden, Harry 14Sather, Glen 13Van Hellemond, Andy 13Voss, Carl 4

CONTRIBUTORSFitzsimmons, Ernie 13Meeker, Howie 12Young, Scott 9Duff, Bob 7Hendy, Jim 6Hanson Brothers 4

BUILDERSSelke, Frank 14Pollock, Sam 13Blake, Toe 10Tretiak, Vladislav 9

2002

The World Wide Hockey Hall of Fame is pleased to induct an old-school all-Canadagroup. From the Oldtimers group to be enshrined as Honoured Members: former MapleLeaf Norm Ullman (is it us, or do most people forget about his 12+ years and 9 all-stargames in Detroit?), former Canadien Jacques Lemaire. Inducted as a Contributor isformer Maple Leaf Calder Trophy winner, coach and Hockey Night In Canadabroadcaster Howie Meeker.


OLDTIMERSUllman, Norm 16Lemaire, Jacques 15Cheevers, Gerry 14Mantha, Sylvio 13Reardon, Ken 11

HONOURED PLAYERSMakarov, Sergei 13Savard, Denis 12Howe, Mark 10Lapointe, Guy 10Vasiliev, Valery 10Esposito, Tony 9Goulet, Michel 9Hawerchuk, Dale 7Krutov, Vladimir 6Neely, Cam 3

Anderson, Glenn 2Kasatonov, Alexei 2Mullen, Joey 2Truntschka, Gerd 2Konstantinov, Vladimir 1Lee, Peter 1Loob, Hakan 1Beaupre, Don 0Broten, Neal 0Kyte, Jim 0McCrimmon, Brad 0Ramsey, Mike 0Siltanen, Risto 0

EXECS/OFF-ICE PERSONNELSather, Glen 14Sinden, Harry 14Van Hellemond, Andy 13

Loicq, Paul 4Voss, Carl 3

HONOURED PLAYERSMeeker, Howie 15Fitzsimmons, Ernie 14Young, Scott 10Hendy, Jim 6Duff, Bob 5Hanson Brothers 4

BUILDERSSelke, Frank 13Pollock, Sam 11Tretiak, Vladislav 10Shore, Eddie 8Blake, Toe 7

2003

The World Wide Hockey Hall of Fame is pleased to welcome Jean Ratelle into ourHallowed Chambers. We have also welcome the late Frank Selke as a Builder.


OLDTIMERSRatelle, Jean 15Cheevers, Gerry 11Petrov, Vladimir 10Reardon, Ken 10Brewer, Carl 9Holecek, Jiri 9Mantha, Sylvio 9Vachon, Rogie 6Dzurilla, Vladimir 5Nilsson, Ulf 4Martin, Seth 3Tardif, Marc 2Henderson, Paul 0

HONOURED PLAYERSKurri, Jari 13Fetisov, Slava 11Gartner, Mike 11Howe, Mark 9Makarov, Sergei 8

Savard, Denis 7Vasiliev, Valery 7Esposito, Tony 6Goulet, Michel 6Langway, Rod 5LaFontaine, Pat 5Hawerchuk, Dale 4Krutov, Vladimir 4Lapointe, Guy 4Khumutov, Andrei 0Lowe, Kevin 0Moog, Andy 0Nilsson, Kent 0Ruotsalainen, Reijo 0Sutter, Brent 0Tanti, Tony 0Virta, Hannu 0

EXECS/OFF-ICE PERSONNELVan Hellemond, Andy 13Sinden, Harry 12

Sather, Glen 10Loicq, Paul 5Nicklin, Percy 3Quinn, Percy 3

CONTRIBUTORSFitzsimmons, Ernie 13Brewer, Carl 11Young, Scott 11Duff, Bob 9Hendy, Jim 7Slate, Ralph 4Hanson Brothers 2

BUILDERSSelke, Frank 15Pollock, Sam 12Tretiak, Vladislav 10Shore, Eddie 10Blake, Toe 5

2004

We welcome into our Hall, the class of 2004: Wayne Gretzky is the only HonouredMember and was a uninimous selection; Harry Sinden and Andy Van Hellemond areinducted as executives/referee category, and Wayne Gretzky was selected as a Builder.


