{"id":11749,"date":"2025-06-24T21:27:09","date_gmt":"2025-06-24T21:27:09","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/11749\/"},"modified":"2025-06-24T21:27:09","modified_gmt":"2025-06-24T21:27:09","slug":"chicago-blackhawks-great-elected-to-hall-of-fame","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/11749\/","title":{"rendered":"Chicago Blackhawks great elected to Hall of Fame"},"content":{"rendered":"

Defenseman Duncan Keith, winner of three Stanley Cup championships with the Chicago Blackhawks, was elected to the Hockey Hall of Fame on Tuesday in his first year of eligibility.<\/p>\n

In addition to forming a formidable tandem with defensive partner Brent Seabrook, Keith was an offensive X-factor for the Hawks. He broke out with 14 goals and 55 assists during the 2009-10 season, when he won the first of two Norris Trophies (also 2013-14) as the NHL\u2019s top defenseman.<\/p>\n

The 2009-10 season was also when the Hawks won the first of their three titles in six years. Keith won the 2015 Conn Smythe Trophy as playoff MVP for the last of those championship runs.<\/p>\n

The Winnipeg, Manitoba, native also won two Olympic gold medals with Canada \u2014 2010 in Vancouver and 2014 in Sochi \u2014 and played in four NHL All-Star Games.<\/p>\n

\u201cDuncan defined the modern archetype for a complete defenseman,\u201d Hawks Chairman and CEO Danny Wirtz said in a statement<\/a>. \u201cHis opponents feared his shutdown defense as much as they respected his offensive prowess. He played with grit and heart, giving his all every second he was on the ice.<\/p>\n

\u201cWhile Blackhawks fans have long understood Duncan\u2019s profound impact on the game, we\u2019re thrilled to see his legacy now celebrated on hockey\u2019s biggest stage as he takes his well-deserved place among the game\u2019s all-time greats.\u201d<\/p>\n

The eight-member Hall of Fame class also includes former NHL players Alexander Mogilny, Zdeno Chara and Joe Thornton, women\u2019s hockey stars Brianna Decker and Jennifer Botterill and coaches Jack Parker and Daniele Sauvageau in the builders category.<\/p>\n

They will be inducted during a Nov. 10 ceremony in Toronto.\u00a0Keith will become the second member of the 2010s championship Hawks to be enshrined, joining forward Marian Hossa, who was inducted in 2021<\/a>.<\/p>\n

The Hawks picked Keith in the second round (No. 54) of the 2002 draft, and he spent 16 of his 17 NHL seasons in Chicago. He was granted a trade to the Edmonton Oilers for his last season (2021-22) so he could be closer to family before retiring.<\/p>\n

All told, he put up 106 goals and 540 assists in 1,256 regular-season games, plus 18 goals and 70 assists in 151 postseason games.<\/p>\n

\"BlackhawksBlackhawks defenseman Duncan Keith celebrates after the clinching victory over the Flyers in Game 6 of the Stanley Cup Final on June 9, 2010, in Philadelphia. (Scott Strazzante\/ Chicago Tribune)
\n\"DuncanDuncan Keith during the Blackhawks’ Stanley Cup victory rally at Wacker and Michigan on June 11, 2010. (Brian Cassella\/ Chicago Tribune)<\/p>\n

For all of his accomplishments and accolades, Keith may be most remembered \u2014 and adored in Chicago \u2014 for playing through the end of the 2010 Western Conference finals clincher against the San Jose Sharks after a flying puck knocked out seven teeth.<\/p>\n

\u201cIt\u2019s just missing teeth,\u201d he told reporters at the time. \u201cIt\u2019s a long way from the heart.<\/p>\n

\u201cI took one breath and it felt like my whole mouth was missing, so I knew there were some teeth gone.\u201d<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Defenseman Duncan Keith, winner of three Stanley Cup championships with the Chicago Blackhawks, was elected to the Hockey…\n","protected":false},"author":3,"featured_media":11750,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[5124],"tags":[960,291,12537,12538,5386,1818],"class_list":{"0":"post-11749","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-chicago","8":"tag-chicago","9":"tag-chicago-blackhawks","10":"tag-duncan-keith","11":"tag-hockey-hall-of-fame","12":"tag-il","13":"tag-illinois"},"share_on_mastodon":{"url":"https:\/\/pubeurope.com\/@us\/114740464674133905","error":""},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/11749","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/3"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=11749"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/11749\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/11750"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=11749"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=11749"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=11749"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}