The United States Hockey Hall of Fame announced five new members into their Minnesota-based institution, which comprises Dustin Brown, Jamie Langenbrunner, Brian Burke, Katie King Crowley and Brian Murphy.

Brown played all 18 of his NHL seasons with the Los Angeles Kings where the pounding Right Wing scored 712 Points and was the team captain for their Stanley Cup wins in 2012 and 2014. An All-Star in 2009, Brown also won the Mark Messier Leadership Award in 2015. Representing the United States, Brown played in two Olympic Games, winning Silver in 2010. He also played in four World Hockey Championships, and has a Bronze Medal from the 2004 competition.

Langenbrunner also played 18 years in the NHL, though this Right Wing played for three different teams, Dallas, New Jersey and St. Louis. Winning a Stanley Cup with the Stars in 1999 and the Devils in 2003, Langenbrunner amassed 663 NHL Points. Internationally, Langenbrunner was the captain of the U.S. Silver Medal Winning Team at the 2010 Olympics, and also played at the ’98 Games and the 2004 World Cup of Hockey.

Burke had a long career as an administrator, punctuated with a Stanley Cup Championship as the Anaheim Ducks GM in 2007, and he was also the GM of the U.S. Silver Medal Team in 2010. He is currently serving as the Executive Director of the new Professional Women’s Hockey League.

King Crowley scored 14 Goals for the U.S. in the Olympics and she helped her nation win Gold in Nagano in 1998. She is currently the Head Coach of the Women’s Hockey Team at Boston College where she has led her squad to six Frozen Fours.

Murphy is one of two Americans to have officiated in over 2,000 Games. He has also officiated in nine Stanley Cups.

We here at Notinhalloffame.com would like to congratulate the new and impending members of the U.S. Hockey Hall of Fame.

The U.S. Hockey Hall of Fame has announced their Class of 2018 and while this is not exactly a class that is “star-studded” this is group of five who all deserve their place in Eveleth, Minnesota.

Let’s look at the new members shall we?

Red Berenson: From Canada, Red Berenson played in the NHL for seventeen seasons and would become a coach immediately after his playing career ended. Berenson won the Jack Adams Award in 1981 while coaching the St. Louis Blues, but he would return to his alma mater, the University of Michigan where he would become their head coach in 1984 and would stay until 2017. He would win 848 Games in NCAA competition and two NCAA Titles (1996 & 1998)

Natalie Darwitz: Darwitz played for the United States on three Olympic Teams (2002, 2006 & 2010) and was on three IIHF World Women’s Championship Teams (2005, 2008 & 2009).

Leland Harrington: Harrington played for the Boston Bruins for two seasons in the 1920’s and played 32 Games with the Montreal Canadiens in the 30’s. He will be inducted posthumously as he passed away in 1959.

David Poile: Poile is the all-time record holder in Wins for a General Manager with 1,333 Wins. Poile served as the Washington Capitals GM for 15 years and took over the same role for the expansion Nashville Predators in 1997, a position he still holds today. He also served as the General Manager for the U.S. World Hockey Championship teams of 1988 and 1999 and the U.S. Olympic Team in 2014.

Paul Stewart: Stewart played 21 Games for the Quebec Nordiques in the 1979-80 season but he would later become a referee in the NHL for seventeen seasons. Stewart is the only American to have played and refereed in the NHL.

We here at Notinhalloffame.com would like to congratulate the newest members of the U.S. Hockey Hall of Fame.