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Roger Neilson Four headed to Hall
Clark Gillies, Bernie Federko and Rod Langway along with Roger Neilson (left) have joined the elite of the hockey world with their induction to the Hockey Hall of Fame Monday in Toronto. The 2002 class spotlights a power forward in Gillies, a skilled playmaker in Federko and a tough defenseman in Langway, plus a beloved coach in Neilson. NHL.com takes you to Toronto for all the festivities as well as in-depth profiles of the inductees. ...more

The Inductees

Bernie Federko Bernie Federko
Federko retired with 369 goals and 761 assists for 1,130 points in 1,000 NHL games. His 1.13 points per game might alone be enough for admission to the Hall of Fame, but Federko did so much more and meant so much more to the Blues and their fans. ...more

Clark Gillies Clark Gillies
At a time when the average NHL player was 5-foot-11 and 190 pounds, the 6-foot-3, 215 pound Gillies was a giant. He was a tough customer who augmented great physical strength with a deft scoring touch. ...more

Rod Langway Rod Langway
Rod Langway's election to the Hall of Fame disproves two widely held beliefs about what it takes to play hockey and play it well enough to be regarded as one of the greats, and it shows just what a remarkable player Langway was. ...more

Roger Neilson Roger Neilson
Roger Neilson's induction into the Hall is an honor richly deserved for a man that has been respected at every stop along a hockey journey that has taken him from Peterborough, Ontario to every corner of North America. ...more

Kevin Dupont and Gilles Tremblay
Kevin Dupont from the Boston Globe is the 2002 recipient of the Elmer Ferguson Memorial Award for distinguished hockey journalism. In addition, Gilles Tremblay from La Soiree du Hockey in Montreal, is the 2002 recipient of the Foster Hewitt Memorial Award for his outstanding work as an NHL broadcaster.



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