Cranbrook Minor Hockey star off to Hockey Hall of Fame
By The Nelson Daily Sports
He played minor hockey in Cranbrook, junior hockey in Kamloops and professional hockey in New Jersey and Anaheim.
Oh, did we say he also played for his country, winning Olympic gold in Vancouver in 2011 and Salt Lake City in 2002.
Now, Scott Niedermayer is going to play hockey in the Hockey Hall of Fame.
The Cranbrook minor hockey grad joins defenceman Chris Chelios and forward Brendan Shanahan as the latest inductees into the Hockey Hall of Fame.
Geraldine Heaney, the third woman to be enshrined in the hall, and coach Fred Shero, who led the Philadelphia Flyers to the Stanley Cup in 1974 and ’75, are also on the inductees list.
Chelios and Niedermayer earned hockey’s biggest individual honor in their first year of eligibility.
Niedermayer won four Stanley Cups in 17 full NHL seasons to go along with a Norris Trophy and Conn Smythe Trophy. He played for the New Jersey Devils from 1991-92 through the 2003-04 season and finished his career in Anaheim in 2010.
He is a member of the Triple Gold Club, signifying he has won the Stanley Cup, the World Championship (2004) and an Olympic gold medal.
The New Jersey Devils and Kamloops Blazers have both retired his uniform number.
The HHOF Induction ceremony is Monday, November 11.
