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USA Hockey Hall of Fame class welcomes Roenick, Hatcher brothers and more

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While the Hockey Hall of Fame in Toronto gets most of the attention when it comes to honoring hockey’s greats, the United States has their own hall of fame to honor its own hockey greats. Today, USA Hockey announced their 2010 class and fans should be pretty familiar with some of the names.

Art Berglund, Derian Hatcher, Kevin Hatcher, Dr. V. George Nagobads and Jeremy Roenick make up the United States Hockey Hall of Fame’s Class of 2010, as announced today by USA Hockey. The five-member class will be enshrined into the Hall on October 21 at HSBC Arena in Buffalo, N.Y.

“These five individuals truly represent the very best of our sport in many different facets and their contributions have been truly extraordinary,” said Ron DeGregorio, president of USA Hockey. “We look forward to their formal induction in Buffalo this October.”

Everyone knows Jeremy Roenick by now. The former Blackhawk/Flyer/King/Coyote/Shark had one heck of a career and this induction could be just a warm up act for him should Toronto ever come calling. The Somerville, Massachusetts native now makes himself famous on television in one way or another.

The Hatcher brothers couldn’t be more polar opposite of each other when it came to their style of play. Kevin Hatcher was a smooth skater with a big shot and a power play threat for the Washington Capitals. He finished out his career with the Stars, Penguins, Rangers and Hurricanes amassing 227 goals and 677 points.

Kevin’s younger brother Derian Hatcher was a large, abusive defenseman who made a career out of finding ways to injure opponents. He was captain of the Dallas Stars when they won the Stanley Cup in 1999 and shortly thereafter had injury-riddled stints with the Red Wings and Flyers.

Art Berglund is someone you could refer to as one of the great builders of hockey in America working as the general manager of nine US Men’s national teams, eight US world junior teams, and worked with six different US Men’s Olympic teams. Berglund is also a former winner of the NHL’s Lester Patrick award and a member of the IIHF hall of fame.

Dr. George Nagobads is a name that will probably be far too unfamiliar to people, but he is virtually a legend in the state of Minnesota. He was the physician for the 1980 “Miracle on Ice” U.S. Olympic team in Lake Placid, as well as the team physician for the University of Minnesota Golden Gophers for 34 years and worked for eight years with the Minnesota North Stars. Chances are, most anyone who’s played hockey at any time in Minnesota they’ve met Dr. Nagobads and been treated by him. Sometimes the most important contributions to hockey come off the ice and Dr. Nagobads is the embodiment of that.