Colorado Springs, CO -- (Sports Network) - Catherine "Cammi" Granato will become the first woman inducted into the U.S. Hockey Hall of Fame when she and a triumvirate of NHL stars will join the vast list of American greats in a ceremony in Denver, Colorado on October 10.

Brett Hull, Brian Leetch and Mike Richter will join the most recognizable face in women's hockey in the prestigious Class of 2008, as announced by USA Hockey Tuesday.

Granato, an Illinois native, was a 15-year member of the U.S. Women's National Team, pioneering the Americans to a gold medal in the 1998 Olympics -- the first year women's ice hockey was included in the Games. She is the all-time leading scorer for the national team with 343 points (186 goals, 157 assists) in just 205 games.

In 2007, Granato was the first woman given the NHL's Lester Patrick Award in recognition of outstanding service to hockey in the United States, and earlier this year was enshrined into the IIHF Hall of Fame.

Hull, who ranks third on the all-time NHL goal scoring list with 741, won two Stanley Cups throughout his 20-year career. He was a sixth-round pick of the Calgary Flames in the 1984 draft and was traded to the St. Louis Blues four years later, where he spent 11 seasons, including a Hart Trophy-winning, 86- goal campaign in 1990-91.

Hull went on to play for the Phoenix Coyotes, Dallas Stars and Detroit Red Wings, winning championships with the latter two in 1999 and 2002, respectively.

Though he was born in Canada, Hull played for Team USA in national competitions, helping the Americans win the silver medal at the 2002 Olympics, as well as winning the World Cup of Hockey in 1996.

Leetch, born in Corpus Christi, Texas, was an 11-time All-Star that spent the majority of his 18-year career with the New York Rangers before short stints with Toronto and Boston. The ninth-overall pick in the 1986 draft is just one of five defensemen to record more than 100 points in a season (102 in 1991-92) and one of seven to log more than 1,000 points in a career (1,028).

The two-time Norris Trophy winner as the league's best defenseman was the first American-born player to capture the Conn Smythe Trophy as the MVP of the playoffs in 1993-94, leading the Rangers to their first Staley Cup since 1940.

Richter was the netminder for that curse-breaking squad, was the MVP of the World Cup of Hockey in 1996 and played his entire 14-year career in New York. He ranks first in club history with 301 wins in 666 games. The three-time All- Star is one of just 10 Americans ever to compete in at least three Olympic Games, including the silver-medal winning 2002 squad.

The U.S. Hockey Hall of Fame was founded in 1973. To date, there are 134 enshrined members in the Hall.