Keith Tkachuk makes Hall of Fame after sons become teammates
Keith Tkachuk goes into the Hockey Hall of Fame after ready for greater than a decade and a half since his taking part in profession within the NHL ended.
The timing solely provides his household extra purpose to rejoice.
Tkachuk was elected to the Hall of Fame on Monday, lower than 24 hours after his sons grew to become teammates when Brady was traded from Ottawa to Florida, becoming a member of older brother Matthew.
The patriarch nicknamed “Walt” Tkachuk is a component of a participant class that features middle Patrice Bergeronwho received the Stanley Cup with Boston in 2011 and the Selke Trophy because the league’s high defensive ahead six occasions, and goaltenders Carey Price from Montreal and Pekka Rinne fromNashville.
US ladies’s hockey pioneer Cindy Curley and govt Brian Burke are additionally set to be inducted in November.
Tkachuk was one of the premier energy forwards of his period, taking part in within the Nineties and 2000s as half of the primary nice technology of American hockey gamers. He recorded 1,121 factors in 1,290 video games, together with the playoffs, with Winnipeg, Phoenix, St. Louis and Atlanta, and was half of the US staff that received the 1996 World Cup of Hockey.
“I was blessed to play in the greatest sports league in the world,” Tkachuk mentioned. “Through good times and bad times, it was always the best experience imaginable.”
Bergeron, who spent his total profession with the Bruins, was chosen in his first 12 months of eligibility.
