Boucher, Capuano Highlight 2019 RI Hockey Hall of Fame Class
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Boucher, Capuano Highlight 2019 RI Hockey Hall of Fame Class
See the Class in the Slideshow Below
The ten-member class is highlighted by former Mount Saint Charles star and NHL goaltender Brian Boucher, former NHL head coach Jack Capuano and NHL general manager Brian Burke.
GET THE LATEST BREAKING NEWS HERE -- SIGN UP FOR GOLOCAL FREE DAILY EBLAST“This is a diverse group that spans the entire history of the game in Rhode Island, from Malcolm Greene Chace, who brought ice hockey here from Canada in the 1890s, to Brian Boucher, a first-round draft pick who analyzes NHL games for a national TV audience,″ said Vin Cimini, chairman of the R.I. Hockey Hall of Fame.
The class will be enshrined during a ceremony on September 6 at the Twin River Event Center.
See the Inductees in the Slideshow Below
2019 RI Hockey Hall of Fame Inductees
Brian Boucher
Selected in the first round of the NHL Draft in 1995 by the Philadelphia Flyers, the Woonsocket native and former Mount St. Charles goalie played 13 seasons in the NHL.
He holds the league record with five straight shutouts and 332 consecutive scoreless minutes during the 2003-04 season.
He is currently an analyst for NBC Sports.
Jack Capuano
An All-American defenseman at Maine, the Cranston native turned to coaching after playing for three NHL teams.
He coached the New York Islanders for seven seasons and is now the associate coach of the Florida Panthers.
Brother Adelard Beaudet
A founder and coach of the iconic Mount St. Charles Academy team, Brother Adelard helped organize and nurture high school hockey in Rhode Island after emigrating from Quebec in 1911.
Malcolm Greene Chace
A world-class tennis and ice polo player in the 1890s, Chace eventually switched to ice hockey and introduced and promoted the game in New England and the Northeast.
Brian Burke
Born in Providence, Burke grew up in Minnesota.
He returned to Rhode Island to attend Providence College, where he was captain of the hockey team.
He has had a three-decade career as an NHL executive, building a Stanley Cup winner with the Anaheim Ducks in 2007.
Pete Demers
After starting out with the Providence Reds, Providence native Demers went on to spend 34 seasons as a trainer for the Los Angeles Kings.
He has a plaque in the Hockey Hall of Fame in Toronto.
Judge James Dooley
A leading sports figure in Rhode Island, Dooley was the founder and owner of the Providence Reds, as well as a founder of the Canadian-American (Can-Am) Hockey League, which later evolved into the American Hockey League.
Tom Eccleston
Regarded as one of the game’s great teachers and motivators in Rhode Island, Eccleston won multiple state championships as the coach at Burrillville High School.
He coached for eight seasons at Providence College and led the Friars to their first ECAC title and the NCAA final four in 1964.
David Emma
A three-time All-Stater at Bishop Hendricken and two-time All-American at Boston College, Emma won the Hobey Baker Award in 1991, the only Rhode Islander to do so.
The pride of Cranston played for the U.S. in the 1992 Olympics.
Margaret Degidio 'Digit' Murphy
After a great career as a player at Cornell, the Cranston native won 318 games as Brown’s women’s coach.
She has been a tireless advocate for women’s hockey and women’s sports for two decades on the national and international stage.
