Fort Frances’ Duncan Keith Hockey Hall Of Fame Speech

Duncan Keith is a hockey hero to so many people across Canadian and beyond.

He is one of the most high performing and decorated defensemen to ever play in the NHL.

He is a three time Stanley Cup champion, a town time Olympic gold medalist, a six time All-Star and two time Norris Trophy winner.

In 2015, as a part of the Chicago Blackhawks third championship win in six years, Duncan scored the Cup winning goal and was named the Conn Smythe winner.

On Nov. 8 2025, Duncan was inducted into the Hockey Hall of Fame.

Watch his speech…

Right away he mentions Fort Frances, the northwestern Ontario town were he spent his formative years growing up and playing hockey!

Looking back to that 2015 Stanley Cup win…

Aug. 1st 2015 was an incredibly special day in Fort Frances.

Duncan chose to celebrate his offseason “day with the Cup” in person with his family in the community!

For me personally, even before I got this radio job and moved here to northwestern Ontario, Duncan Keith was my favourite player.

I was beyond fortunate enough to be part of the “media convoy” that got to travel around with Duncan and Lord Stanley all day long as he visited various places within the Fort Frances area.

To this day it is one of the coolest career experiences I have ever had.

It’s awesome to see Duncan Keith’s career come full circle and to see that he hasn’t forgotten his roots in our region.