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ANDREW MCGILLIGAN
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SAINT JOHN - The New Brunswick Sports Hall of Fame may want to consider making Scott Walker an honorary member.

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Carl White of the organizing committee says there are still a few tickets left for the event.

The Carolina Hurricanes forward and Cambridge, Ont., native guaranteed the hall would have its highest-profile inductee at Saturday's induction ceremony.

Walker's overtime goal against the Boston Bruins in Game 7 of their second-round playoff series ensured Don Sweeney would be able to make the 40th anniversary induction ceremony in Saint John.

"Don Sweeney will be there now that the Bruins are out of the playoffs," said Carl White, head of the local organizing committee for the event.

Sweeney, a St. Stephen native being inducted for his long and successful NHL career, is the director of hockey operations and player development for the Bruins.

In addition to the former NHL blue-liner, five other New Brunswickers will be inducted into the shrine on Saturday including John Meagher, Stephen Gough, Frankie LeBlanc, Vicky LeBlanc and Lorne Wortman.

White said approximately 300 tickets have been sold for the event, but there are still some available. The event will mark not only the Hall of Fame's 40th anniversary, but the first time the ceremony is held in Saint John.

A new addition to the ceremony on display Saturday night will be trading cards for each of the six inductees. White said it is the first time the shrine has made trading cards for inductees and he hopes it becomes a tradition.

"Jamie (Wolverton, executive director of the Hall of Fame) showed us drafts (Tuesday) and they look great," White said. "A nice touch."

The cards will be part of the centrepiece at each table at the event and White said the set of six will be made available to all those in attendance.