The National Lacrosse League has announced that the 2010 NLL Hall of Fame Induction Ceremonies will take place on Thursday, September 9th. The ceremonies will take place in Toronto at the Westin Harbour Castle, and will begin at 7:30pm Eastern. A live online broadcast of the event is planned to air on The NLL Network at NLL.com. The Hall of Fame ceremonies will take place on the evening following the 2010 Entry Draft, which takes place on Wednesday, September 8th, also at Toronto's Westin Harbour Castle.

Earlier this year, the League announced the members of its Hall of Fame Class of 2010: Rich Kilgour, Dan Stroup and John Tucker. The Class of 2010 will mark the fifth class of the league's Hall of Fame, which inducted its Founding Members in 2006. The three new members received the highest number of votes among the six nominees for this year's Hall of Fame Class. The Hall of Fame ballots were cast by the league's member clubs, current members of the league's Hall of Fame and senior members of the league's covering media.

Tucker, an original player in the league, played from 1987-1994. Tucker played his first six seasons with the Philadelphia Wings and his last two seasons with the Baltimore Thunder. He played 47 games with the Wings from 1987-1992 and was first team all-pro each of the first three seasons the honor was given (1990, 1991, 1992). He led the league in scoring in the inaugural 1987 season with 26 points. In his 47 games with the Wings, Tucker scored 78 goals, and 96 assists for 174 points. A member of two league championship teams (Wings 1989, 1990) Tucker scored 24 points on eight goals and 16 assists in the playoffs. He was the 1989 Championship Game MVP scoring a goal and adding four assists in an 11-10 win over New York. Tucker became a head coach in 1997, leading Baltimore to the championship series in 1998. After a four year stint as a head coach in Baltimore & Pittsburgh from 1997-2000, Tucker has returned to the league in 2010 as an assistant coach with the Wings.

"All the guys like myself who played at the beginning years of the league, our goal was to help create something that would take hold and establish an opportunity for the next generation of players. I am extremely proud to be part of that", said Tucker. "I can't begin to explain how thrilled and humbled I am by my selection to the NLL Hall of Fame".