Henrik Lundqvist and Caroline Ouellette headline the Hockey Hall of FameB次元官网网址檚 class of 2023.

Lundqvist, a former star goaltender for the New York Rangers, got the nod in his first year of eligibility.

Ouellette, who won four Olympic gold medals with CanadaB次元官网网址檚 womenB次元官网网址檚 team, will enter after being passed over last year.

Also set to be inducted in the player category are two other former NHLer netminders in Tom Barrasso and Mike Vernon, while Pierre Turgeon also goes in as part of a seven-member class elected Wednesday.

B次元官网网址淕rowing up as a kid, thinking about players in the Hall of Fame, itB次元官网网址檚 such a big inspiration to me, why I started playing hockey,B次元官网网址� Lundqvist said on a conference call with reporters and his fellow inductees. B次元官网网址淓ven thinking about Tom and Mike, I remember having posters on the wall of both of you guys.

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Former NHL head coach Ken Hitchcock and former agent/general manager Pierre Lacroix, who died in 2020, will go in as builders at the induction ceremony Nov. 13 in Toronto.

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Lundqvist won the Vezina Trophy as the NHLB次元官网网址檚 top goalie in 2012, and ranks sixth in league history in wins (459), ninth in games played (887) and 17th in shutouts (64). The SwedeB次元官网网址檚 459 victories are the most by a European netminder.

He backstopped the Rangers to the 2014 Stanley Cup final, and led New York to the Eastern Conference final in both 2012 and 2015.

Lundqvist also won Olympic gold with Sweden in 2006.

Ouellette is one of just three womenB次元官网网址檚 hockey players B次元官网网址� along with Hall of Famers and former Canadian teammates Hayley Wickenheiser and Jayna Hefford B次元官网网址� to win four or more Olympic gold medals.

The Montreal product, who wasnB次元官网网址檛 able to join WednesdayB次元官网网址檚 conference call, helped Canada top the podium at the Games in 2002, 2006, 2010 and 2014. Ouellette also won six world championships with the national team.

Eligible since 2006, Barrasso won both the Calder Trophy as NHL rookie of the year and the Vezina in 1984. A two-time Cup winner with the Pittsburgh Penguins, he won 369 career games B次元官网网址� third all-time among American-born goaltenders.

Turgeon, who retired in 2007, put up 515 goals and 812 assists for 1,327 points over his 19 NHL seasons.

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B次元官网网址淚 still go out there twice a week because I love the game so much.B次元官网网址�

Vernon won the Cup with the Calgary Flames in 1989 and the Detroit Red Wings in 1997, capturing the Conn Smythe Trophy as playoff MVP along with that second title.

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Hitchcock ranks fourth on the NHLB次元官网网址檚 all-time coaching wins list with 849 and won the Cup with the Dallas Stars in 1999.

Lacroix, who died at age 72, started his career as a player agent before taking over as GM of the Quebec Nordiques.

He moved with the franchise to Colorado, and won the Stanley Cup with the Avalanche in 1996 and 2001.

B次元官网网址淚tB次元官网网址檚 a little bittersweet,B次元官网网址� said LacroixB次元官网网址檚 son, Eric. B次元官网网址淗eB次元官网网址檚 been gone for a couple years.B次元官网网址�

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