Three extra AHL alumni heading to Hockey Corridor of Fame | TheAHL.com

The Hockey Corridor of Fame on Tuesday introduced that American Hockey League alumni Man Carbonneau, Sergei Zubov and Jim Rutherford are a part of the induction class of 2019.Carbonneau and Zubov might be enshrined within the gamers’ class together with Hayley Wickenheiser and Vaclav Nedomansky; Rutherford might be joined by Jerry York within the builders’ cateogry. The induction ceremony will happen on Nov. 18 in Toronto.Carbonneau made his skilled debut with the AHL’s Nova Scotia Voyageurs in the course of the 1980 Calder Cup Playoffs and spent the next two seasons with the membership, totaling 62 objectives and 120 assists for 182 factors in 155 regular-season AHL contests.Carbonneau went on to spend 18 seasons within the NHL with Montreal, St. Louis and Dallas, totaling 260 objectives and 403 assists in 1,318 video games. He was a three-time winner of the Frank J. Selke Trophy because the NHL’s excellent defensive ahead, and gained Stanley Cup championships with the Canadiens (1986, 1993) and Stars (1999).Zubov got here to North America in 1992-93 and performed 30 video games with the AHL’s Binghamton Rangers that season, gathering seven objectives and 29 assists for 36 factors and serving to the workforce to one of the best regular-season document in AHL historical past (57-13-10).One of many high offensive defensemen of his time, Zubov would go on to look in 1,068 NHL video games with the New York Rangers, Pittsburgh Penguins and Dallas Stars, gathering 152 objectives and 619 assists for 771 factors. The four-time NHL All-Star gained two Stanley Cups (1994, 1999) and was a gold medalist for the Unified Workforce on the 1992 Olympics.Rutherford performed 44 video games within the AHL throughout his 14-year skilled profession, seeing time with the Hershey Bears (1971-72), New Haven Nighthawks (1981-82) and Adirondack Pink Wings (1982-83).At the moment the overall supervisor of the Pittsburgh Penguins, Rutherford has gained three Stanley Cups as a normal supervisor within the NHL, with Carolina in 2006 and with Pittsburgh in 2016 and 2017.Since its first members had been honored in 1945, a complete of 126 gamers, coaches, officers and managers with ties to the American Hockey League have been chosen to the Hockey Corridor of Fame.