The United States Hockey Hall of Fame has announced that its membership will swell by five new members today. 

Let’s get right to it and see who is entering this prestigious institution!

Scott Young:  A seventeen year veteran of the National Hockey League, Young scored 756 Points over his career.  His highlights were being part of two Stanley Cup Championship Teams (Pittsburgh in 1991 & Colorado in ’96).  Internationally, Young would win a Gold Medal in the 1996 World Cup of Hockey and a Silver in the 2002 Olympics. 

Ron Wilson:  Wilson’s career as a player was not a long one but as a Head Coach in the National Hockey League he won 648 Games and took the Washington Capitals to the Eastern Conference Finals in 1998.  Wilson was the Head Coach for the 1996 World Cup of Hockey Championship Team and also coached the Americans to a Silver Medal in the 2010 Olympics.

Jack Parker:  Parker helmed the Boston University Terriers team from 1973 to 2013 and is the winningest coach in NCAA history.  He would take the Terriers to three NCAA Titles.

Ben Smith:  Smith was an Assistant Coach for the Men’s Olympic Team in 1988 but would be the Head Coach for the Women’s Olympic Team in 1998 where the American squad won the Gold.  He would coach the team to a Silver in the 2002 and Bronze Medal in the 2006 Olympics respectively.

Kevin Collins:  Collins refereed 1,964 regular season NHL games and 296 playoff games in the NHL.  He becomes the third American to enter the Hall.

We here at Notinhalloffame.com would like to congratulate the United States Hockey Hall of Fame Class of 2017.

“The” Ohio State University Athletic Hall of Fame has announced today that there will be new eight new members of their institution:

LeCharles Bentley (Football).  Bentley was a two time NFL Pro Bowl Selection who played for the Buckeyes from 1998 to 2001.  He was a two time First Team All-Big Ten Selection and a First Team All-American in 2001.  He would win the Dave Rimington Trophy that year as the Nation’s top Center.

Tom Byers (Men’s Track & Field).  Byers was a three time All American in the 1,000m run from 1972 to 1974.

Mike Conley (Basketball).  Along with Greg Oden, Conley took Ohio State to the National Championship Finals in 2007 and was the MVP of the Big 10 Tournament.  He was First Team All-Big Ten that year as well. 

Chelsea Davis (Women’s Diving).  Davis was the National Champion in 2008.

Pete Hanson (Men’s Volleyball).  Still the coach of the men’s team, Hanson has an overall winning percentage of .669.  He took the Buckeyes to three National Championships including the last two years.

Bryce Keough (Men’s Wrestling).  The captain of the 1951 Wrestling Team that won the Big 10 Title.

Christina Manning (Women’s Track & Field).  Manning was a two time National Champion.

Nancy Pearson (Women’s Swimming).  Pearson was an All-American in her sport and was named the 2012 Big 10 Female Athlete of the Year.

The class of 2017 will be inducted on October 6 and will be introduced to the public at halftime of the Buckeyes home football game against Maryland. 

We here at Notinhalloffame.com would like to congratulate the Ohio State Athletic Hall of Fame Class of 2017.

Is this still going on?

The Baseball Hall of Fame, which we want to note acts “independently” of Major League Baseball has announced that Pete Rose is still banned from the Hall.

Here is what they stated:

"After extensive discussion, a vote was taken in which the Board ratified the resolution that was passed on February 4, 1991, known today as Rule 3(E) in the BBWAA's election rules. As such, anyone deemed permanently ineligible by Major League Baseball, including Pete Rose, may not be considered for election to the Baseball Hall of Fame."

As it stands now Pete Rose remains ineligible but in the view of many (and us) he is Hall of Famer.

Pete Rose and the Baseball HOF news won’t end anytime soon.

This is a first for us. 

As many of you know, we are (methodically) working on our top 50 of every team, which will eventually lead to how each franchise in MLB, NHL, NFL and NBA treat their former players in terms of retired numbers, rings of honor and franchise Halls of Fames. 

We can’t really say that we envisioned one team taking a potshot as to how another one handles that, but that is exactly what transpired today.

In a speech at Gillette Stadium during the New England Patriots Charitable Foundation Awards the son of Pats owner, Robert Kraft, Josh Kraft, told those in attendance to check out the Patriots Hall of Fame and stated that “It’s a lot better than the Jet’s Hall of Fame, which is non-existent”.

Ouch.

While the division rival does not have a physical Hall of Fame, the Jets do have a Ring of Honor with seventeen members and have retired the numbers of five former players.  What New York has done is more than typical for a National Football League organization.

Either way, it is a banter that we here at Notinhalloffame.com love!