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Hi again everyone,

I will begin the IIHF HOF ceremony for this season at 11 am EST, that is 90 minutes from creating this post. See you all then
Hello and welcome to the brand new IIHF Hall of Fame and our inaugural Hall of Fame Ceremony. Congratulations to all nations who competed in this years IIHF World Championships, with a special congratulations to Germany for capturing the gold medal this last season, Great Britain for receiving silver and Czechia for the bronze.
Due to this being the first induction for the brand new IIHF HoF, voting was a bit different than normal to get a few extra members into the Hall. For clarity to the audience, voting was done in the same way as the SHL HoF, however there were two rounds of voting for this years class. I will reference only those who were inducted into the Hall during this ceremony and will note which round they were voted in and how many first place votes they received. A reminder that a minimum of 35 points is required to be inducted to the hall.
And with that let us begin inducting members in the Hall, starting with those who got in within the first round of voting.
Mark Harter (40 pts, 3 1st place votes)

Harter was the goalie for the Russian team from S22-S37 winning 93 games in his IIHF career with three of those wins coming in a gold medal victory in S26.In his IIHF round robin career, he posted a career 0.905 save percentage and a 2.80 goals against average. In the S33 IIHF Championships, Harter allowed only 20 goals on 334 shots against, and added 3 shutouts to his career total in that season alone. Harter is the first goalie to be inducted to the IIHF HoF and the impressive tally of 3 1st place votes shows that his play left little doubt in the mind of the committee that he deserves his spot in the Hall.


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Randy Randleman (36 pts, 2 1st place votes)

Randy was a force upfront for the Great Brittan teams from S24-S46, that’s 22 total season. He won a gold medal playing for the strong S41 Team GB squad, and added silver medals in S30, S40 and S46. Randy topped the 10 pt mark 4 times in his IIHF career, hitting the 13 point mark twice and scoring an impressive 14 points in the silver medal S40 campaign. In his career, Ramdleman had 93 assists and 73 goals in 232 games played and averaged over a hit per game as well with a career 267 hits. With 36 points, Randleman was in the eyes of the voters, the most impressive forward in the history of the IIHF, being the highest vote getter out of every single forward to compete in the World Championships.

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Esa Anrikkanen (35 pts, 1 1st place vote)

Anrikkanen was a member of the Finnish National Team for the S22 tournament through the S46 tournament. Esa put up an impressive 207 points in 252 career round robin games, with 80 of those points coming from personally lighting the lamp. Additionally Esa was able to put up 321 hits in the 252 career games for an average of 1.27 hits per game. Anrikkanen was lethal on the powerplay as well with almost a quarter of the career points coming on the man up. Esa won two golds in the S30 and S37 World Championships, and during these season Esa was a point per game player in he medal rounds. Almost all ballots had Esa as a hall of famer, and the 35 combined points was able to get this player over the minimum threshold and into the hall. Congratulations Esa.

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Now we will introduce those who got in on the second ballot. The required points to get into the hall remained at 35 points on this ballot.
Alonzo Garbanzo (37 pts, 2 1st place votes)

Garbanzo was a force on the blue line for the Swedes from S22 through S44 in the world championships. He scored 32 goals in this time from the point, but was more known for his ability to set up his teammates with his very impressive 126 assist, for a career total of 158 points. In four seasons Alonzo put up a point per game or more, with a career high 12 points in S39. No stranger to taking the body, Garbonzo had 532 career hits in the IIHF, but this came at a high cost, with him being very friendly with the men in the penalty box, totaling 220 career PIMs. In the medal rounds Alonzo was consistent, with 19 points in 27 games. In addition to the induviudal accomplishments, Alonzo was able to win the gold medal twice in his career, in S28 and S29, and take home a few silver medals as well.

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Kristian Eriksson (36 points, 0 1st place votes)

Another member of the Swedish teams from S22 through S44, Eriksson played upfront. Kristian put up a strong 170 points in the 230 career games played, with an impressive 42 of those points coming on the man up. Four times Eriksson scored 10 points or more, with the S28 gold medal campaign being one where he had his career high, 13 points, 5 of which came on the powerplay as well. Known as a wrecking ball, Kristian had over a hit per game, but we much more of a stranger to the penalty box, with only 91 career penalty minutes (one fight though). Two gold medals hang around his neck from the S29 and S28 campaigns, where he averaged a point per game between these two seasons. In his career, Eriksson was a point per game in the medal round, showing that he knew when all eyes were on him and he responded.

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Theo Kane (36 points, 3 1st place votes)

Kane started his IIHF career with the Canadians with two consecutive silver medals in S22 and S23. In his career, Kane scored 147 points with over 30% of those coming from goals with 47 career goals. Kane was lethal 5 on 5, but less so on the powerplay, only recording 27 powerplay points in his career. Kane had one of the most impressive seasons in IIHF history in S30, scoring an incredible 18 points in 10 games, almost a 2 point per game pace. In this season Theo also recorded over 4 hits per game which he replicated in S31. In that S30 campaign, Kanes 18 points came from him scoring 10 goals, and getting 8 assists. In the S27 gold medal, medal round, Kane scored an incredible 7 points, with 3 goals and 4 helpers. Kane also received a gold medal for Canadas S39 season and the S24 season.

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Jonathan Lundberg (35 points, 2 1st place votes)

The third member of the Swedish sides from the mid S20s to the mid S40s, to be inducted into the hall, is Lundberg. During his IIHF career Lundberg scored 137 points, with a highly impressive 16 points in the S36 season. Lundberg was a prolific at taking the body recording almost three hits per game throughout his career. Although he took the body like a maniac, he spent little time in the box only recording 138 career PIMs. Jonathan won the S28 and S29 gold with Sweden. His two first place votes show that at least in the eyes of a few voters, Lundberg is a clear cut Hall of Famer. Congrats Jonathan.

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And with that we have our inaugural class of 7 for the brand new IIHF Hall of Fame. Congrats to all of the members. We are hoping that the tradition set fourth by this first group of members serves as a template for what is required for entry into the brand new hall.

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Congrats to the first inductees!
Congrats!
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