Blackhawks alums Marian Hossa, Doug Wilson inducted into Hockey Hall of Fame

Marian Hossa, seen here after scoring his 500th career goal, was inducted into the Hockey Hall of Fame on Wednesday. | Jonathan Daniel/Getty Images file photo

It’s official: Marian Hossa is a first-ballot hall-of-famer.

The three-time Stanley Cup champion, a crucial yet underrated member of all three Blackhawks’ title-winning teams, is one of six members of the Hockey Hall of Fame’s 2020 class, per a Wednesday announcement.

Former Hawks defenseman Doug Wilson, now the Sharks’ general manager, was also among the inductees.

Hossa and Wilson became the 37th and 38th Hawks alumni, but just the fifth and sixth this century (Denis Savard in 2000, Ed Belfour and Doug Gilmour in 2011 and Chris Chelios in 2013), to be inducted.

The rest of the 2020 Hall of Fame class included fellow first-ballot selection Jarome Iginla, longtime Oilers defenseman Kevin Lowe and women’s hockey pioneer Kim St. Pierre, as well as current Oilers and former Red Wings GM Ken Holland in the “builders” subsection.

Doug Wilson, seen here in a 1986 file photo, played 14 seasons for the Blackhawks.

Hossa played 1,309 NHL games over 19 seasons, the final eight of which came in Chicago, before retiring in 2017.

He tallied 525 goals and 609 assists, good for 1,134 career points — 57th in league history. He hit the 50-point plateau for 15 consecutive full seasons (exempting the abridged 2013 campaign), and reached the 100-point threshold with the Thrashers in 2006-07.

He incredibly never won a single individual award, but his stellar, consistent performance in every zone made him a stalwart on all three of the Hawks’ Cup-winning teams.

The 2010 title deservedly provided his first championship after losing with the Penguins to the Red Wings in the 2008 Final, then losing with the Red Wings to the Penguins in the 2009 Final. He’s the only player in NHL history to appear in three consecutive finals with three different teams.

Hossa was long considered a prime candidate for the 2020 Hall of Fame class.

Wilson, meanwhile, had a long wait for induction finally resolved with his surprising inclusion this year.

The fan-favorite defenseman played 1,024 NHL games over 16 seasons, the first 14 of which came with the Hawks, between 1977 and 1993.

His 827 career points rank 15th all-time among defensemen.

He was a three-time All-Star and won the 1982 Norris Trophy as the league’s best defenseman after an earth-shattering 39-goal, 85-point season at the blue line. He made five Conference Finals appearances with the Hawks, but never advanced to a Cup Final.