Barrasso named to U.S. Hall of Fame
Carolina Hurricanes goaltending coach Tom Barrasso was named to the United States’ Hockey Hall of Fame’s Class of 2009 as a player, one of five inductees to be enshrined.
The others include the late Frank Zamboni, the inventor of the Zamboni ice resurfacer, Tony Amonte, who scored the winning goal against Canada to clinch the inaugaral World Cup of Hockey in 1996, John LeClair, the first American-born player to have three consecutive 50-goal seasons in the NHL, and the 1998 U.S. Olympic Women’s Hockey Team, which captured gold in Nagano, Japan.
Barrasso won back-to-back Stanley Cups with the Pittsburgh Penguins in 1991 and 1992 and played for the Hurricanes in 2001-02.
He has more NHL playoff wins (61) than any other U.S.-born goalie. He has the NHL record for career points and assists (48 each) among goaltenders. He won the Vezina Trophy after his rookie season in 1983-84, with a 26-12-3 record and also won the Calder Trophy, given to the league’s top rookie.
Barrasso had a 19-year-career and played 777 games with the Buffalo Sabres, Pittsburgh, Ottawa Senators, Hurricanes, Toronto Maple Leafs and St. Louis Blues.
He was a member of Team USA at the 2002 Olympic Winter Games, helping the country to a silver medal.
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Barrasso named to U.S. Hall
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Ten best American players
Thu, 07/30/2009 - 10:07 — ocolumnJohn Grigg of The Hockey News rates Barrasso as the 5th best American ever to play in the NHL. It's on their Web site now.
http://www.thehockeynews.com/articles/27375-THNcom-Top-10-Americanborn-players.html
Barrasso played in 01-02, not 02-03
Wed, 07/29/2009 - 06:22 — vdotuhttp://www.hockeydb.com/ihdb/stats/pdisplay.php?pid=216
This is one of the player moves that led to the canes run in 01-02. not sure how the year was screwed up in the article...
Yes !!!
Tue, 07/28/2009 - 18:58 — esteban1949Tom does & more than deserves to be at least be on the ballot for the NHL HOF...But I am a fan...what would I know ?
Go Canes !!
Unlike baseball, it is
Tue, 07/28/2009 - 14:44 — ldecockUnlike baseball, it is actually not the media that elects members of the Hockey (not NHL) Hall of Fame. There are only four media members on the 18-person committee:
http://www.hhof.com/HTML/indselect.htm#members
Unlike baseball...
Tue, 07/28/2009 - 15:17 — louis12580I stand corrected. It is still pitiful that Tom is not in. This is the same august group that elected Cam Neely and Clarke Gillies, but not Dino Ciccarelli. I don't recall, but I don't remember Glenn Anderson getting in either.
Anderson
Wed, 07/29/2009 - 07:17 — Canes73Glenn Anderson was inducted this past year along with Igor Larionov.
first step
Tue, 07/28/2009 - 14:32 — louis12580This should be the first step to finally electing Tom to the NHL Hall of Fame. He was a great goalie on some bad teams, and was the back stop on those Penguins teams that won 2 Cups. Time for some members of the media to get over it and elect him into the Hall
last step
Wed, 07/29/2009 - 14:45 — batsleft_throwsleftHold on, unless I'm missing something, inductee, not nominee, means he is elected.
Missing
Thu, 07/30/2009 - 11:31 — JRs_FaultYou're missing the fact that he's inducted to the US Hockey HoF, not the NHL HoF.