Three players, and one builder will be added to the Hall on November 14th.
Eric Lindros waited six years to be inducted. Sergei Makarov has been waiting 16. And Rogie Vachon has been waiting for 31.
Today all were announced as inductees into the Hockey Hall of Fame along with the late Pat Quinn who joins in the builders category.
Lindros earned MVP honours playing for the Flyers in 1995, and led them to a 1997 Cup final where they came up short. Lindros sat out the 2000-01 season before finishing off his career between New York, Toronto, and finally Dallas in 2007. He won the Hart Trophy, as the NHL MVP, in 1994, totalling 29 goals and 70 points in 46 games that season. His career 1.14 points per game ranks 19th all-time.
Sergei Makarov was a standout with Russia`s CSKA Moscow before making the jump to the NHL to play with the Flames in 1989. He'd also play two seasons with San Jose and finished his career with four games in Dallas in 1996-97.
Rogatien Vachon started his career with Montreal in 1966 before making the jump to the recent expansion franchise LA Kings in 1971. After a two year stint in Detroit, Vachon played two final years in Boston before calling it quits in 1982. Vachon won the Vezina trophy in 1968.
Pat Quinn's NHL playing career was spent between Toronto, Vancouver and Atlanta from the late 60s to late 70s. Quinn became well known as an NHL bench boss with Philadelphia, Vancouver, and Toronto. After a three year hiatus Quinn coached one more season with Edmonton in 2009-10. Quinn won the Jack Adams Award as the league's best coach in 1980 and 1992. Sadly, Quinn passed in November of 2014. Many teams in both major and junior leagues were quick to offer tribute to Quinn, honouring the Irishman by wearing a clover featuring his initials.
