Pavel Datsyuk, Jeremy Roenick, Shea Weber Headline 2024 Hockey Hall of Fame Class | News, Scores, Hi

Detroit Red Wings legend Pavel Datsyuk will be enshrined in the Hockey Hall of Fame in November.

Datsyuk joins Jeremy Roenick and Shea Weber as former NHL stars named Tuesday to the Hall of Fame's Class of 2024.

Former U.S. national team stars Natalie Darwitz and Krissy Wendell-Pohl will round out the player class, while David Poile and Colin Campbell will be inducted as builders.

Datsyuk will join the Hall of Fame in his first year of eligibility. He established himself as one of the best two-way players in Red Wings history as the winner of three consecutive Selke awards between 2007 and 2010.

He left the NHL in 2016 with two Stanley Cups and 918 points in 953 regular-season games. After helping Russia win gold at the 2018 Olympics, Datsyuk finished his professional career in the KHL, where he led his team to the Gagarin Cup in 2017.

Weber will join the Hall of Fame in his first year of eligibility. His explosive slap shot, which won him four Hardest Shot titles at NHL All-Star skills competitions, made him a consistent scoring threat through 16 seasons with the Nashville Predators and Montreal Canadiens. He retired due to injuries in 2021 with 443 points in 763 regular-season games.

Roenick, who joins the class in his 13th year of eligibility, led the Blackhawks to the 1992 Stanley Cup Final following his 53-goal breakout season in 1992-93. In 20 NHL seasons with five teams including the Chicago Blackhawks and Phoenix Coyotes, Roenick racked up 1,216 points in 1,363 games, the most among any eligible Hall of Fame candidate.

Darwitz, who most recently served as general manager for PWHL Minnesota for one championship season, began her career as a three-time finalist for the Patty Kazmaier Memorial Award as the nation's top women's college hockey player.

She went on to help lead Team USA to eight World Championships medals between 1999 and 2009, as well as Olympic medals in 2002 and 2006. Darwitz then played two seasons for the Western Women's Hockey League's Minnesota Whitecaps, where she was named league MVP in 2007.

Wendell-Pohl, who currently serves as an amateur scout for the Pittsburgh Penguins, established herself as one of the best players in NCAA women's hockey history at the University of Minnesota from 2002 to 2005.

The 2005 Patty Kazmaier Memorial Award Winner helped Minnesota win back-to-back NCAA titles while racking up 237 career points. She then joined Team USA, where she helped the country win its first IIHF Women's World Championship title in 2005 with an MVP performance before serving as captain as the Americans claimed bronze during women's hockey Olympic debut in 2006.

Poile joins the class as builder after retiring as general manager of the Predators in 2023. The longtime GM, who led the Washington Capitals for 15 years before taking over for the expansion Predators in 1987, also built U.S. national teams for the World Championships and Olympics. He was named General Manger of the Year in 2017 after his blockbuster trades for former Predators stars Ryan Johansen and PK Subban helped the Predators reach the 2017 Stanley Cup Final.

Campbell, who played for four NHL teams between 1974 and 1985, served as associate coach for the New York Rangers as the team won a Stanley Cup in 1994 and coached the team for parts of the following four seasons. He began work as an NHL executive in 1998 and currently serves as the league's Director of Hockey Operations.

The Class of 2024 was selected Tuesday morning by an 18-person committee. Players and referees are eligible if they have not played or officiated professionally since before the 2021-22 season, while builders are eligible at any time.

Notable candidates not named for the class include Pekka Rinne, who was in his first year of eligibility; Henrik Zetterberg, who has been eligible since 2023; Jennifer Botterill, who has been eligible since 2014; Rod Brind'Amour, who has been eligible since 2013; and Alexander Mogilny, who has been eligible since 2009.

The seven players and builders will be inducted to the Hockey Hall of Fame on November 11 in Toronto.

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