New members were named to the IIHF Hall of Fame on Monday.
On Monday, the International Ice Hockey Federation IIHF announced the new members to the association’s “hall of fame”. Becomes a new Finnish member of the elite club Petteri Nummelin, who is the 23rd Finnish great in the IIHF Hall of Fame. Among the others now named, the Czech legend stands out in particular Jaromir Jagr.
Nummelin, 51, who played as a defender, represented Finland in no less than fifteen World Cup tournaments, playing 104 World Cup matches. The World Cup debut was memorable: Nummelin was on the team that won Finland its first men’s world championship in 1995. Nummelin also played three seasons in the NHL.
Jagr, 51, still plays occasionally for his hometown club Kladno. The Olympic and World Cup gold medalist is the NHL’s second-highest scorer of all time, just ahead of him Wayne Gretzky.
Other players now inducted into the Hall of Fame are Natalie Darwitz (U.S), Kenny Jonsson (Swedish), Igor Liba (Czech Republic), Jaroslav Pouzar (Czech Republic) and Ryan Smith (Canada). Canadian women’s ice hockey success coach Mel Davidson was also named.