Official induction of the Triple Gold Club

19 Triple Gold Club members

THE ORIGINAL THREE: Sweden's Hakan Loob, Mats Naslund and Tomas Jonsson became the first members of the Triple Gold Club after winning the gold medal at the 1994 Olympics.

Winning the gold medal in the World Championship, the Olympic Games, and the Stanley Cup are incomparable achievements in modern ice hockey. There is an exclusive group of players that have earned the honour to belong to this famous Triple Gold Club.

The current 19 Triple Gold Club Members represent four nations: Russia (6), Sweden (6), Canada (5) and the Czech Republic (2):

Tomas Jonsson, SWE
Hakan Loob, SWE
Mats Naslund, SWE
Valeri Kamensky, RUS
Alexei Gusarov, RUS
Peter Forsberg, SWE
Vyacheslav Fetisov, RUS
Igor Larionov, RUS
Alexander Mogilny, RUS
Vladimir Malakhov, RUS
Joe Sakic, CAN
Brendan Shanahan, CAN
Rob Blake, CAN
Scott Niedermayer, CAN
Jaromir Jagr, CZE
Jiri Slegr, CZE
Nicklas Lidstrom, SWE
Fredrik Modin, SWE
Chris Pronger, CAN

The IIHFs 100th anniversary and the first Victoria Cup in September 2008 form the ideal platform to formally induct the 19 players. This ceremony will begin a new tradition of honouring future Triple Gold Club members.