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 columnist Nicholas J. Cotsonika profiles Pavelski.

Joe Pavelski spent his entire career trying to prove himself. Now he's entering the U.S. Hockey Hall of Fame, proven to be one of the greatest Americans to play the game.

"There's never a time when you're like, 'I've done enough,'" he said. "There's always somebody better than you out there. There's always someone who's doing more, and you're just trying to compete with that.

"At the end, all of a sudden, you kind of take a deep breath and realize where you're at, and you don't fully know how you got here."

Pavelski wasn't big, strong or fast. But with a deter

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