The United States Hockey Hall of Fame has announced the Class of 2025, which will include four players (Zach Parise, Joe Pavelski, Scott Gomez & Tara Mounsey) and one builder (Bruce Bennett).

This group will be the 53rd Class for the Eveleth, Minnesota-based institution, and the induction will take place in St. Paul on December 10.

The Class of 2025 is:

Zach Parise:  From Minneapolis, Parise played 19 years in the NHL with extended stays in New Jersey and Minnesota.  An All-Star in 2009 when he was fifth in Hart Trophy voting, the Left Wing scored 889 Points in 1,254 Games and represented the United States in nine tournaments, earning Gold in the 2004 World Juniors and Silver in the 2010 Olympics.

Joe Pavelski:  An NCAA Champion at the University of Wisconsin, Pavelski played 18 years in the NHL; 13 with San Jose and five with Dallas, and accumulated 1,068 Points over his career.  A four-time All-Star and one-time Second Team All-Star, Pavelski received Frank J. Selke votes in 14 of his NHL campaigns.  Pavelski was part of the 2010 Olympic Team that won the Silver Medal.  How can a man nicknamed “Captain America” not be in the U.S. Hockey Hall of Fame!

Scott Gomez:  From Alaska, Gomez won the 2000 Calder Trophy and also helped the New Jersey Devils win two Stanley Cups.   Accruing 756 Points and two All-Star Games, Gomez also played for the New York Rangers, Montreal, San Jose, Florida, St. Louis, and Ottawa.  For the United States, Gomez played in four tournaments.

Tara Mounsey:  Playing collegiately at Brown, where she was the ECAC Rookie of the Year, Mounsey represented the U.S. multiple times and was a member of the 1998 Olympic Gold Medal Team. 

Bruce Bennett: Bennett is a renowned sports photographer who has captured more than 2.5 million images of NHL action.

We at Notinhalloffame would like to congratulate the United States Hockey Hall of Fame Class of 2025.

Regular visitors to Notinhalloffame.com are aware that we are gradually compiling the top 50 lists for every major team in the NHL, NBA, NFL, and MLB. Once that is done, we will examine how each team honors its past players, coaches, and executives. As such, it is important to us that the University of Wisconsin has announced the addition of 12 new members to its prestigious institution.

The new class will be inducted on September 5 and will be honored during the Badgers’ home game against Middle Tennessee State the following night.

The new inductees are:

Mohammed Ahmed, Track & Cross Country, 2009-14.  Ahmed was a four-time Cross Country All-American and a five-time All-American in Track.  He won the 2012 and 2014 Big Ten Indoor 5,000 Championships and the 2014 Big Ten Outdoor 5,000 Championships.  Ahmed represented Canada internationally and competed in four Olympic Games, which included a Silver Medal in the 5,000m in 2020.

Dorcas Akinniyi Jansen, Track & Field, 2008-13.  Jansen was a two-time Big Ten Outdoor Champion in the Heptathlon (2010 & 2013), a three-time Big Ten Indoor Champion in the Pentathlon (2010, 2011 & 2012), and was a six-time All-American.

Molly Engstrom, Women’s Hockey, 2001-05.  Engstrom was the two-time WCHA Defensive Player of the Year, a two-time First Team All-WCHA Selection, and helped Wisconsin reach its first NCAA Tournament (2005).  She competed internationally for the United States, winning five World Hockey Championships.

Travis Frederick, Football, 2009-12.  Frederick anchored the Badgers to three straight Big Ten Championships (2010-12) and was a First Team All-American in 2012.  He later played in the NFL for the Dallas Cowboys, where he was a five-time Pro Bowl Selection.

Frank Kaminsky, Men’s Basketball, 2011-15.  In his senior year, Kaminsky won the Wooden Award, the Naismith College Player of the Year, and was a Consensus All-American, leading the Badgers to back-to-back Final Fours (2014 and 2015). 

Mary Massei Landini, Softball, 2010-14.  Landini was a two-time First Team All-Big-Ten Selection and batted .370 with 249 Hits over her career in Wisconsin.  She helped the Badgers win their first-ever Big Ten Tournament Title in 2013.

Matt Lepay, Special Service.  Known as the voice of the Badgers, Lepay had been the radio play-by-play announcer for Men’s Basketball since 1988 and Football since 1994, and had won the Wisconsin Sportscaster of the Year award 11 times.

Joe Pavelski, Men’s Hockey, 2004-06.  Pavelski played two seasons for the Badgers, where he scored 111 Points and took Wisconsin to an NCAA Championship in 2006.  He was a four-time NHL All-Star and a member of Team USA at the 2010 and 2014 Olympics, as well as the captain of the U.S. team at the 2016 World Cup of Hockey.

