Legends of Hockey - Induction Showcase

Hull was drafted 117th overall by the Calgary Flames in 1984. (Paul Bereswill/HHOF)

As the son of the "Golden Jet" Bobby Hull, the younger Hull came into the game with the pressure that having a famous name can bring, pressure that he shrugged off easily. After his 1,000th point, Brett and Bobby became the only father and son combo in NHL history to each score 1,000 points and now both will be inducted into the Hockey Hall of Fame.

But this was not the first time the younger Hull hit a scoring milestone. As a St. Louis Blues player nine years earlier, he scored 50 goals in 49 games. He became just the fifth player in NHL history to do the 50/50, tying as third fastest ever. This achievement put Hull in an elite group of superstar players alongside Wayne Gretzky, Maurice Richard, Mike Bossy and Mario Lemieux.

Always a feared shooter, Hull would record seasons of 70, 72 and 86 goals for St. Louis. (David E. Klutho/HHOF)

Despite his father's impressive career, Brett was not always seen as being destined for hockey stardom. He began playing junior hockey in Penticton, in the BCJHL. This was only a Tier II junior team, one level below major junior hockey. In those days, Hull weighed 220 pounds and was nicknamed Pickle. Despite his size, he scored 105 goals in 56 games and won a scholarship to the University of Minnesota-Duluth.

In 1984 the Calgary Flames drafted Hull 117th overall after just two years in college, and he spent the next couple of seasons splitting his playing time between Calgary and their minor league team in Moncton. In Moncton, Hull finished third in league scoring and was name the IHL's Rookie-of-the-Year.

Hull was a key part of winning the inaugural World Cup with the United States in 1996. (Doug MacLellan/HHOF)

In 1988 the Flames traded Hull to St. Louis. In his first season, he scored 41 goals and captured the Lady Byng Memorial Trophy. 1990-91 marked the first of Hull's three consecutive 70-plus goal seasons, which included a career high 86 goals in 1990-91 which earned him the Lester B. Pearson Trophy and the Hart Memorial Trophy as the league's Most Valuable Player.

After eleven seasons in St. Louis, Hull signed with the Dallas Stars in the summer of 1998. He had said he wanted to play for the Chicago Blackhawks, his father's team, but the Stars made him an offer he just could not pass up. Despite the big contract, the move to the Stars took some pressure off Hull. A perennially strong team, the Stars had never played quite as well on the ice as their name suggested. When Hull joined their ranks, they went on to win the Stanley Cup in 1999, with Hull scoring the winning goal in triple overtime.

Hull scored the Stanley Cup-winning goal in triple overtime for the Dallas Stars in 1999. (David E. Klutho/HHOF)

Long-time Flyers' goalie Ron Hextall once summed up the opposition's take on Hull: "When he comes in on the wing, he's got an awful lot of speed. If you give him a hole, he hits it." And for his part, Hull has always had a pretty clear idea of what he has been paid to do. Possessed of a mean slapshot and a solid frame, Hull has had a decided knack for finding the back of the net throughout his career.

Early in the 1999-2000 season, Hull scored his 600th goal, thus ensuring he and father Bobby were the first and only father-son combination to reach that remarkable plateau. After three seasons in Dallas, Hull signed as a free agent with the Detroit Red Wings prior to 2001-02 season and went on to capture his second Stanley Cup later that spring.

Hull won his second Cup with Detroit in 2002.(David E. Klutho/HHOF)

Hull surpassed the 700-goal mark and 1,300-point mark in 2002-03 and shows no signs of slowing down. After three seasons in Detroit, Hull went on to sign as a free agent with the Phoenix Coyotes in the summer of 2004 and following a lock out year in 2004-05, would play a mere five games with the club before announcing his retirement from the game.

On the international stage Hull has represented the United States at the Winter Olympics (1998 and 2002), the 1996 World Cup, the 1991 Canada Cup and the 1986 World Championships.

In his illustrious NHL career, Brett Hull scored 741 goals, 650 assists and 1,391 points.

CAREER STATISTICS
			REGULAR SEASON						PLAYOFFS
Season	Club	League	GP	G	A	TP	PIM	+/-	GP	G	A	TP	PIM
1982-83	Penticton Knights	BCJHL	50	48	56	104	27
1983-84	Penticton Knights	BCJHL	56	105	83	188	20
1984-85	U. of Minnesota-Duluth	WCHA	48	32	28	60	24
1985-86	U. of Minnesota-Duluth	WCHA	42	52	32	84	46
1985-86	United States	WEC-A	10	7	4	11	18
1985-86	Calgary Flames	NHL							2	0	0	0	0
1986-87	Calgary Flames	NHL	5	1	0	1	0	-1	4	2	1	3	0
1986-87	Moncton Golden Flames	AHL	67	50	42	92	16		3	2	2	4	2
1987-88	Calgary Flames	NHL	52	26	24	50	12	+10
1987-88	St. Louis Blues	NHL	13	6	8	14	4	+4	10	7	2	9	4
1988-89	St. Louis Blues	NHL	78	41	43	84	33	-17	10	5	5	10	6
1989-90	St. Louis Blues	NHL	80	72	41	113	24	-1	12	13	8	21	17
1990-91	St. Louis Blues	NHL	78	86	45	131	22	+23	13	11	8	19	4
1991-92	United States	Can-Cup	8	2	7	9	0
1991-92	St. Louis Blues	NHL	73	70	39	109	48	-2	6	4	4	8	4
1992-93	St. Louis Blues	NHL	80	54	47	101	41	-27	11	8	5	13	2
1993-94	St. Louis Blues	NHL	81	57	40	97	38	-3	4	2	1	3	0
1994-95	St. Louis Blues	NHL	48	29	21	50	10	+13	7	6	2	8	0
1995-96	St. Louis Blues	NHL	70	43	40	83	30	+4	13	6	5	11	10
1996-97	United States	W-Cup	7	7	4	11	4
1996-97	St. Louis Blues	NHL	77	42	40	82	10	-9	6	2	7	9	2
1997-98	St. Louis Blues	NHL	66	27	45	72	26	-1	10	3	3	6	2
1997-98	United States	Olympics	4	2	1	3	0
1998-99	Dallas Stars	NHL	60	32	26	58	30	+19	22	8	7	15	4
1999-00	Dallas Stars	NHL	79	24	35	59	43	-21	23	11	13	24	4
2000-01	Dallas Stars	NHL	79	39	40	79	18	+10	10	2	5	7	6
2001-02	Detroit Red Wings	NHL	82	30	33	63	35	+18	23	10	8	18	4
2001-02	United States	Olympics	6	3	5	8	6
2002-03	Detroit Red Wings	NHL	82	37	39	76	22	+11	4	0	1	1	0
2003-04	Detroit Red Wings	NHL	81	25	43	68	12	-4	12	3	2	5	4
2004-05	United States	W-Cup	2	0	0	0	2	0
2004-05
2005-06	Phoenix Coyotes	NHL	5	0	1	1	0	-3
NHL Totals			1269	741	650	1391	458		202	103	87	190	73