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| Bobby Hull, the Golden Jet, 84, RIP |
| 2023-01-30 |
| [Chicago Daily Herald] Bobby Hull, the Chicago Blackhawks' all-time leading goal scorer, died Monday morning at the age of 84. No immediate details on how Hull died are yet available. The controversial Hull, who possessed a howitzer of a shot that allowed him to score 610 NHL goals, broke into the league in the 1957-58 season. He scored 30 or more goals for 13 consecutive seasons then left for the World Hockey Association in 1972 when the league agreed to pay him $1 million. Hull teamed up with good friend Stan Mikita and helped lead the Hawks to a Stanley Cup title in 1961. Hull also became the first player to score more than 50 goals in a season on March 12, 1966 and finished with 54 goals. "Bobby Hull will always be remembered as one of the greatest Blackhawks players of all time," Hawks owner Rocky Wirtz said in a statement. "He was a beloved member of the Blackhawks family. "When I assumed leadership of the organization upon my father's passing in 2007, one of my first priorities was to meet with Bobby to convince him to come back as an ambassador of the team. His connection to our fans was special and irreplaceable." Known as the Golden Jet, the blond-haired Hull was born January 3, 1939 in Pointe Anne, Ontario. He befriended Mikita in the late 1940s and the two stayed close until Mikita passed away in August 2018. "I've known Bobby my whole life and I didn't know him as a hockey player," said Jane Mikita Gneiser, one of Stan's four children. "We knew him as dad's friend -- which is a different perspective than most people probably have. I mean, he was great. He was charismatic. He was charming and he was a loyal friend. "You'd be really lucky to have that in your life if you could have a friend like that -- and Bobby and my dad were buddies." Hull scored 604 goals for the Hawks and 6 when he returned to the NHL with Winnipeg and Hartford in 1979-80. Hull scored 303 with the Jets in the WHA from 1972-79. Bobby's son, Brett, also played in the NHL. Both won the Hart Trophy as league MVP during their careers, becoming the first father-son duo to accomplish the feat. Hull is still the Hawks franchise leader in regular-season and playoff goals. His 1,153 points rank second behind Mikita's 1,467. After being all but ignored by the Hawks for more than two decades, Hull and Mikita were made Blackhawks ambassadors in 2010 by Wirtz and then-President John McDonough.... |
| Posted by:DooDahMan |
| #9 @#8 - I seem to remember Willi Plett as an Atlanta Flame...rookie of the year, too? @#7 - The wokeness sickens me. I watch fewer and fewer sports and have zero intention on watching the National Felons League Super Bowl. @#6 - Remember the Crusaders? Paul Shmyr, Gerry Cheevers. That Richfield Coliseum was a disaster. |
| Posted by: DooDahMan 2023-01-30 22:32 |
| #8 Jpal I loved the Flames, remember I went to the playoff game against the Canadians, which at that time was longest fight in NHL history. it must’ve been 20 minutes and with all the beer that was thrown from the stands they had to have another stoppage for the zamboni to come resurface |
| Posted by: Beavis 2023-01-30 20:22 |
| #7 Another woke corporate cancer. Doesn't matter what the game in its pure form is. |
| Posted by: M. Murcek 2023-01-30 17:37 |
| #6 I played as a kid in the Cleveland area but I lacked a key element in my game - talent. We had an NHL team for a year and a half. |
| Posted by: Super Hose 2023-01-30 17:28 |
| #5 I can sympathize jpal . I never cared about hockey as a kid cause I couldn't skate for $#!t. Then I went to school in the Boston area and....... Jesus saves and Esposito scores on the rebound was beaten into me. I loved Ken Dryden for that reason. The arrogance of Bruins fans annoyed me. |
| Posted by: AlanC 2023-01-30 16:23 |
| #4 I used be a big NHL fan before those bastards from Calgary stole our team. |
| Posted by: jpal 2023-01-30 15:58 |
| #3 Hull was the top of the heap...except maybe for Orr. |
| Posted by: AlanC 2023-01-30 15:43 |
| #2 He was the Golden Jet before he jumped to the WHA for cash. They might have named the franchise after his nickname as a marketing ploy. I saw him in that league and he was still very good. By that time his golden mane had sort of degenerated into something akin to Friar Tuck with a mullet. |
| Posted by: Super Hose 2023-01-30 14:44 |
| #1 Hull scored 303 with the [Winnipeg] Jets Where he got the nickname "Golden Jet" - according to my Son-in-law, whose Mother grew up in Winnipeg. |
| Posted by: Bobby 2023-01-30 14:26 |