Hours After Brotherly Trade, Tkachuk Family Celebrates Again

After getting the call Monday from the Hockey Hall of Fame, Keith Tkachuk was so overcome with emotion that he waited 45 minutes to tell his family. "I said, 'Hey, you guys want to have a beer together?'" Tkachuk recalled, per the AP. "And I told them and broke the news to them there." The family already was celebrating: Hours earlier, his sons—NHL stars in their own right—became teammates when Brady was traded from Ottawa to Florida, joining older brother Matthew, during a weekend that also included a US Olympic gold medal party and a baptism. "It's been a great weekend for the Tkachuks," Keith said. The 2026 class:

• Patrice Bergeron: The center who won the Stanley Cup with Boston in 2011 and the Selke Trophy as the league's top defensive forward six times in his 19 seasons. Bergeron's 57.9% faceoff winning percentage ranks as one of the highest of all time, per ESPN.
• Brian Burke: The builder category inductee won the Stanley Cup as Anaheim's general manager in 2007 and was the NHL's director of hockey operations. Burke also took on a leading role in hockey's Pride efforts and was a longtime advocate of the women's game, including a stint as executive director of the PWHL Players Association.
• Cindy Curley: The US women's hockey pioneer has been a player, coach, and executive. Curley was part of the inaugural 1990 IIHF Women's World Championships squad when Team USA won silver. She was a forward for the Providence College Friars, helping them win two NCAA championships in the 1980s.
• Carey Price: The Montreal goaltender had 125 wins in 199 games from 2013 to 2017, posting a .928 save percentage and 20 shutouts. Price won the Hart Trophy as NHL MVP, Vezina as top goalie, and the Lester B. Pearson as the most outstanding player as voted by his peers following a dominant 2014-15 season.

• Pekka Rinne: The Nashville goaltender ranks in the top 25 in wins, save percentage, and shutouts in league history, per the AP. He's the first player to make the Hall of Fame after spending his entire career with the Predators.
• Keith Tkachuk: One of the top power forwards of his era, he played in the 1990s and 2000s as part of the first great generation of American pro players. Tkachuk recorded 1,121 points in 1,290 games, counting the playoffs, with Winnipeg, Phoenix, St. Louis, and Atlanta, and was part of the US team that won the 1996 World Cup of Hockey.

The induction ceremony is Nov. 9 in Toronto.