Bergeron, Price Headline 2026 Hockey Hall of Fame Class

Patrice Bergeron and Carey Price are going into the Hockey Hall of Fame.

The two headline a six-person Class of 2026 that the selection committee locked in Monday. Bergeron, Price, Pekka Rinne, Keith Tkachuk and Cindy Curley get in as players. Brian Burke goes in as a builder. The group will be inducted Nov. 9.

Bergeron got the call in his first year of eligibility, which is about as automatic as it gets. He spent all 19 seasons in Boston, won the Cup in 2011, and walked away with six Selke Trophies as the best defensive forward in the game. The Bruins are retiring his No. 37 this season.

He didn’t downplay what the call meant to him.

“This honor is the pinnacle of my career and represents the coaches and players that I went to battle with,” Bergeron said. “It’s a surreal honor and I’m thankful that hockey has given so much to me and my family.”

Price waited one extra year and now joins him. He’s Montreal’s all-time wins leader with 361 and one of only five goalies ever to take the Vezina and the Hart in the same season. He nearly dragged the Canadiens to a title in the 2021 Final on his own.

Rinne gives Nashville its first homegrown Hall of Famer. He owns every major goalie record in franchise history and won the Vezina in 2017-18. He’ll reunite with former teammate Shea Weber in the Hall.

Tkachuk piled up 538 goals and 1,065 points across stops in Winnipeg, Phoenix, St. Louis and Atlanta. He’s also the father of Matthew and Brady, who just got reunited in Florida.

Curley gets in as a women’s hockey pioneer out of Providence College and the early U.S. national team. Burke rounds out the class after building the 2007 Cup winner in Anaheim and running front offices in Vancouver, Toronto, Calgary and Pittsburgh.

Selection committee chair Ron Francis made it official:

Induction weekend runs Nov. 7 through Nov. 9 in Toronto.