Carey Price and Patrice Bergeron are among the 2026 Hockey Hall of Fame inductees announced ahead of Monday’s enshrinement ceremony.
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Carey Price and Patrice Bergeron will headline the Hockey Hall of Fame’s 2026 induction class, with the enshrinement set for Monday.
Price, a former Montreal Canadiens goaltender, will enter the hall in his second year of eligibility after spending his 15 NHL seasons with Montreal. The 39-year-old from Anahim Lake, B.C., said the call came in June while he was driving to visit his grandmother in hospital.
In that moment, Price recalled Hockey Hall of Fame appearing on his caller ID and “pretty excited” about the news, before spending the rest of the day with his grandmother, who made a recovery.
Price said Saturday: “A long road to get to this point.” He added he was “extremely thankful” for the journey and what he learned “not only in hockey but in life.”
Across 712 regular-season games, Price finished with a 361-261-79 record, .917 save percentage and 2.51 goals-against average, along with 49 shutouts. The former netminder’s career was at times limited by injury, and after a knee issue forced him to stop playing beyond the 2021-22 campaign, his final NHL run included a late-career push.
Price also posted strong playoff numbers, finishing with a .919 save percentage, 2.39 GAA and eight shutouts in 92 postseason contests, including his final post-season act of helping an underdog Canadiens team reach the 2021 Stanley Cup final.
His career honours include the Hart Trophy as league MVP and the Vezina Trophy as the league’s top goaltender in 2015, and he later added the Ted Lindsay Award to his trophy case that year.
Bergeron, a 41-year-old former centre from L’Ancienne-Lorette, Que., is the other player headline entering his first year of eligibility. The 2026 class will also include Patrice Bergeron, Pekka Rinne, Keith Tkachuk and Cindy Curley in the player category.
Bergeron won hockey’s “holy grail” with the Boston Bruins in 2011 and spent all 19 of his NHL campaigns with the Bruins. Over his regular-season career, he registered 427 goals, 613 assists for 1,040 points in 1,294 games.
In 170 playoff contests, Bergeron totalled 128 points, made up of 50 goals and 78 assists, including Boston’s run to the 2019 final before retiring in 2023.
Bergeron said: “A huge honour,” adding that “you look back at all the memories and the people that have helped you along the way.”
The Hockey Hall of Fame’s 2026 class will also include Pekka Rinne, a goaltender who played parts of 15 NHL seasons with the Nashville Predators, and Keith Tkachuk, who recorded 1,065 points (538 goals, 527 assists) in 1,201 NHL games across 18 seasons.
Cindy Curley rounds out the player category. A trailblazer in women’s hockey, Curley captained the U.S. to three silver medals at the world championships in the 1990s, and said: “There’s just so many people that wouldn’t give up,” adding she “benefitted from their hard work” and was “truly grateful.”
Brian Burke will be inducted as a builder. Burke, 71, spent a management career that included stops with the Hartford Whalers, Vancouver Canucks, Anaheim Mighty Ducks, Toronto Maple Leafs, Calgary Flames and Pittsburgh Penguins, following a stint at the league office. Burke said: “Still pinching myself,” describing it as “like a dream come true.”
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