Carey Price and Patrice Bergeron are in the Hockey Hall of Fame. The Hall inducted its Class of 2026 in a ceremony on Monday 9 November 2026 at Brookfield Place in Toronto, with the gala from 5:30 p.m. and the ceremony at 7:30 p.m. ET, broadcast on NHL Network.
The player inductees were Price of the Montreal Canadiens, Bergeron of the Boston Bruins, Pekka Rinne of the Nashville Predators, Keith Tkachuk and Cindy Curley, the former U.S. women’s captain. Brian Burke was enshrined as a builder.
Price, 39, from Anahim Lake, B.C., played all 15 of his NHL seasons with Montreal. The No. 5 pick at the 2005 draft won the Hart Trophy as league MVP and the Vezina Trophy as the top goaltender in 2015, plus the Ted Lindsay Award as the players’ choice for most outstanding player. His career numbers: a 361-261-79 record, a .917 save percentage, a 2.51 goals-against average and 49 shutouts in 712 regular-season games. In the playoffs he posted a .919 save percentage, a 2.39 goals-against average and eight shutouts in 92 games, including the underdog Canadiens’ run to the 2021 Stanley Cup final. He was inducted in his second year of eligibility; his playing career ended after the 2021-22 season because of a knee issue.
Bergeron, 41, from L’Ancienne-Lorette, Que., is a record six-time Selke Trophy winner as the NHL’s top defensive forward. He spent all 19 of his NHL seasons with Boston, the final three as captain, won the Stanley Cup in 2011 and retired in 2023. His career: 1,040 points, 427 goals and 613 assists in 1,294 regular-season games, and 128 points in 170 playoff games. He was elected in his first year of eligibility.
Rinne, 43, from Finland, played 15 NHL seasons with Nashville, won the 2018 Vezina, and finished with a 369-213-75 record, a .917 save percentage, a 2.43 goals-against average and 60 shutouts in 683 games. Tkachuk, 54, registered 1,065 points — 538 goals and 527 assists — in 1,201 games over 18 NHL campaigns. Curley, 62, captained the U.S. to three silver medals at the women’s world championships in the 1990s and is the 15th woman inducted into the Hall.
Burke, 71, won the Stanley Cup as Anaheim’s general manager in 2007. His NHL management career included the Hartford Whalers, Vancouver Canucks, Anaheim Mighty Ducks, Toronto Maple Leafs, Calgary Flames and Pittsburgh Penguins.
Price and Bergeron won gold together with Canada at the 2014 Olympics and the 2016 World Cup of Hockey; Bergeron also won gold at the 2010 Vancouver Olympics. The class was announced on 22 June 2026, and Bergeron received his Hall of Fame blazer on Sunday 8 November before the Maple Leafs-Devils game at Scotiabank Arena.
It has been a big week for Canadian hockey, from the Oilers beating the Canucks to the Jets’ win over Tampa Bay. On Monday night in Toronto, two of the game’s greats took their place in the Hall.
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