Third Hall of Fame ballot listed

A third class of nominee candidates has been announced for the EURO Hockey League Hall of Fame

Three players and a “builder” were the first four people voted into the Hall of Fame. Nicklas Lidstrom, Teemu Selanne and Zdeno Chara have taken their eternal places in the league’s Hall of Fame in Austria. Chuck Massaro, league founder and commissioner, joined them.

To gain entry to the EURO Hall of Fame ( https://eurohockeyleague.wordpress.com/hall-of-fame/ ) a player will have to earn a certain number of voting points, so there could be years in which no one is voted in and that’s not a bad thing because there are still many great players like Steven Stamkos, Jonathan Quick John Tavares and Evgeny Malkin who are still playing and will surely make it into the Hall of Fame.

Voting will be done by e-mail from each General Manager to the Commissioner (buffalolean@gmail.com). The deadline will be Jan. 22.

To vote, copy the list below and place a numerical value next to the name, ranging from 10 to 1, with 10 being “Should Definitely be in” to 1 “Shouldn’t have even been nominated.” The nominated players, listed in alphabetical order, are at the top of the all-time scoring and games played lists.

To minimize attempts to inflate or sabotage (hey, it could happen) the commissioner will throw out the top and bottom votes and average the remainder. A minimum score of 8.1 will be required to gain entry into the Hall. The players’ career statistics are listed further down in this story.

Here is an example of the rating scale: 10 – Should definitely be in, a real superstar. 9 – Not the best player in the league while he played, but should be in. 8 – Always thought of as a very good player. A perennial all-star. 7 – Good but not great 6 – Solid player 5 – Had a couple of really good years 4 – 3 – Did well as a third liner 2 – 1 – Wait, he played in this league?

Mail-in Ballot