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The Hockey Hall of Fame will not have a Class in 2021

The Hockey Hall of Fame will not have a Class in 2021
30 Oct
2020
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We aren’t going to lie to you. This announcement is a major disappointment to us.

The Hockey Hall of Fame has announced that there will be no Class of 2021.  

A statement from Lanny McDonald, the Chairman of the Hockey Hall of Fame, said the following:

“The magic of the induction weekend from the perspective of the new inductees is participating in several days of close interaction with family, friends, former teammates, fellow legends and fans.

On that premise, the board felt that this was the right decision to bestow upon the class of 2020 the recognition and lifetime experience they so richly deserve in all ways consistent with past induction classes.”

Considering what we do here at Notinhalloffame.com, and ranking those who should be in various Halls, this is a colossal disappointment to us.  We want to see former players and builders and get their due in appropriate time, but after getting over our initial disappointment, there are couple of other deeper thoughts we have.

The Hockey Hall has been around since 1945, and has been consistently inducting players, coaches and builders ever since.  This means there is no significant backlog and a one-year wait does not have the same impact that it would in others halls, namely the Pro Football Hall of Fame.  

The Sedin twins were locks to have entered in 2021, and in 2022, there is no lock who will enter the ballot. This does however postpone the wait for worthy players like Daniel Alfredsson and Alexander Mogilny, who have yet to get in.  That won’t happen in 2021.

The Class of 2020 (Marion Hossa, Jarome Iginla, Kevin Lowe, Kim St. Pierre, Doug Wilson and Ken Holland) will be inducted in 2021.

We will keep our core Notinhalloffame.com Hockey Listintact until the summer of 2021, and add new eligible names accordingly.

Committee Chairman

Kirk Buchner, "The Committee Chairman", is the owner and operator of the site.  Kirk can be contacted at [email protected] . Email This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it.

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