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TORONTO (AP) — Martin Brodeur Max Domi Jersey Womens , Willie O’Ree and NHL commissioner Gary Bettman led the latest group of inductees to the Hockey Hall of Fame on Monday night.Brodeur, the all-time leader in goalie wins and shutouts, was joined in the player’s category by Martin St. Louis, Canadian women’s star Jayna Hefford and Russian great Alexander Yakushev. Bettman and O’Ree — the NHL’s first black player — went into the Hall as builders.A three-time Stanley Cup champion and four-time Vezina Trophy winner with the New Jersey Devils, Brodeur won 691 games and had 125 shutouts in his 20 seasons.“This is a really special day for me,” Brodeur said. “I’m honored and humbled.”A two-time Olympic gold medalist for Canada, Brodeur shares or owns 12 NHL records.“He competed with a smile on his face,” said Devils teammate and class of 2013 inductee Scott Niedermayer. “He just embraced the big challenge. He wasn’t overwhelmed.”O’Ree became the first black player in the NHL when he was called up by the Boston Bruins to play against the Montreal Canadiens on Jan. 18, 1958. The 83-year-old, who had a long career in the minors http://www.officialsabres.com/authentic-...s-jack-eichel-jersey , played just 45 games in the NHL, but returned to the fold in 1996 as a league ambassador.“All I wanted to be was a hockey player,” O’Ree said. “All I needed was the opportunity.”O’Ree is the third black player in the Hall, joining former Edmonton Oilers goalie Grant Fuhr and Canadian women’s national team captain Angela James.During Bettman’s 25-year tenure, the league has expanded from 24 to 31 teams with annual revenues ballooning tenfold to around $5 billion.“Everyone knows that my public appearances get an energetic reaction,” Bettman joked during his speech. “I get booed when I present the Stanley Cup, particularly to a road team, but even from the home team, and at the draft.“Tonight should erase any claim that election to the Hockey Hall of Fame is a popularity contest. Rather, I hope that my induction is a testament to what is clearly a collective contribution.”While the NHL has seen incredible growth during Bettman’s time at the helm http://www.officialflames.com/authentic-...-sean-monahan-jersey , he’s also overseen three lockouts, including one that wiped out the entire 2004-05 season, with another work stoppage looming as early as 2020. Olympic participation and how the league has dealt with concussions have been among some of the other issues where criticism has been directed his way. Like former NHL presidents Clarence Campbell and John Ziegler, Bettman was enshrined while still in the top job.St. Louis went from undrafted free agent to Hart Trophy winner and two-time scoring champion with the Tampa Bay Lightning, including a Cup victory in 2003-04.“For all the kids out there listening: follow your dreams,” St. Louis said. “Believe in yourself. When it seems like all of the doors are closing, look for a window and find a way in.“The reason that some people don’t reach their full potential is that they quit too soon.”The 5-foot-8 St. Louis is one of just six undrafted players to reach 1,000 points and was on Canada’s men’s Olympic team that won gold in 2014.“His desire was infectious,” said 2017 inductee Dave Andreychuk, who captained the Lightning to their Cup victory in 2004. “His compete level was like no other.”Hefford won four Olympic gold medals and seven world championships playing for Canada. The sixth woman to enter the Hall Mikkel Boedker Jersey Womens , she had 157 goals and 134 assists in 267 games for her country.Yakushev starred for the USSR in the 1972 Summit Series, scoring seven goals to tie Canada’s Phil Esposito and Paul Henderson for the lead in the best-on-best showcase. He won Olympic gold in 1972 and 1976 and was elected to the International Ice Hockey Federation Hall of Fame in 2003. MONTREAL (AP) — The Montreal Canadiens refused to be satisfied — or comfortable — not with so much at stake.Brendan Gallagher had two goals and an assist, and the Canadiens beat the Buffalo Sabres 7-4 on Saturday night for their third straight win.Max Domi and Tomas Tatar each had a goal and two assists as the Canadiens (40-28-7) moved three points ahead of idle Columbus in the race for the second wild card in the Eastern Conference. Artturi Lehkonen, Andrew Shaw and Paul Byron also scored.“That’s our team identity right there to be resilient and to be consistent,” Domi said. “(Buffalo) is a really good hockey team. They have a lot of firepower up front, good defense, great goaltender. They weren’t giving up and we knew that. We just found a way to keep going.”Making his seventh start in a row, Montreal star Carey Price made 23 saves.Sam Reinhart, Alexander Nylander, Marco Scandella and Jack Eichel scored for the Sabres (31-34-9) http://www.officialavalanche.com/authent...s-patrick-roy-jersey , who were officially eliminated from playoff contention. Carter Hutton stopped 37 shots.The Canadiens remain two points behind Carolina for the first wild card. The Hurricanes beat Minnesota 5-1 on Saturday night. Montreal plays Carolina on Sunday.“We gave up a couple of goals, but our team did a great job responding,” said Byron, who netted his 14th of the season.The game was tied it at 3 before Byron got his 14th of the season with 1:57 left in the second period. Byron skated in for a 2-on-1 with Jordan Weal, whose shot was saved by Hutton before bouncing off Byron’s skate and in.Gallagher got his 33rd goal 8:35 into the third before Eichel got one back for the Sabres at 13:13.Domi sealed it with a power-play goal with 4:30 remaining. Tatar, playing his 500th NHL game, added an empty-netter with 2:13 to go.“In the third period, we didn’t sit back, we kept chasing the game and trying to score,” Byron said. “Huge two points for us. We’re fighting for the playoffs. Every game is pretty intense out there. It was a playoff atmosphere.”The Sabres have one win in their past 10 games Womens Samuel Girard Jersey , and were officially eliminated from playoff contention.“It’s been a long year,” Eichel said. “These same issues seem to continue to haunt us. We have to be better these next few games. There’s still a lot of pride on the line. We represent our city, this organization. That should be enough right there. We should play for each other more.”Reinhart got the game’s first goal when he beat Price 12:26 into the first period.The teams combined for six goals in a back-and-forth second.Montreal tied it at 5:09 when Lehkonen took a feed from Shaw and scored while crashing into the net. Lehkonen only had one point in his previous 22 games.Domi earned his 200th NHL point on the goal with a stylish pass to Shaw.Alone in the slot, Gallagher gave the Canadiens their first lead at 9:12 after a remarkable one-handed pass from a sprawled-out Phillip Danault behind the net. It was Gallagher’s career-high 32nd goal.The Canadiens opened a 3-1 advantage when Shaw took a saucer pass from Domi and beat Hutton blocker side with a wrist shot at 14:23.The Sabres responded instantly, scoring 30 seconds later on Nylander’s power-play goal.A turnover by Jonathan Drouin led to Scandella’s equalizer on a fast break at 16:08 on Buffalo’s 14th shot of the game.The Sabres failed to complete the season sweep after winning the first three games against the Canadiens this year.“It was good enough that we came back, but we made mistakes that they capitalized on,” Nylander said. “We have to clean that up.”NOTES: Jason Pominville was back in the Sabres lineup after being a healthy scratch the last two games.UP NEXTSabres: At New Jersey on Monday night.Canadiens: At Carolina on Sunday night.