Brett Hull Retires
Brett Hull has retired. Out of all of them, this one stings the most. Brett Hull is the player who got me interested in hockey. He is the reason that I wanted to learn about the game, its history. Now, unceremoniously, Brett Hull retires. No farewell road show. No fanfare. Brett Hull is behind only Wayne Gretzky and Gordie Howe in goals scored. That says a lot, doesn't it? 741 goals, 650 assists, 1391 points, a 19 year career +/- rating of 23, 265 power play goals, 20 short-handed goals and 110 game winning goals.
I was fortunate enough to see Hull score a few goals live and in person. The first one was at the United Center, the Dallas Stars against the Chicago Blackhawks. I was sitting in the corner just to the left of the goal. A few minutes in, Hull just pulls it. In goes the puck. I can die a happy hockey fan. Even through it killed me to see Hull in anything but a St. Louis Blues jersey, he was and is my favorite player. There were times I wondered... but he is. Thank you, Mr. Hull.
Photo Credit: http://sports.yahoo.com/nhl/photo?slug=png10210160053.coyotes_hull_retires__png102&prov=ap
posted by Ann @ 10:35 PM
3 Comments:
At 11:11 PM, October 18, 2005,
Sean said…
Yes it is such a pity! I kind of stopped watching hockey when the Oilers stopped winning the Stanley Cup and they cleaned up the game, but I know it was also due to the trading and retiring of some of my favourite players. Hopefully this year I'll get a chance to watch a couple of games -- in the absence of rugby something needs to fill the vacuum and all in all it's a darn good game. Cheers to you for sticking to your favourites.
At 12:46 AM, October 19, 2005,
Healthy Obsession said…
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At 12:47 AM, October 19, 2005,
Healthy Obsession said…
ya he was good people
though i'm sure he's kinda happy about how he went out
i suspect those people that announce they are 'hanging them up'at the begining of a year and then go on a a tour of their last year playing do it out of ego a bit
Roy went out the same as Hull, he just felt it was right and dipped out. he didn't need people telling him for a whole year straight that he was the best to ever play his position (my opinion)
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