![]() Hull also gave up playing hockey around this time at five foot, nine inches tall and 220 pounds, he was too out of shape to contemplate a career as a professional player. The family had been living in Winnipeg, where Bobby Hull had played with the Jets between 19, but relocated to Vancouver without the elder Hull after the divorce. ![]() The stormy relationship of his parents -which ended in divorce in 1980 after allegations of spousal abuse by his mother -estranged Hull from his father during his adolescence. Brett and his three brothers spent considerable time with their father at Blackhawks training sessions when the Black-hawks banned the Hull boys from the ice, Bobby Hull briefly walked off the team in protest. Bobby Hull took the Chicago Blackhawks to the Stanley Cup finals in 1965, the same year that he won the first of his two consecutive Hart Trophies as the league's Most Valuable Player. I did it because I loved the game." Son of Hockey Legendīorn in Belleville, Ontario, Canada on August 9, 1964, Brett Hull arrived at the height of his father's fame as an NHL player. … It's not like I to be a pain in the to the league or to the organizations I played for. As he related to Jennifer Floyd of the Hockey Digest in 2001, " are the most important part of the game. ![]() One of the more vibrant personalities in the NHL, Hull was also popular with hockey audiences for his outspoken comments on the sport. ![]() One of the ten leading all-time scorers in the National Hockey League (NHL), Hull played on the Stanley Cup-winning teams of the Dallas Stars in 1999 and the Detroit Red Wings in 2002. Although he was criticized early in his career for being a one-dimensional player who could score goals but do little else on the ice, Hull grew into an impressive all-around player who adapted his game to help his teams win. Son of hockey legend Bobby Hull, Brett Hull has carved out his own place in the sport's history books alongside his father.
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