The Hockey Hall of Fame will have eight new members later this year.
Joe Thornton, Zdeno Chara, Duncan Keith, Alexander Mogilny, Jennifer Botterill, Brianna Decker, Jack Parker and Daniele Sauvageau have been chosen as 2025 inductees, the Hall announced Tuesday.
Thornton, Chara and Keith were in their first year of eligibility for the Hall. The induction ceremony is scheduled for Nov. 10.
Thornton was a six-time All-Star and won the Hart Trophy as the NHL’s most outstanding player in 2006 in a season he split between the Boston Bruins and San Jose Sharks. He is the only player to win the Hart after a season in which he played for two teams.
The power forward from St. Thomas, Ont., was picked first overall by Boston in the 1997 NHL Draft and went on to play 1,714 career games with the Bruins, Sharks, Toronto Maple Leafs and Florida Panthers.
Thornton also played for Canada at the Olympics in 2006 and 2010, winning gold in the latter tournament in Vancouver.
The six-foot-nine Chara helped the Bruins win the Stanley Cup in 2011 and was a six-time All-Star. He won the Norris Trophy as the NHL’s top defenceman with the Bruins in 2009.
Chara, who represented Slovakia at three Olympics, played 1,680 NHL games with the New York Islanders, Ottawa Senators, Bruins and Washington Capitals.
Keith won three Stanley Cups with the Chicago Blackhawks and was a two-time recipient of the Norris Trophy. He also won a pair of gold medals with Canada at the Olympics in 2010 and 2014.
The Winnipeg native finished his 1,256-game NHL career with one season with the Edmonton Oilers in 2021-22.
Mogilny retired from the NHL following the 2005-06 season after a storied 16-year career, split between the Buffalo Sabres, Vancouver Canucks, New Jersey Devils and Toronto Maple Leafs.
The Khabarovsk, USSR, native had 473 goals and 558 assists for 1,032 points in 990 NHL games. He won his lone Stanley Cup with the Devils in 2000.
Botterill won three Olympic gold medals and five world championship gold medals with Canada.
The Winnipeg product was also the youngest player on Canada’s silver medal-winning squad at the 1998 Olympics. She announced her retirement as a player in 2011.
Botterill is now a hockey analyst for Sportsnet and TNT.
Decker helped the United States win Olympic gold in 2018, along with six gold medals at the world championships.
A three-time Olympian, Decker won the Patty Kazmaier Award as the top player in the NCAA in 2012 at Wisconsin.
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