It took a few tries, but if there was one thing longtime Philadelphia Flyers forward Mark Recchi had proved in his 22 years in the NHL, it’s that he could not be denied.
Recchi received hockey’s highest honor last Monday, as he was one of seven individuals to be inducted into the Hockey Hall of Fame. He enters hockey immortality alongside several other iconic players of the past few decades, including Teemu Selanne, Dave Andreychuk, and Paul Kariya.
Like many other Hall of Fame inductees, Recchi’s career was marked by incredible longevity and production.