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Call to the Hall; Penguins Relaunch Team Honors
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Call to the Hall; Penguins Relaunch Team Honors
After sitting idle for several years, the Pittsburgh Penguins ' team Hall of Fame is being brought back to life and updated, the team announced Tuesday. That means 10 new members have been named for enshrinement.
Joining the original 20 Hall members who were inducted between 1992 and 2013 will be retired players Tom Barrasso, Ron Francis, Jaromir Jagr , Chris Kunitz , Larry Murphy and Kevin Stevens, each of whom won multiple Stanley Cups with the Penguins, along with builders Scotty Bowman, Eddie Johnston, Jim Rutherford and the late Ray Shero.
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Those inductees will be enshrined over the next three seasons and join the original members. The four who will make up the class of 2025 will be announced in the fall.
"The Penguins are one of the most storied franchises in the history of the National Hockey League and permanently celebrating the success of our past players and personnel has been an important mission of our current staff all across the organization," Penguins president of hockey operations and general manager Kyle Dubas said in a team release.
"The three-year plan is an effort to recognize those whose contributions laid the foundation for the championship standard here in Pittsburgh. It was a great honor, in my current role as the person tasked with helping to lead the Penguins back to Stanley Cup contention, to call the inductees and we look forward to unveiling the Hall of Fame display and celebrating with our players, fans and people of Pittsburgh."
The 10 new members (or in Shero's case, his sons) were contacted by Dubas with the news.
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They were selected by a committee of 21 that includes former players, coaches, general managers, club employees and media members.
The criteria for players being inducted include career statistics, playoff performance, longevity and consistency, legacy and off-ice impact, team contributions and league/team awards and recognition. They must be retired for one season to be eligible.
The criteria for builders are longevity, regular-season success relative to their peers, playoff success, legacy and off-ice impact, and whether the builder helped the Penguins win the Stanley Cup.
The original 20 Hall members are being grandfathered into team Hall. They are:
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1992: Rick Kehoe (Player), Jean Pronovost (Player), Bob Johnson (Builder)
1994: Syl Apps (Player)
1996: Dave Burrows (Player), Edward DeBartolo (Contributor), Elaine Heufelder (Contributor)
1999: Mario Lemieux (Player), Jack Riley (Builder)
2000: Joe Mullen (Player)
2001: Craig Patrick (Builder), Mike Lange (Contributor), A.T. Caggiano (Contributor)
2003: Les Binkley (Player), Ulf Samuelsson (Player), Vince Lascheid (Contributor)
2007: Paul Coffey (Player), Frank Sciulli (Contributor)
2013: Mark Recchi (Player), Dr. Charles 'Chip' Burke (Contributor)
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