Pavel Datsyuk, a two-time Stanley Cup champ with the Red Wings in 2002 and 2008, officially joined the Hockey Hall of Fame on Monday.

Detroit Red Wings great and two-time Stanley Cup-winning winger Pavel Datsyuk was inducted into the Hockey Hall of Fame Monday night. Datsyuk was inducted alongside Shea Weber, Jeremy Roenick, Natalie Darwitz and Krissy Wendell as the 2024 inductees in the player category on Monday night. David Poile and Colin Campbell entered as builders.

Datsyuk, 46, gained entry his first year of eligibility after retiring in 2021 following five seasons in the KHL. His credentials include two Stanley Cup championships and three Selke Trophies as the NHL’s top defensive forward. He is a member of the elusive Triple Gold Club, having won a Cup, Olympic gold medal and World Championship.

Andersson said the deicing machine made him nervous, a “huge ring of fire” rattling the plane and coming a little too close to the wings full of jet fuel. Perfect metaphor. A scout from the Calgary Flames was on the same plane.

The Detroit Red Wings spent much of the first two periods of Friday's game defending. They wound up losing, 3-1, at Scotiabank Arena.

Former Detroit Red Wings legend Pavel Datsyuk will officially be given enshrinement to the Hockey Hall of Fame during induction ceremonies on Monday. On the eve of that iconic moment, as is often the case,