OLDTIMERSSchriner, Sweeney 11Petrov, Vladimir 10Reardon, Ken 10Cheevers, Gerry 9Holecek, Jiri 9Siebert, Babe 9Mantha, Sylvio 7Boucher, George 5Hextall, Bryan 5Roberts, Gord 5Brewer, Carl 4Dzurilla, Vladimir 4Nilsson, Ulf 3Vachon, Rogie 3Barber, Bill 2Lemaire, Jacques 2

HONOURED PLAYERSGretzky, Wayne 20Kurri, Jari 13Fetisov, Slava 10

Gartner, Mike 10Makarov, Sergei 8Howe, Mark 7Esposito, Tony* 6Savard, Denis 6Lapointe, Guy 5Goulet, Michel 4Krutov, Vladimir 3Langway, Rod 3Hawerchuk, Dale 2Vasiliev, Valery 2LaFontaine, Pat 1Gustafsson, Bengt 0Hextall, Ron 0Hunter, Dale 0Jonsson, Tomas 0Ludwig, Craig 0Nicholls, Bernie 0Pervukhin, Sergei 0Samuelsson, Kjell 0Steen, Thomas 0

EXECS/OFF-ICE PERSONNELSinden, Harry 15Van Hellemond, Andy 15Sather, Glen 12Loicq, Paul 5

CONTRIBUTORSFitzsimmons, Ernie 13Brewer, Carl 11Young, Scott 10Duff, Bob 7Hendy, Jim 7Slate, Ralph 3Lynch, Budd 1

BUILDERSGretzky, Wayne 16Pollock, Sam 11Shore, Eddie 10Tretiak, Vladislav 8Blake, Toe 6

DIFFERENCES OF OPINIONS

We voted in 11 players who the Hall of Fame – nine were Europeans. The only twoNorth American players are Herb Carnegie and J.C. Tremblay.

We excluded 108. We have Jack Adams as a builder and the Hall has him as aplayer. Same with Dick Irvin.

World Wide Hall of Fame Toronto Hall of Fame

Honoured Members: 128 Honoured Members: 227

HONOURED MEMBERS

111 Out by Our Vote

Armstrong, George

Bailey, Ace

Barber, Bill

Barry, Marty

Bauer, Bobby

Boivin, Leo

Boon, Dickie

Boucher, George

Bourque, RayBroadbent, Punch

Burch, Bill

Cameron, Harry

Cheevers, Gerry

Coffey, PaulColville, Neil

Cook, Fred "Bun"

Coulter, Art

Crawford, Rusty

Darragh, Jack

Davidson, Scotty

Day, Hap

Drillon, Gordie

Drinkwater, C.G.

Dumart, Woody

Dutton, Red

Esposito, Tony

Farrell, Art

Federko, Bernie

Fetisov, Viacheslav

Flaman, Fernie

Fuhr, Grant

Gardiner, Herb

Gardner, Jimmy

Gartner, Mike

Giacomin, Eddie

Gilbert, Rod

Gillies, Clark

Gilmour, Billy

Goheen, Moose

Goulet, Michel

Green, Shorty

Griffis, Si

Hawerchuk, Dale

Hay, George

Hern, Riley

Hextall, Bryan

Hooper, Tom

Horner, Red

Hutton, J.B. Bouse

Hyland, Harry

Irvin, Dick

Johnson, Tom

Lafontaine, Pat

Langway, Rod

Lapointe, Guy

Laprade, Edgar

Laviolette, Jack

Lemieux, Mario

LeSueur, Percy

Lewis, Herbie

Lumley, Harry

Mantha, Sylvio

Marshall, Jack

Maxwell, Steamer

McDonald, Lanny

McGee, Frank

McGimsie, Billy

McNamara, George

Moran, Paddy

Mosienko, Bill

Mullen, Joe

Murphy, LarryNoble, Reg

O'Connor, Buddy

Oliver, Harry

Patrick, Lester

Patrick, Lynn

Pratt, Babe

Pulford, Bob

Rankin, Frank

Rayner, Charlie "Chuck"

Reardon, Ken

Richardson, George

Roberts, Gorden

Russel, Blair

Russell, Ernie

Ruttan, Jack

Savard, Denis

Scanlan, Fred

Schriner, Dave "Sweeney"

Seibert, Oliver

Shutt, Steve

Siebert, Babe

Simpson, "Bullet Joe"

Sittler, Darryl

Smith, Alfred E.

