The 2025 Hockey Hall of Fame induction is Monday. This year’s class includes Jennifer Botterill, Zdeno Chara, Brianna Decker, Duncan Keith, Alexander Mogilny and Joe Thornton in the Players category, and Jack Parker and Daniele Sauvageau in the Builders category. Here, NHL.com staff writer Mike Zeisberger profiles Thornton.

ST. THOMAS, Ontario -- The distance between this southwestern Ontario community and the Hockey Hall of Fame in downtown Toronto is approximately 127 miles.

For Joe Thornton , the pride of St. Thomas, the trip has been a wild and wonderful journey en route to induction in the hallowed Hall, one punctuated by facial hair and fancy passes, countless points and practical jokes, assists and anecdotes, all done with a flair and color that has made him one of the sport’s

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