On Sunday, March 4th, between periods of the AHL’s Providence Bruins vs Springfield Thuderbirds game at the Dunkin’ Donuts Center in Providence, the Rhode Island Hockey Hall of Fame and the Providence Bruins formally unveiled the names and official portraits of 16 Rhode Island hockey greats who will be enshrined in its charter class on September 20th at the Twin River Event Center in Lincoln.
With 8,581 fans in attendance, the roll call of what might rightly be considered the ‘Mount Rushmore’ of Rhode Island hockey was read as their names and official induction portraits were brilliantly displayed on the stadium scoreboard.
The names of honorees were revealed in alpabetical order, each name echoing a chapter in RI’s rich hockey history and receiving admiring and thankful applause from young and old, alike:
Tickets for the September 20th Enshrinement Celebration & Dinner at the Twin River Event Center in Lincoln, RI are on sale now on the INDUCTION EVENT page of the RIHHOF website and at Eventbrite.com.
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