He won gold at the IIHF world championship in 2017 and bronze at the 2016 World Cup of Hockey. Lundqvist played his entire career with the New York Rangers. He signed a free agent contract with the Washington Capitals in 2020 but did not play for them, as his career was cut short by a heart condition.

Although he never won the Stanley Cup, Lundqvist won just about everything else he could in the game, including the Vezina Trophy as the best goalie in the NHL, an Olympic gold medal and a gold medal at the IIHF World Championship.

The impact from his career lasted, however, even without the elusive Stanley Cup title that both Vernon and Barrasso possess. Because just two years later, Lundqvist has become a first-ballot Hall of Famer.

Marcel Dionne The Los Angeles Kings legend owns the unfortunate distinction of being the only retired player on the NHL's top 15 all-time scoring list to never win the Stanley Cup.

A four-time Stanley Cup champion with the Montreal Canadiens (at 39 in 1969, he is the oldest goalie to ever win a Stanley Cup), Worsley's last playoff run with the Minnesota North Stars that put ...

BOTTOM LINE: Wayne Gretzky has not been removed from the Hockey Hall of Fame. He is still regarded as one of the greatest hockey players of all time, and his contributions to the sport continue to be celebrated.

Earlier today, the Hockey Hall of Fame announced their inducted players and builders for 2023. Patrik Elias and Alexander Mogilny were not selected, but, somehow, Tom Barrasso and Mike Vernon were. Really.

the Toronto Maple Leafs Among the current 32 active NHL teams, 11 have never won the Stanley Cup, with the oldest of them being the Vancouver Canucks and the Buffalo Sabres (52 seasons). The longest Stanley Cup drought in NHL history belongs to the Toronto Maple Leafs (55 seasons), breaking a tie with the New York Rangers.

He later became the first president of the Central Professional Hockey League. Adams won the Stanley Cup a further seven times with the Red Wings, and is the only person to have won the Stanley Cup as a player, coach, and general manager.

No goalie in NHL history has won more games (454) without winning a Stanley Cup than Curtis Joseph. "Cujo" played well in the playoffs, often leading lower-seeded teams to early round upsets, but he never played for a dominant team and never even reached a Stanley Cup final.

Top 15 NHL Goalies Who Never Won a Stanley Cup

• 8 8. Dan Bouchard.
• 7 7. John Vanbiesbrouck.
• 6 6. Olaf Kolzig.
• 5 5. Miikka Kiprusoff.
• 4 4. Henrik Lundqvist.
• 3 3. Roberto Luongo.
• 2 2. Ron Hextall.
• 1 1. Curtis Joseph. Curtis Joseph's 454 career wins sit him fourth all time.

The Gretzky Rule stated that when there were coincidental minor penalties, instead of each team playing with one fe. In the 1980s, the Gretzky's Oilers would statistically out score the opposition when there were 4 skaters on each side.