Hockey Hall of Fame welcomes seven new members in class of 2024

The Hockey Hall of Fame announced its class of 2024 on Tuesday, naming former Montreal Canadiens captain Shea Weber and Detroit Red Wings winger Pavel Datsyuk in their first year of eligibility, and American forward Jeremy Roenick in his 12th.

It’s the first class with two U.S. women’s players in the hall’s history: Natalie Darwitz and Krissy Wendell-Pohl.

NHL executive and former New York Rangers coach Colin Campbell and ex-Washington Capitals and Nashville Predators GM David Poile were selected in the builder category.

Roenick’s 1,216 points with Chicago, Phoenix, Philadelphia, Los Angeles and San Jose are fourth most of any U.S.-born player. He has been eligible since 2012 and passed over each year since.

Datsyuk played 14 seasons for the Red Wings, winning a pair of Stanley Cups (in 2002 and 2008) and was famously known as the “Magic Man” for his skill with the puck. The Russian forward also played for six different teams back home, before and after his NHL career, and represented his country on numerous occasions, winning Olympic gold in 2018 and a world championship title in 2012.

Datsyuk collected the Lady Byng Memorial Trophy as the game’s most gentlemen-like player four times and the Selke Award three times for his defensive prowess. Along the way, he put up 918 points (314 goals, 604 assists) in 953 NHL games.

With files from The Associated Press