And though LaFontaine was inducted into the Hockey Hall of Fame in 2003, the Islanders have yet to induct him into their Hall of Fame.

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Former Blackhawks player and current broadcaster Eddie Olczyk, a Chicago-area native, was honored in a pregame ceremony for being inducted into the U.S. Hockey Hall of Fame.

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Washington is playing a livelier brand of hockey under Oates, a Hockey Hall of Fame forward who shifted Ovechkin from left wing to right wing and helped design the Capitals' league-best power play.

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After you stand on the glass floor of the CN Tower and tour the Hockey Hall of Fame (both recommended by Charles Rawlings-Way in this week's "Top 10 Toronto hotspots"), explore beyond the downtown area.

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But Washington is playing a livelier brand of hockey under first-time NHL head coach Adam Oates, a Hockey Hall of Fame forward who shifted Ovechkin from left wing to right wing and helped design the Capitals' league-best power play.

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Watching from afar as an assistant coach with the New Jersey Devils the past two years, Oates a former Capitals forward who is a member of the Hockey Hall of Fame thought he detected a reason for the scoring decline.

WSJ: Alex Ovechkin heads in right direction for Caps

For much of the time in the hospital, a group of five friends from Chicago including a doctor, a judge and Hall of Fame hockey player Denis Savard were with Douglas almost around the clock alongside his wife Natalia.

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He has been marking his sticks and saving pieces of his hockey journey for years, since long before he became a lock for the Hall of Fame.

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