The next four names in the NHL's chronological list of 50-goal scorers in its Official Guide & Record Book are Bobby Hull, Bobby Hull, Bobby Hull and Bobby Hull. No wonder he was one Hull of a scorer.īefore Hull, only twice had players scored 50 goals in a season (Rocket Richard in 1944-45 and Boom Boom Geoffrion in 1960-61). His slap shot was a blur, often traveling more than 100 mph as he terrorized goaltenders with its speed and accuracy. One of the fastest skaters in the game, the 5-foot-10, 193-pound Hull had a remarkable physique with his muscular torso and powerful legs. Then the flamboyant left wing's signing with the Winnipeg Jets gave instant credibility to a new league, the World Hockey Association, in the seventies. The Golden Jet of the Chicago Blackhawks won seven goal-scoring titles, three overall scoring championships and two Most Valuable Player awards in the National Hockey League in the sixties.īobby Hull celebrates the Blackhawks' 5-1 win over Detroit to win the Stanley Cup in 1961. And I can remember him holding me over the balcony and I thought this is the end, I'm going," says Hull's former wife Joanne on ESPN Classic's SportsCentury series.īobby Hull was instrumental in two hockey leagues in two decades. He took my shoe - with a steel heel - and proceeded to hit me in the head. just picked me up, threw me over his shoulder, threw me in the room, and just proceeded to knock the heck out of me. "I looked the worst after that Hawaii incident.
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