As one of hockey's most deco-rated players, retired defence-man Scott Niedermayer is almost certainly going to be honoured and feted and named to every hall that is seeking a valued member.

Niedermayer's latest accolade arrived Tuesday when he was announced as one of five inductees into the B.C. Hockey Hall of Fame, class of 2012. The 38-year-old grew up in Cranbrook and played junior in Kamloops before graduating to the NHL and a wonderful career with the New Jersey Devils and Anaheim Ducks.

Along the way, Niedermayer won everything there is to win in hockey from the Memorial Cup to four Stanley Cups, two Olympic gold medals, world junior and world senior champion-ships and a World Cup. Individually, he also captured a Norris Trophy and a Conn Smythe. He was captain of the 2007 Stanley Cup champion Ducks and the 2010 Olympic team.

"You receive an honour like this, it means a lot," Nieder-mayer told a news conference at Rogers Arena via a telephone hookup. "Having been out of the NHL for a year-and-a-half now, I've had a chance to kind of sit back and appreciate how lucky I was through my career and moments like this help with that. So it's nice to get recognized for what I did on the ice."

Niedermayer is joined in the class of 2012 by Campbell River's Rod Brind'Amour, play-by-play announcer Jim Hughson, longtime executive-coach Bob Hindmarch and hockey scout and B.C. Hockey Hall founder Scott Carter. The induction ceremony will be held July 27 in Penticton.

Brind'Amour, 41, played 20 NHL seasons with the St. Louis Blues, Philadelphia Flyers and, the Carolina Hurricanes, winning a Stanley Cup as captain in 2006. He was a two-time Selke Trophy winner as the NHL's premier defensive forward.

"I never would have expected anything like this, it's a wonderful achievement," Brind'Amour said. "It's been a while since I played hockey in British Columbia but it was obviously where I got my start. There were some great memories so it's just a real honour to be inducted."

Hughson, 55 and from Fort St. John, broke into play-by-play announcing as an 18-year-old, doing a South Peace Hockey League game between his hometown Flyers and the Dawson Creek Canucks. His first NHL game was in 1980, a 4-1 Vancouver Canuck loss at the Montreal Forum. He's done countless games since then.

He admitted Tuesday he had always hoped to make some-one's hall of fame, but as a player.

"Those hopes were dashed early," Hughson quipped.

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