Tom Shipley, Baseball, 1970-74.  Shipley was Wisconsin’s team Captain in 1973 and 1974, and was a two-time First Team All-Big 10 Selection.  He compiled 148 Hits for the Badgers.

Martin Smith, Cross Country Coach, 1983-97.  Smith was a two-time NCAA Coach of the Year and a six-time Big Ten Coach of the Year, who also coached the Badgers to two NCAA Cross Country Championships (1985 and 1988).  In all 15 of Smith’s seasons as a Coach, Wisconsin qualified for the NCAA Championships, and he coached a total of four NCAA Championships and 31 Big Ten Champions.

Cara Walls, Women’s Soccer, 2011-14.  Walls scored 42 Goals for the program and led the Badgers to the Big Ten Championship in 2014.

James White, Football, 2010-13.  Playing at Running Back, White gained 4,015 Yards on the ground with 45 Touchdowns for the Badgers, and later won three Super Bowls with the New England Patriots.

We here at Notinhalloffame.com would like to congratulate the incoming members of the University of Wisconsin Athletic Hall of Fame.

Yes, we know that this is taking a while!

As many of you know, we at Notinhalloffame.com are slowly generating the top 50 of each major North American sports team. That being said, we have existing Top 50 lists and consistently look to update them when necessary and based on necessity. As such, we are delighted to present our post-2023 revision of our top 50 Dallas Stars.

As for all of our top 50 players in hockey, we look at the following:

1.  Advanced Statistics.

2.  Traditional statistics and how they finished in the National Hockey League.

3.  Playoff accomplishments.

4.  Their overall impact on the team and other intangibles that are not reflected in a stat sheet.

Last year, Dallas went to their second straight Western Conference Final, but the result was the same in a Final Four elimination.  Last year yielded one new entrant and four elevations.

As always, we present our top five, which saw no changes:

1. Mike Modano

2. Sergei Zubov

3. Jamie Benn

4. Marty Turco

5. Tyler Seguin

You can find the entire list here.

Regarding the top five, Jamie Benn and Tyler Seguin, who are #3 and #5, respectively, could not move up the list, though both were close to doing so.

Defenseman Miro Heiskanen climbed to #25 from #33.

Another Defenseman, Esa Lindell, inched up two spots to #33.

Superstar forward and potential future Hart Trophy winner Jason Robertson rose to #35 from #37.

Left Wing Roope Hintz reached #37 from #42.

The now-retired Joe Pavelski hit his zenith on this list with a move from #49 to #39.

The only new entry is Goalie, Jake Oettinger.   He debuts at #50.

We thank you for your continued support of our lists on Notinhalloffame.com.

Yes, we know that this is taking a while!

As many of you know, we here at Notinhalloffame.com are slowly generating the 50 of each major North American sports team.  That being said, we have existing Top 50 lists out and we always consistently look to update them when we can and based on necessity.  As such, we are very happy to present our post 2022/23 revision of our top 50 Dallas Stars.

As for all of our top 50 players in basketball we look at the following:

1.  Advanced Statistics.

2.  Traditional statistics and how they finished in the National Hockey League.

3.  Playoff accomplishments.

4.  Their overall impact on the team and other intangibles not reflected in a stat sheet.

Last year, Dallas had an excellent season, and made it to the Western Conference Final.  The year generated three new entries and multiple elevations.

As always, we present our top five, which had a new number five.:

1. Mike Modano

2. Sergei Zubov

3. Jamie Benn

4. Marty Turco

5. Tyler Seguin

You can find the entire list here.

Notably, Benn was unable to surpass Zubov for the #2 spot, and remains at #3.

Seguin made it to the top five, after being ranked #7 last year.

Defenseman, Miro Heiskanen, rocketed to #33 from #49. 

Another Defenseman, Esa Lindell, moved up five spots to #40.

The highest of the three debuts is Left Wing, Jason Robertson, who was a First Team All-Star last season.  He enters at #37.

Fellow Left Wing, Roope Hintz, makes his first appearance on the list at #42.

Veteran Center, Joe Pavelski, debuts at #45.

We welcome your input and comments and as always, we thank you for your support.

In 2019, Joe Pavelski arrived as a Free Agent after spending 13 seasons in a San Jose Sharks uniform.  It was expected that the veteran would slow down, and in his first season, he scored only 31 Points in 67 Games, but in the playoffs, he became the first Star to record a hat trick.

Pavelski has been great for Dallas since, capped with a career-high 81 Points in 2012-22, followed by a 77-point year, his third-best season total.  He played one more season with the Stars, scoring 67 Points and helping them reach the Western Conference Finals, and that would end his hockey run.  Days after he turned 40, Pavelski retired, even though he still appeared to have plenty left in the tank.