This is a really good story about people making hockey happen:

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19-year-old applies lessons learned from dad to bring back defunct program
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The HHOF inductions:

Price, Bergeron lead 2026 induction class into Hockey Hall of Fame
Carey Price was inducted into the hall as part of the 2026 class alongside Patrice Bergeron, Pekka Rinne, Keith Tkachuk and Cindy Curley in the player category Monday. Brian Burke was enshrined as a builder.
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And all the injured Leafs:

Report: Maple Leafs top prospect Danford has broken wrist
The Toronto Maple Leafs injury woes have extended past their NHL roster. According to Josh Kloke of The Athletic, defenceman Ben Danford has broken his wrist while playing with the AHL’s Toronto Marlies. Kloke notes that the injury occurred on Nov. 4 when Danford blocked a pass. He is officially listed as week-to-week. Selected 31st in the 2024 draft, Danford is considered the Maple Leafs top defensive prospect. He has four assists in 11 games with the Marlies this season after posting one goal and three points in 16 games upon joining the team for the Calder Cup playoffs last spring. The Maple Leafs suffered a 4-0 loss the New Jersey Devils on Monday with defencemen Morgan Rielly and Chris Tanev as well as forward Jack Roslovic out of the lineup before forward Colton Sissons exited with a lower-body injury. Tanev missed the game for maintenance, while Rielly is dealing with a lower-body injury. Toronto got former captain John Tavares back on Saturday, but remain without star addition Kirill Marchenko due to a lower-body injury suffered on Oct. 26. The Maple Leafs fell to 8-9-2 with Sunday’s loss and are tied for the league lead with 19 games played. In the midst of a three-game losing skid, The Maple Leafs will continue their six-game homestand on Tuesday against the Colorado Avalanche, with the Minnesota Wild and Edmonton Oilers also coming to town this week. Toronto currently sits 12th in the Eastern Conference in points percentage, a concerning mark as the team hopes to return to the playoffs this season after finishing fifth-last in the league last season.
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To reiterate, the current tagging issues with the Leafs cap for next season means Ben Danford was not going to be recalled to the Leafs. As for how that issue will affect the rash of injuries, I'm not sure. It's likely some emergency recalls can still happen in this situation.

As of now, we have undisclosed injuries to Morgan Rielly, Jack Roslovic and Cloton Sissons. All are LBI, day-to-day.

Also hurt are Nick Blankenburg, Marshall Rifai, Kirill Marchenko and the very mysterious Miles Wood injury. Cade Webber and William Villeneuve started the season injured from offseason and/or playoff issues. Webber has finally returned to the Marlies and has played three games.

Max Domi's longer term outlook is still unknown, and Chris Tanev was held out of the most recent game for "load management" reasons.

The Leafs did not release any details yesterday on the newly injured, so tonight's lineup is an open question this morning. We'll find out later on who can actually play.

Vinni Lettieri has now played nine games, so if he doesn't go back to the AHL before he plays again, he will require waivers. This might trigger a set of moves today to sort out the forward lineup.

That's it for now, see you later with the list of people maybe in tonight's game.

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