Hockey Hall of Fame announces NHL alumni on Monday Patrice Bergeron, Carey Price, Pekka Rinne and Brian Burke Will be a freshman in 2026.
Four people will be buried together Keith Tkachuk and Cindy Curley at the November ceremony.
The 19-year-old Bergeron played for the Providence Bruins of the AHL in the 2004-05 season, scoring 21 goals and 40 assists for 61 points in 68 games. He scored 12 points in 16 games, helping the Bruins reach the Eastern Conference Finals and compete in the AHL All-Star Classic.
Bergeron played 1,294 games in the NHL – all with the Boston Bruins – totaling 427 goals and 613 assists for 1,040 points. He won the Stanley Cup with Boston in 2011 and won gold medals with Team Canada at the 2010 and 2014 Olympics. Bergeron won the Frank J. Selke Trophy six times and became the NHL’s best defensive forward.
In April 2007, at the age of 19, Price joined the AHL’s Hamilton Bulldogs and subsequently helped the team win the Calder Cup championship and win the Jack Butterfield Trophy as playoff MVP. He compiled a 15-6 record in 22 playoff games with a 2.06 goals-against average, .936 save percentage and two shutouts.
Price also played 13 regular season games in the AHL with Hamilton and LaVar, appearing in 712 games over 15 seasons with the Montreal Canadiens, winning a franchise-best 361 games. He won the Vezina Award (outstanding goaltender) and Hart Award (most valuable player) in the 2014-15 season, and won an Olympic gold medal with Team Canada in 2014.
Over parts of four seasons, Rinne played 147 games in the AHL with the Milwaukee Admirals, compiling an 83-49-11 record, a 2.54 GAA, a .910 save percentage and 10 shutouts. A two-time AHL All-Star, Rinne led the Admirals to the Calder Cup Finals as a rookie in 2006.
He had 369 wins in 683 games with the Nashville Predators and won the Vezina Trophy in 2017-18.
Burke, who was selected in the builder category, spent his entire career in the AHL, skating 72 games between the Springfield Indians and Maine Mariners. He won the Calder Cup as a rookie in 1977-78 with the University of Maine.
Since the first members were awarded in 1945, there have been 139 Players, coaches, officials and managers with ties to the National Hockey League have been inducted into the Hockey Hall of Fame.
