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Carey Price, Keith Tkachuk, Brian Burke lead 2026 Hockey Hall of Fame class

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Some big names are headed for immortality.

Carey Price, Keith Tkachuk, Patrice Bergeron, Pekka Rinne and Cindy Curley were voted into the Hockey Hall of Fame on Monday.

Brian Burke also got the nod as a builder.

Price, 38, spent his entire 15-year career with the Montreal Canadiens, peaking in 2014-15 when he won the Hart and Vezina Trophies while leading the NHL in save percentage (.933), goals-against average (1.96) and wins (44).

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He finished his career with marks of .917 and 2.51, earning 361 wins over 700 starts and picking up one all-star nod.

Tkachuk, 54, spent 18 years in the NHL, including parts of 10 with the Winnipeg Jets/Phoenix Coyotes franchise and parts of nine with the St. Louis Blues. He finished his career with 538 goals and 2,219 penalty minutes over 1,201 games, making two all-star teams and receiving MVP votes in three different seasons.

Bergeron, 40, was a career Boston Bruin, playing 1,294 games for the franchise and helping it win the 2011 Stanley Cup before becoming captain. The Ancienne-Lorette, Que., native won two Olympic gold medals to go with six Selke Trophies as the NHL’s top defensive forward and retired in 2023 after 427 goals and 613 assists.

Rinne, 43, also spent his entire career with one team, playing 683 games for the Nashville Predators and leading them to the 2017 Stanley Cup Final. He won the Vezina Trophy in 2018 and retired in 2021 with a .917 save percentage and 2.43 GAA.

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Curley, 62, won three silver medals for the U.S. at the world championship in 1990, 1992 and 1994 — the first three year’s of the tournament’s existence. She had 225 points (110 goals, 115 points) in a decorated NCAA career at Providence.

Burke, 70, currently serves as executive director of the PWHL after an NHL career that saw stops atop the front offices of the Vancouver Canucks, Anaheim Ducks, Toronto Maple Leafs, Calgary Flames and Pittsburgh Penguins.

The Providence, R.I., native won his lone Stanley Cup with the Ducks in 2007. He is perhaps best known for the draft-day deals that allowed him to select Daniel and Henrik Sedin second and third overall in the 1999 draft.

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