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The United States Hockey Hall of Fame announced its inductee Class of 2009 and among the names is John LeClair.

LeClair, one of the Fly­ers greats, played in Philadel­phia for ten years. Shortly after arriv­ing with Eric Des­jardins from the Mon­treal Cana­di­ens in exchange for Mark Rec­chi, he was set up on a line with Eric Lin­dros and Mikael Ren­berg. This com­bi­na­tion formed one of the most feared lines in the NHL dur­ing the 1990’s, the Legion of Doom.

LeClair was the first Amer­i­can born hockey player to have three con­sec­u­tive 50 goal sea­sons in the NHL. He scored 333 goals and 643 points with the Fly­ers, putting him at sev­enth on the teams all-time lists.

From CSNPhilly.com

“My play­ing days in Philadel­phia were great, as were the fans,” LeClair said. “Obvi­ously, I enjoyed most of my suc­cess when I was a mem­ber of the Fly­ers. It was a great time and a great time in my career. When I think back at hockey I think I am most asso­ci­ated with the Philadel­phia Flyers.”

John LeClair was always one of my favorite Fly­ers and it’s great to see him rec­og­nized like this. I wish he could have retired a Flyer. 

With LeClair, for­mer Flyer Tony Amonte, Tom Bar­rasso, Frank Zam­boni, and the 1998 women’s US Olympic hockey team.