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Phoenix, AZ (SportsNetwork.com) - Linebacker Junior Seau, pass rusher Charles Haley, running back Jerome Bettis, wide receiver Tim Brown and guard Will Shields are among the newest members of the Pro Football Hall of Fame. The class of 2015 was announced Saturday night, with eight ticketed for enshrinement in Canton, Ohio. Bill Polian, Ron Wolf and center Mick Tingelhoff were also elected. Seau, who committed suicide in 2012, was one of the best linebackers of his era and earned election in his first year of eligibility. He played two decades with three teams and made 12 Pro Bowls. The 1992 defensive player of the year registered 56 1/2 sacks during his career and helped lead San Diego to its lone Super Bowl appearance in franchise history following the 1994 season. Haley, who played defensive end and linebacker, is the only player in NFL history to play on five Super Bowl title teams during his 12-year career from 1986-99, which included a two-year retirement, with San Francisco and Dallas. The five-time Pro Bowl pick finished with 100 1/2 career sacks and was a member of 10 division championship teams. He was in his 11th year of eligibility. Nicknamed The Bus, Bettis was one of the leagues most powerful running backs with six Pro Bowl selections. He ran for over 1,000 yards eight times and ranked fifth all-time in career rushing yards with 13,662 at the time of his retirement. He retired after helping Pittsburgh win Super Bowl XL in his hometown of Detroit, Michigan following the 2005 season. The 1993 offensive rookie of the year with the Rams, Bettis was in his fifth year of eligibility. Brown, a finalist for the sixth time in as many years of eligibility, was the 1987 Heisman Trophy winner at Notre Dame and a star receiver/kick returner with the Raiders and Buccaneers from 1988-2004. He set Raiders franchise records for receptions, receiving yards and punt return yards. His 14,934 receiving yards at the time of his retirement were second-most in NFL history. Shields, in his fourth year of eligibility and a finalist, never missed a game during his 14 years with Kansas City from 1993-2006. His 224 games, including 223 starts, are franchise records. He earned 12 straight Pro Bowl berths and helped the Chiefs to four division titles with two other playoff appearances. Polian and Wolf, the architects of Super Bowl teams, were voted in as contributors. Polian spent 32 seasons in the NFL during which time he developed a reputation for constructing franchises into strong playoff teams. The Buffalo Bills earned three straight Super Bowl berths in the early 1990s with Polian as general manager. He was also the GM of the expansion Carolina Panthers, building a roster that reached the NFC title game in the franchises second year of existence. Polian then moved on to become president and general manager of the Indianapolis Colts, who made two Super Bowl appearances and won a title during his tenure. Wolf began his pro football career as a scout for the Raiders in 1963 and spent 23 seasons with the franchise in the personnel department, helping the club to nine division titles during his tenure from 1963-74 and 79-89. He was the general manager of the expansion Tampa Bay Buccaneers from 1976-79 and was also the GM of the Packers from 1991-2001, helping restore Green Bays glory with Super Bowl appearances in 1996 and 97 and one title. Tingelhoff, the only seniors nominee among this years finalists, never missed a game in 17 seasons with the Vikings from 1962-78. 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The future hall of famers stole the show at the Bell Centre on Tuesday night, with Jagr moving into seventh place in all-time goal scoring and Brodeur stopping 29 shots as the Devils downed the Montreal Canadiens 4-1.PITTSBURGH -- The Pittsburgh Penguins stuck with goalie Marc-Andre Fleury in the off-season, convinced two straight playoff meltdowns have not robbed the former Stanley Cup winner of his confidence. The early returns are promising. Fleury stopped 28 shots for his 250th NHL victory and franchise-record 24th shutout in Pittsburghs 3-0 season-opening win over New Jersey on Thursday night. It was the kind of vintage performance the Penguins expect to rely on regularly as they take aim at another championship. "We believe in (Fleury)," star forward Sidney Crosby said. "I dont think theres any doubt in here. He made some great saves. We probably made him work harder