Smith, Billy

Smith, Clint

Stanley, Allan

Stanley, Russell Barney

Stuart, Bruce

Stuart, William "Hod"Trihey, HarryWalker, JackWalsh, Marty

Watson, HarryWatson, MooseWeiland, Ralph “Cooney”Westwick, Harry “Rat”

Whitcroft, FredWilson, “Phat”

HONOURED MEMBERS 11 In by Our Vote

Bobrov, Vsevolod

Carnegie, Herb

Firsov, Anatoli

Johansson, Sven"Tumba"

Kharlamov, Valeri

Malecek, Josef

Maltsev, Alexander

Mikhailov, Boris

Sologubov, Nikolai

Tremblay, Jean-Claude

Yakushev, Alexander

World Wide Hall of Fame Toronto Hall of Fame

Coaches/Exec, Etc: 33 Builders & Referees: 105

BUILDERS 83 Out by Our Vote

Charles F. Adams

Weston W. Sr. Adams

T. Franklin Ahearn

J. F. (Bunny) Ahearne

Sir Montagu Allan

Keith Allen

Neil P. Armstrong

John G. Ashley

Harold E. Ballard

John P. Bickell

George V. Brown

Walter A. Brown

Frank Buckland

Walter L. Bush

J. A. (Jack) Butterfield

Frank Calder

Angus D. Campbell

Clarence S. Campbell

Joseph Cattarinich

W. L. (Bill) Chadwick

John D'Amico

Leo J. V. Dandurand

Frank Dilio

George S. Dudley

J. A. (Jimmy) Dunn

E. S. (Chaucer) Elliott

Emile P. Francis

John L. (Jack) Gibson

Frank A. Griffiths

William (Bill) Hanley

Charles Hay

George Hayes

J. C. V. (Jim) Hendy

R. W. (Bobby) Hewitson

William A. Hewitt

Fred J. Hume

Mike Ilitch

Thomas N. Ivan

W. M. (Bill) Jennings

Gordon W. Juckes

Gen. John R. Kilpatrick

Seymour H., III Knox

G. A. (Al) Leader

Robert (Bob) LeBel

T. F. (Tommy) Lockhart

Paul Loicq

John Mariucci

Frank S. Mathers

Maj. Frederic McLaughlin

John Calverley (Jake) Milford

Sen. Hartland deM. Molson

Ian "Scotty" Morrison

Monsignor Athol (Père) Murray

Roger Paul Neilson

Francis Nelson

James Norris Sr.

Bruce A. Norris

James D. Norris

J. Ambrose O'Brien

Brian Francis O'Neill

Frederick Page

Craig Patrick

M. I. (Matt) Pavelich

Allan W. Pickard

Rudy Pilous

Norman R. (Bud) Poile

Sen. Donat Raymond

John Ross Robertson

Claude C. Robinson

Michael J. Rodden

Philip D. Ross

Gunther Sabetzki

Glen Cameron Sather

J. Cooper Smeaton

Frank D. Smith

Edward M. Snider

Capt. James T. Sutherland

Lloyd Turner

William Thayer Tutt

Carl P. Voss

Arthur M. Wirtz

William W. Wirtz

John A. Ziegler, Jr.

COACHES/EXECS/ETC11 In by Our Vote

Chernyshev, Arkady

Coleman, CharlesCreighton, JamesGallivan, DannyHunter, BillLecavalier, ReneLivingstone, Ed

McFarlane, BrianMeeker, HowieOzerov, NikolaiTikhonov, Viktor

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