The 2025 U.S. Hockey Hall of Fame induction is Dec. 10. This year's class includes Joe Pavelski, Zach Parise, Scott Gomez, Tara Mounsey and Bruce Bennett. Here, NHL.com senior writer Dan Rosen profiles Bennett.

NEW YORK -- Bruce Bennett was 18 years old when he sat up in the old blue seats at Madison Square Garden and started taking pictures during the 1973-74 season.

Bennett's photography hobby also brought him to Nassau Coliseum, where he summoned the courage to sneak into the photo booth at ice level to take pictures of warmups before a game between the New York Islanders and Pittsburgh Penguins.

"I put all those photos together, and they were horrendous, and sent them to Ken McKenzie, who was the publisher of The Hockey News up in Montreal at that time," Bennett told NHL.com before

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