The Hockey Hall of Fame announced its Class of 2022 on Monday, with six members set to be enshrined.
Henrik and Daniel Sedin, Roberto Luongo, Daniel Alfredsson, Riikka Sallinen and Herb Carnegie were selected to the Hockey Hall of Fame. They will be inducted with the honors on November 14 with the ceremony taking place in Toronto, home of the Hall of Fame.
The Hockey Hall of Fame has announced its Class of 2022:
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Henrik & Daniel Sedin, Roberto Luongo, Daniel Alfredsson, Finnish women’s hockey legend Riikka Sallinen and builder Herb Carnegie have all been nominated for induction.#HHOF2022 pic.twitter.com/sSFVzP5yjp
Here is a look at the six members of the Class of 2022.
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Hockey Hall of Fame Class of 2022
Daniel and Henrik Sedin
The two Swedish twins were drafted together, played on the same team together, retired together and now, enter the Hall of Fame together.
Daniel and Henrik Sedin played 17 seasons in the NHL with the Canucks. Henrik was the captain in Vancouver from 2010 until his retirement in 2018, while Daniel wore the "A."
The two were the recipients of the King Clancy Trophy in their final NHL season, given to the player who best exemplifies leadership on and off the ice and made a significant humanitarian contribution, making it the first time the award had been given out to two winners at the same time.
Henrik is the Canucks' franchise leader in games played (1,330), assists (830) and points (1,070). He was the Art Ross Trophy winner and the Hart Trophy recipient in 2010. He won a gold medal with Sweden at the Olympics in 2006, in addition to gold at the World Championships in 2013.
Daniel is the Canucks' franchise leader in goals with 393. He only trails his brother in Canucks' history for games played, assists and points, as he tallied 1,041 points total in 1,306 games played. He earned the 2011 Art Ross Trophy, in addition to the 2011 Ted Lindsay Award. Daniel earned a gold medal with his brother in 2006 at the Olympics but also has a silver medal from 2014, the Games that Henrik missed.
Roberto Luongo
Luongo is one of the NHL's most successful goaltenders of all time. The Montreal native spent 19 seasons in the NHL, playing for the Islanders, Canucks and Panthers.
He is second in NHL history in games played with 1,044, trailing only Martin Brodeur. He racked up 489 wins during his time in the league, the fourth-most ever by a goaltender. He ended his career with a goals-against-average of 2.52 and a save percentage of .919.
Luongo was a six-time All-Star and one-time William m. Jennings Trophy winner. He earned two gold medals with Canada at the Olympics in 2010 and 2014, while also adding two golds and a silver at the World Championships.
Daniel Alfredsson
Alfredsson was the long-time captain of the Senators, serving in that role from 1999 to 2013. Playing alongside Jason Spezza and Dany Heatley, the trio formed one of the most effective lines in hockey.
The Swedish winger is Ottawa's franchise leader across a number of categories —goals, assists, points, power-play goals, shorthanded goals, game-winning goals, shots and hat tricks. In his career, he totaled 426 goals and 682 assists, good for 1,108 points in 1,178 games played.
He also won Olympic gold in 2006 and silver in 2014 with Sweden.
Riikka Sallinen
Sallinen is one of the most decorated female hockey players of all time. She played sixteen seasons with Finland's national team, currently holding the honor as the leading all-time scorer among Europeans in World Championships and Olympics history.
The forward won seven medals in her time with Finland competing at the World Championships, six of those being bronze and one silver, which came in 2019. She also has two bronze Olympic medals, one from 2018 and one from 1998.
Sallinen was inducted into the IIHF Hall of Fame in 2010, becoming only the fourth woman and first European woman to be honored with a selection.
Herb Carnegie
Carnegie was selected under the "Builder" category of the Hockey Hall of Fame. The son of Jamaican parents played Canadian junior, semi-professional and senior hockey, fighting racism as a Black man playing hockey during the '40s and '50s.
After retiring, Carnegie created the Future Aces Hockey School, which was one of the very first hockey schools in Canada.
Willie O'Ree, who was the NHL's first Black player, has been quoted saying that Carnegie should have been in the league before him. He's regarded as the best Black player to never play in the NHL.
