Hockey Hall of Fame
The Hockey Hall of Fame (French: Temple de la renommée du hockey) is in Toronto, Ontario, Canada. It is both a sports history museum and a hall of fame. It holds displays about players, teams, National Hockey League (NHL) records, and NHL trophies, including the Stanley Cup. First opened in Kingston, Ontario, the Hockey Hall of Fame was first began in 1943 by James T. Sutherland. The first group of members was selected in 1945, before the Hall of Fame had a permanent location. It moved to Toronto in 1958 after the NHL took away its support for the Kingston location. Its first permanent building opened at Exhibition Place in 1961. Because the Hall was getting too big for its location, it was moved to an old Bank of Montreal building in downtown Toronto in 1993, where it currently is.
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The façade of the Hall of Fame building at Exhibition Place. The Hockey Hall of Fame used half of the building from 1961 to 1992. The other tenant was Canada's Sports Hall of Fame.
The original Stanley Cup in the bank vault of the Hall of Fame
"Be a Player" is an interactive exhibit at the Hall of Fame
Honour roll for the IIHF Hall of Fame in the World of Hockey Zone
The Great Hall features portraits of every inductee, and displays all of the active NHL trophies
An exhibit at the Hockey Hall of Fame featuring Wayne Gretzky. Gretzky was the last of ten players that saw the Hall's waiting period for inductees waived.
References
- Honoured members: the Hockey Hall of Fame. Canada: Fenn Publishing. 2003. ISBN 1-55168-239-7.
Other websites
- The Hockey Hall of Fame official site
- History of Toronto: Hockey Hall of Fame Archived 2005-11-24 at the Wayback Machine
