It took only one look for voters to pick this year’s class of Hockey Hall of Famers. Mark Messier, Ron Francis, Al MacInnis, and Scott Stevens all were elected in their first year of eligibility. “I ...

Messier, Francis, Stevens and MacInnis inducted in Toronto hockey Hall of Fame ceremony. Hockey Hall of Fame inductees, from left, Ron Francis, Al MacInnis, Jim Gregory, Mark Messier and Scott Stevens ...

TORONTO — On the day he accepted hockey’s greatest honor, Mark Messier remembered where it all began. “It starts at home with the efforts put forth by your mother and father for all those early ...

The teams will begin their first-round series on Tuesday, but haven’t met in the N.H.L. playoffs since 2012, and who can forget the 1994 Eastern Conference finals of “Matteau, Matteau, Matteau!” By ...

On the day he accepted hockey's greatest honor, Mark Messier remembered where it all began. "It starts at home with the efforts put forth by your mother and father for all those early-morning ...

“The Captain’s” No. 11 hangs from the rafters in each city that claims him as its own. Hall of Fame members greet inductee Mark Messier, left, before the Toronto – N.Y. Rangers game in Toronto on ...