Top 10 Hall of Fame Classes

November 11, 2015

Five more players were recently enshrined in hockey history at the annual Hockey Hall of Fame induction ceremony. We look back at some of the top induction classes of all time.

10. 1966

Even younger players will recognize names like Blake, Brimsek, Lach, and Lindsay.

Maxwell Herbert Lloyd Bentley
Hector (Toe) Blake
Emile (Butch) Bouchard
Francis Charles (Frank) Brimsek
Theodre Samuel (Ted Teeder) Kennedy
Elmer James Lach
Robert Blake Theodore (Ted) Lindsay
Walter (Babe) Pratt
Kenneth Joseph (Kenny) Reardon

9. 1999

Wayne Douglas Gretzky

Enough said.

8. 1983

Kenneth Wayne Dryden
Robert Marvin (Bobby) Hull
Stanley (Stan) Mikita

7. 1972

It was a good year for hockey in Canada. Beliveau and Howe make this group a no-brainer.

Jean Arthur Beliveau
Bernard Joseph Andre (Boom Boom) Geoffrion
Harry (Hap) Holmes
Gordon (Gordie) Howe
Reginald (Hooley) Smith

6. 1945

This was a good year if you wanted a trophy named after you.

Donald H. (Dan) Bain
Hobart Amery Hare (Hobey) Baker
Charles Robert (Chuck) Gardiner
Edward George (Eddie) Gerard
Francis (Frank) McGee
Howard William (Howie) Morenz
Thomas N. (Tommy) Phillips
Harvey Pulford
Arthur Howey (Art) Ross
William H. (Hod) Stuart
Georges Vezina

5. 2015

One of the best defensive classes ever combined with the highest-scoring Russian of all time.

Chris Pronger
Sergei Fedorov
Nicklas Lidstrom
Phil Housley
Angela Ruggiero