Pittsburgh connections to the Hockey Hall of Fame

The number of people in the Hockey Hall of Fame with a Pittsburgh connection

Number of Penguins players or coaches inducted into HHOF

Number of Penguins from their first Stanley Cup team in the Hall

Pittsburgh inductees, out of 10 to have mandatory waiting period waived. “Red” Kelly and Mario Lemieux

Number NHL players, including Mario Lemieux, to return to play AFTER being enshrined. (Gordie Howe and Guy Lafleur)

“Who could have predicted that he (Lemieux) would make it to the Hall of Fame before Gretzky did?”
– HERB BROOKS, Director of Player Development, and later coach of the Penguins, on Lemieux’s enshrinement in 1997. (Gretzky retired in 1999)

Here’s a list of the 45 men that spent at least a portion of their professional hockey career in Pittsburgh:

PLAYER / COACH	PITTSBURGH TEAM	YEARS IN PITTSBURGH	GAMES	INDUCTED	NOTES:
Hod Stuart	Bankers / Pros	1902-03, 06-07	41	1945	First class of HHOF, posthumously
Fred "Cyclone" Taylor	Pros	1908-09	3	1947
Mickey MacKay	Pirates	1928-29	10	1952
Frank Fredrickson	Pirates	1928-30	40	1958
King Clancy	Hornets (Coach)	1951-53		1958	Led Hornets to first Calder Cup Championship
Sprague Cleghorn	Shamrocks (Coach)	1935-36	23	1958	posthumously
Bruce Stuart	Victorias	1902-03	10	1961	posthumously
William Riley Hern	Keystones	1901-03	34	1962	posthumously
Alfred E. Smith	Duquesne, Bankers, PAA	1901-02, 1908	28	1962	posthumously
Jimmy Gardner	Pros	1906-07	20	1962	posthumously
Jack Stewart	Hornets	1937-39	71	1964
Frank Brimsek	Yellow Jackets	1935-37	109	1966
Marty Barry	Hornets	1939-40	13	1965
Leonard "Red" Kelly	Penguins (Coach)	1969-73		1969
Sid Abel	Hornets	1938-39	41	1969
Roy Worters	Yellow Jackets / Pirates	1923-28	198	1969	posthumously
Thomas Smith	Pros, Lyceum, Bankers	1906-1909	46	1973	posthumously
Doug Harvey	Hornets	1966-67	37	1973
George Armstrong	Hornets	1950-52	134	1975
Gord Drillon	Yellow Jackets	1935-36		1975
Tim Horton	Hornets / Penguins	1950-52, 71-72	264	1977	posthumously
Andy Bathgate	Hornets / Penguins	1966-67, 67-68, 70-71	156	1978
John Ashley	Hornets	1950-53	88	1981	Inducted as a referee
Gerry Cheevers	Hornets	1961-62	5	1985
Leo Boivin	Hornets / Penguins	1967-69	154	1986
Fern Flaman	Hornets	1950-51	11	1990
Scotty Bowman	Penguins (Coach, Dir. of Player Dev.)	1991 - 1993		1991
Frank Mathers	Hornets	1952-56	540	1992	Builder
Bob Johnson	Penguins (Coach)	1990-91		1992	posthumously
Lionel Conacher	Pirates / Yellow Jackets	1923-27	116	1994	posthumously, Veteran's Committee selection
Bill Torrey	Hornets / Administration	1962-65		1995
Mario Lemieux	Penguins	1984-97, 01-05	1022	1997	3-year waiting period waived, resumed career after induction
Glen Sather	Penguins	1969-71	132	1997	Builder
Bryan Trottier	Penguins	1990-1994	202	1997
Joe Mullen	Penguins	1990-1995, 96-97	441	2000
Craig Patrick	Penguins (GM / Coach)	1989-2006		2001
Paul Coffey	Penguins	1987-92	354	2004
Larry Murphy	Penguins	1991-95	410	2004
Herb Brooks	Penguins (Coach, Dir. of Player Dev.)	1999-00		2006	posthumously
Ron Francis	Penguins	1991-98	630	2007
Luc Robitaille	Penguins	1994-95	58	2009
Mark Recchi	Penguins	1988-92, 05-06, 06-08	418	2017


MEDIA HONOREES
Howie Meeker	Hornets player Broadcaster	1954 player, 54-55 coach		1988	Foster Hewitt Memorial Award
Mike Lange	Pittsburgh Penguins Broadcaster			2001	Foster Hewitt Memorial Award
Dave Molinari	Pittsburgh Post-Gazette			2009	Elmer Ferguson Award

* Games in Pittsburgh is a combination of regular season, playoffs – and in some cases, multiple teams.