Jarome Iginla will headline the Hockey Hall of Fame’s class of 2020.
The Calgary Flames icon, who also spent time as a member of the Colorado Avalanche, Boston Bruins, and Pittsburgh Penguins was in his first year of eligibility following a standout career that spanned from 1996 through 2017. He is one of seven players in NHL history to score 30 goals in 11 consecutive seasons. He is one of 20 players in NHL history to score over 600 goals and is one of 34 players to record 1,300 points in his career.
Six-time Stanley Cup champion Kevin Lowe will join Iginla in the players’ category along with forward Marian Hossa, defencemen and Doug Wilson and three-time Olympic gold medallist Kim St. Pierre, the first female goaltender elected to the hall.
Ken Holland will go in as a builder, rounding out the 2020 class unveiled this afternoon in Toronto following a vote by the hall’s 18-member selection committee.
Iginla, who also helped Canada win gold at the 2002 and 2010 Olympics, will be the fourth Black person enshrined in the hall, but just the second recognized for on-ice accomplishments in the NHL.
He’s set to join former Edmonton Oilers goalie Grant Fuhr, Angela James of the Canadian women’s national team, and Willie O’Ree — the league’s first Black player — who was inducted as a builder.
(Canadian Press)
