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However, what made it even more special for Cullen was thinking back to the fun times his three boys had growing up in Pittsburgh. Cullen made sure to spend a chunk of his time at the Penguins game just soaking in the game with his three sons. "My boys went to school at the Penguins training center," Cullen said, while also recall- ing a time when Penguins coach Mike Sullivan kicked Olli Maatta off the ice at practice so that Cullens' boys could get their own ice time. "The best part of my career was getting to share it with you in those later years and now that you're trying to chase your dreams, and there's nothing I love more than being there with you," Cullen said to his boys. D u r i n g t h e P e n g u i n s ' g a m e , C a s t l e McLaughlin, the granddaughter of the late Frederick McLaughlin, was so happy to see a photo of Frederick inside PPG Paints Arena that she made sure to take a photo and send it to members of the family who were unable to attend the ceremony. "To all of the wonderful people I have met in the hockey community in the last few days and the last few months, thank you for being so welcoming to a stranger," Castle said. "I know that my grandfather would be delighted to be entering the U.S. Hockey Hall of Fame along with three great American players in Kevin, Matt and Brianna. He'd be amazed and thrilled by the groundbreaking 2002 U.S. Sled Team." Cullen was not the only Pittsburgh Penguins Stanley Cup champion being inducted as part of the Class of 2024. Kevin Stevens helped lead the Pens to back-to-back Stanley Cups in 1991-92 alongside Mario Lemieux, another attendee on Wednesday at the Omni. INDUCTION SPEECH LEARN MORE ABOUT CULLEN MATT C U L L E N INDUCTION SPEECH LEARN MORE ABOUT MCLAUGHLIN FRED M C L A U G H L I N PHOTOS BY USA Hockey Archives 30 // JAN/FEB 2025 USAHOCKEYMAGAZINE.COM 2024 T H E U . S . H O C K E Y C L A S S FAME HALL OF