Long wait finally ends for Lindros, 2016 Hockey Hall of Fame class
TORONTO — Eric Lindros had just received his Hockey Hall of Fame ring and was feeling particularly buoyant.
“Check it out!” he said, raising his left hand and shiny new ring to show to the television camera. “Check it out!”
Lindros’ long wait for the Hall of Fame is over.
Passed over six times for entry into the shrine of hockey’s finest, the now 43-year-old will finally get his plaque, honoured along with Rogie Vachon, Sergei Makarov and the late Pat Quinn.