He knew he could score goals and he knew he could shoot your lights out." Every time I think of Brett Hull, I think of a smile on his face because I never saw him without it. "He was a brilliant surgeon who was really sure of himself. "I thought he was the Hawkeye Pierce of hockey," Emrick said. NBC Sports broadcaster Mike Emrick is a fan of the 1970 movie "M*A*S*H," and Hull always reminded of him of the cocky main character from that film. He also had an enormous personality and was one of the most colorful players of his era. Hull, the son of fellow Hockey Hall of Famer Bobby Hull, was known around the League as a player with both a big shot and a big mouth. It's almost as if they are trying to trick themselves." "They try to give off an aura of confidence. "A lot of great players are insecure," said former NHL forward Bill Guerin, who played with Hull for the United States. He didn't like having his shot timed with a radar gun because he was fearful it would be discovered that his shot wasn't as hard as opponents believed. It was as if Hull believed that he had fooled everyone into believing that he was better than he really was. Louis Blues in 2006.Games: 1,269 | Goals: 741 | Assists: 650 | Points: 1,391Īlthough Hull's scoring consistency is unassailable, he said often during his career that he would frequently wake up worried that he would never score another goal.
His jersey number 16 was retired by the St. Hull's nickname, " the Golden Brett" is a reference to his father's nickname of "the Golden Jet". They are the first father-son combination to each score either of 600 goals or 1,000 career points in the NHL. Hull was inducted into the Hockey Hall of Fame in 2009, joining his father Bobby Hull. He was a member of the team that won the 1996 World Cup of Hockey and was a two-time Olympian, winning a silver medal at the 2002 Winter Olympics. Having dual citizenship in Canada and the United States, Hull was eligible to play for either Canada or the United States internationally and chose to join the American National Team. He was named a first team all-star on three occasions and played in eight NHL All-Star Games. Pearson Award that year as the league's most valuable player. Hull won the Hart Memorial Trophy and Lester B.
His 86 goals in 1990–91 is the third-highest single-season total in NHL history, with the first two being the same person, Wayne Gretzky. He scored 50 the following year with the Moncton Golden Flames of the American Hockey League (AHL) and had five consecutive NHL seasons of at least 50 goals. He played college hockey for the University of Minnesota-Duluth Bulldogs, where he scored 52 goals in 1985–86. Known as one of the game's greatest snipers, Hull was an elite scorer at all levels of the game.
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