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Brett Hull

BIRTHPLACE: Belleville, ON, CAN.

BORN: August 9, 1964

TEAMS/ASSOCIATIONS: University of Minnesota - Duluth, Calgary Flames, St. Louis Blues, Dallas Stars, Detroit Red Wings, Phoenix Coyotes, U.S. Olympic Team, IIHF Men's World Championship

 

Bio

Brett Hull recorded 1,391 points during his more than 20-year National Hockey League career that included stints with five teams (Calgary Flames, St. Louis Blues, Dallas Stars, Detroit Red Wings, Phoenix Coyotes) Hull’s 741 career goals place him third all-time in NHL history. In his first full season with the Blues (1988-89), he scored 41 goals and captured the Lady Byng Memorial Trophy. The following year marked the first of three consecutive 70-plus goal seasons, which included a career-high 86 goals in 1990-91 to earn him the Lester B. Pearson Trophy and the Hart Memorial Trophy as the league's MVP.

After 11 seasons in St. Louis, Hull signed with the Dallas Stars in the summer of 1998 and helped the team win the Stanley Cup in 1999. After three seasons in Dallas, Hull signed as a free agent with the Detroit Red Wings prior to 2001-02 season and captured his second Stanley Cup later that spring.

On the international side, Hull helped the United States to an Olympic silver medal at his second Games in 2002 and topped the tournament in scoring as Team USA captured the World Cup of Hockey in 1996, the first of his two World Cup appearances. He also participated in the 1991 Canada Cup and 1986 IIHF Men's World Championship.

The nine-time NHL All-Star starred two seasons (1984-86) at the University of Minnesota Duluth where his sophomore campaign he scored 52 goals and was a finalist for the Hobey Baker Memorial Award. No college player has scored more goals in single season since.