than he needed to at the end, but there were some beauties." Crosby and newcomer Chuck Kobasew scored four minutes apart in the first period and Craig Adams scored a rare goal in the third in his 800th career game for Pittsburgh, who toned down their high-octane offence for a more disciplined approach. The Penguins -- the NHLs highest scoring team each of the last two seasons -- took just 21 shots, including nine over the final two periods. "I love the way our team played defence," Pittsburgh coach Dan Bylsma said. "The penalty kill was big the two times it had to be and ... Marc made some big saves late." Perhaps none more impressive than a behind-the-back stop on New Jerseys Travis Zajac with less than eight minutes to play. Zajac fired a shot from the left circle that clanged off the post and crawled up Fleurys back. He managed to hit his glove on it to preserve a three-goal lead. "I tried to reach as quickly as possible," Fleury said. "I learned it from watching the (Pittsburgh) Pirates, I guess." Cory Schneider made 18 saves for the Devils. Schneiders start marked the first time in 19 years Martin Brodeur didnt play in the season opener for New Jersey. Brodeur is expected to start Friday at home against the New York Islanders. "Its tough to get down against a team like that and claw back," Schneider said. "We had some chances, but Fleury made some big saves." Rather than head in a different direction after a disappointing four-game sweep at the hands of the Boston Bruins in the Eastern Conference finals last spring, the Penguins fortified the core that has been together for five occasionally brilliant seasons. Pittsburgh signed stars Evgeni Malkin and Kris Letang to long-term extensions, brought back Pascal Dupuis, and added two years to Bylsmas contract. The only alterations to the roster were minor. Defenceman Rob Scuderi returned to Pittsburgh ffour years after helping them win the franchises third Stanley Cup title.ddddddddddddKobasew earned a spot following a solid training camp, and 19-year-old rookie Olli Maatta did enough to stick around -- at least for a bit -- while Letang recovers from a lower-body injury. Kobasew wasted little time making an impact, scoring 9:26 into the season when he jammed in a rebound of Brandon Sutters shot. Crosby doubled the lead a few minutes later when he and Dupuis created a two-on-one. When a New Jersey defenceman slid over to cover Dupuis, Crosby wristed a shot past Schneiders glove. "Its a tough play when a guy is moving laterally like that, especially a guy like him," Schneider said. "You try to take away as much as you can. It was just over the glove." It was all the insurance Fleury would need. The Penguins stayed with the former No. 1 pick for this season, believing he and veteran Tomas Vokoun would make up the best tandem in the league. But that duo will be split up for at least three months as Vokoun recovers from blood clots discovered early in training camp. The injury leaves rookie Jeff Zatkoff as the lone backup, meaning Fleury will almost certainly be a workhorse while Vokoun recovers. That is fine by Fleury, who is only too happy to put the recent past firmly in the rearview mirror. "Im glad it was finally a real game," Fleury said. "I thought the guys played great. A couple of bounces here and there, and there you go." While the Penguins stood pat in the off-season, things are hardly as settled in New Jersey, which failed to make the playoffs last season for only the third time in 23 seasons. David Blitzer and Joshua Harris took over as owners of the financially troubled franchise in August, and Schneider was acquired in a trade with Vancouver to take some of the workload off the 41-year-old Brodeur. The Devils also brought in well-travelled forward Jaromir Jagr, taken 15 spots ahead of Brodeur in the 1990 NHL draft, four years before Maatta was born. Despite controlling play at times over the final two periods, New Jersey couldnt solve a goaltender -- and a team -- determined to prove it can play defence. "It was one of those nights, the puck didnt go in," coach Peter DeBoer said. "Weve got to find a way to put some in the back of the net." NOTES: Penguins LW James Neal left in the first period with an injury and didnt return ... The Devils scratched D Mark Fayne, C Jacob Josefson and LW Rostislav Olesz ... The Penguins scratched D Deryk Engelland and C Joe Vitale ... The Penguins host Buffalo on Saturday. 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