Barrasso Picked for Hall of Fame; Gonchar Passed Over

Former Pittsburgh Penguins goaltender Tom Barrasso is in the Hockey Hall of Fame’s seven-member Class of 2023.

Sergei Gonchar, a former defenseman and assistant coach with the Penguins, had been expected to get serious consideration for inclusion, but was not selected/

The other members of the class are longtime coach Ken Hitchcock and the late Quebec/Colorado GM Pierre Lacroix, who will enter the Hall as Builders. The other players chosen to be Honoured Members include two other goalies — Henrik Lundqvist and Mike Vernon — as well as Pierre Turgeon and Carolina Ouellette.

Barrasso won the Vezina and Calder trophies in 1983-84, when he was a rookie in Buffalo, and won Stanley Cups with the Penguins in 1991 and 1992. He finished with 369 victories and 38 shutouts in 777 appearances in the NHL.