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TIL in 1985, sportswriter Zotique Lespérance was inducted into the Hockey Hall of Fame's media section, along with Tim Moriarty and Dick Johnson, however Lespérance was not invited to his induction ceremony as the Hall of Fame was misinformed that he had died. Lespérance was invited the next year.

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