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1997 Hockey Inductees

This was an amazing trio to go into the Hockey Hall of Fame together; however with all due respect to Glen Sather and Bryan Trottier, the Class of 1997 was the Mario Lemieux show; who after being inducted into the Hall would come back to again play successfully in the National Hockey League.
One of the best two way players of all time, Bryan Trottier did not always get his due; despite winning six Stanley Cups as a player.  Trottier was an offensively gifted playmaker who once won the Art Ross Trophy (he won the Hart the same year) was also a keen defensive strategist and became known throughout the National Hockey League as one of the most…
It seemed fitting that the year after Al Arbour got inducted, that the Head Coach of the next great dynasty would get in.  
There is so much that can be said about Mario Lemieux, that a fewparagraphs just don’t seem to cut it.  Putting it simply, Mario Lemieux is one of the greatest scorers in the history of hockey who seemed to have infinite ways to fool goaltenders.  As such, he was one of the most exciting players in the league and challenged Wayne Gretzky as the top…