Inductees
Dirk Graham - (2024)
Athlete: Hockey
- Graham played in 772 NHL regular-season games, registering 219 goals and 270 assists. He established career highs of 33 goals (including 10 while short-handed) and 78 points with the Chicago Blackhawks in 1988-89.
- He helped the host country win the Canada Cup in 1991, scoring three goals in eight games. Earlier that year, he won the Frank J. Selke Trophy as the NHL’s best defensive forward. Also with the Blackhawks, he became the first Black NHL team captain (in 1989) and head coach (1998).
- As a member of the WHL’s Regina Pats, Graham had peak point totals of 110 (1977-78) and 108 (1978-79). Seasons of 40, 49 and 70 goals with the IHL’s Toledo Goaldiggers led to his induction into the Toledo Hockey Hall of Fame in 2017.
