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The 2023 IIHF HOF Class is inducted

The 2023 IIHF HOF Class is inducted
30 May
2023
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Yesterday, the International Ice Hockey Federation Hall of Fame inducted the Class of 2023.

The newest members are:

Sandra Dombroski (Official, Canada).  Dombroski becomes the first female official to enter the IIHF HOF.

Jimmy Foster (Player, Canada).  Foster was the Goalie for Canada’s 1936 Olympic Gold Medal winning team.

Cristobal Huet (Player, France).  Huet played 242 Games in the NHL (Los Angeles, Chicago & Montreal) and he represented France in between the pipes on 87 occasions.  He has a Stanley Cup Ring with the Kings in 2010.

Kalvero Kummola (Builder, Finland).  Kummola was a former Goalie, who would serve as the Finnish Ice Hockey Association President from 1997 to 2016. 

Brian Leetch (Player, U.S.A.).  Leetch was a two-time Norris Trophy winner, and Stanley Cup champion with the New York Rangers.  A member of the NHL 100th Anniversary Team, Leetch represented the United States in 77 Games, winning a Silver Medal at the 2002 Olympics.

Kimmo Leinonen (Builder, Finland).  Leinonen was a co-founder of the Finnish Hockey Hall of Fame and would also serve the IIHF in various capacities for years.

Caroline Ouellette (Player, Canada).  Ouellette is one of the most successful international players in Canadian history, having won four Olympic Gold Medals and six World Hockey Championships.  

Viktor Svelig (Player, Hungary).  Svelig is this year’s recipient of the Torriani Award, given annually to the player who had an outstanding career from a non-top hockey nation.  Winning this, gains automatic admission to the IIHF HOF. Svelig, who played defense, competed in 23 tournaments for Hungary.

Henrik Zetterberg (Player, Sweden).  Zetterberg won the Stanley Cup with Detroit in 2009, and collected Gold in the 2006 Olympics and World Hockey Championship.  He also won Silver in the 2014 Olympics and 2003 Worlds along with Bronze in the 2001 and 2002 Worlds.

We here at Notinhalloffame.com would like to extend our congratulations to the newest IIHF inductees.

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