The late Pat Burns, who coached the Bruins from 1997-2000, will be enshrined in the Hockey Hall of Fame in the builders category.
Burns, who also coached the Devils to the 2003 Stanley Cup title, died of cancer at 58 in 2010. The police officer-turned-hockey coach won the Adams Trophy as the NHL’s top coach with three teams: Boston (1998), Toronto (1993), and Montreal (1989).
Dominik Hasek, Mike Modano, Peter Forsberg, and Rob Blake are also headed into the Hall. The four players were among six people selected Monday for induction in November. Referee Bill McCreary will also be inducted in the builders category.
Burns compiled a 105-97-46 record with the Bruins and was 501-353-151 in his 15-year career as an NHL coach.
“I would like to congratulate the family of Pat Burns on his election into the Hockey Hall of Fame,” Bruins president Cam Neely said in a statement. “Pat had an outstanding career in hockey, and we are very happy to see him rewarded with this great honor.”
‘‘It’s a very emotional day for the Burns family, I can tell you that, and I think it’s a great day,’’ said his wife, Lynn.
Hasek, who was known as ‘‘the Dominator,’’ won the Vezina Trophy as the NHL’s top goaltender six times, tying Bill Durnan’s total and trailing Jacques Plante’s record. He won two Hart Trophies as league MVP in 1997 and 1998 with the Sabres, becoming the first to win the award from his position since Plante did it in 1962.
Hasek also helped the Czech Republic win gold at the 1998 Olympics — the first with NHL players — several years after he almost left the world’s top league.
The Sabres traded him to Detroit nearly a decade later and he helped the Red Wings hoist the Stanley Cup in 2002.
Modano had 561 career goals and 1,374 points, both of which are records for a US-born player — and helped the Stars win the Cup in 1999 against the Hasek-led Sabres. He was drafted No. 1 overall in 1988 by the Minnesota North Stars.
Forsberg and Blake, who both won Stanley Cups with Colorado, are in the Triple Gold Club, a select group of hockey players who have won a Cup plus Olympic and world gold medals.
McCreary was an official for nearly 2,000 games, including 282 playoff games.
Flyers trade Hartnell
The Flyers acquired R.J. Umberger and a fourth-round pick in the 2015 draft from the Blue Jackets in exchange for Scott Hartnell. Umberger makes a return to the Flyers after spending the past six seasons with Columbus. Last season, Umberger had 18 goals in 74 games to help the Blue Jackets reach the playoffs.
The Flyers also made another move, signing center Brayden Schenn to a multi-year contract.
Umberger began his NHL career with the Flyers in 2005-06 and had 49 goals and 67 assists in 228 games over three seasons from 2005-2008. Umberger gives the Flyers some cap relief. He has three years left on his contract at $4.6 million per year while Hartnell has five years remaining at $4.75 million per.
The popular Hartnell appeared in 517 games for the Flyers over seven seasons with 157 goals and 169 assists. He was acquired from Nashville on June 18, 2007.
Schenn had a career high in points (41), goals (20), and assists (21) in 82 games this past season.
The Blue Jackets made another move by re-signing backup goalie Curtis McElhinney to a one-year extension. He was 10-11-1 with a 2.78 goals-against-average last season.
Canucks tap Desjardins
Willie Desjardins was hired as coach of the Canucks, succeeding the fired John Tortorella after a season in which Vancouver missed the playoffs for the first time since 2008. This is his first NHL head coaching job. He was an assistant with the Stars from 2010 to 2012 and most recently led the AHL’s Texas Stars to a Calder Cup title . . . Andrei Markov is staying with the Canadiens. The 35-year-old defenseman, who agreed to terms of a $17.25 million, three-year contract extension, was set to become an unrestricted free agent on July 1. He will earn the same salary, $5.75 million per season, that he made in each of his past two contracts over the past seven years . . . The Phoenix Coyotes are about to become the Arizona Coyotes. The name change will coincide with the NHL Draft on Friday, when the Coyotes will pick 12th overall. The franchise has been known as the Phoenix Coyotes since it was relocated from Winnipeg in 1996, but the new ownership group wanted the name to be all-inclusive for the state of Arizona.