Bobby Hull

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Hockey Hall of Fame , 1983
Bobby Hull
Date of birth January 3, 1939
place of birth Pointe Anne , Ontario , Canada
Nickname The Golden Jet
size 178 cm
Weight 94 kg
position Left wing
Shot hand Left
Career stations
1955-1957 St. Catharines Teepees
1957-1972 Chicago Black Hawks
1972-1980 Winnipeg Jets
1980 Hartford Whalers

Robert Marvin "Bobby" Hull , OC (born January 3, 1939 in Pointe Anne , Ontario ) is a retired Canadian ice hockey player and coach who played 1182 games for the Chicago Black Hawks , Winnipeg between 1955 and 1980 Jets and Hartford Whalers in the National Hockey League and 471 others also for the Winnipeg Jets in the World Hockey Association in the position of left wingerhas denied. Hull is one of the few players to have won both the NHL's Stanley Cup and the WHA's Avco World Trophy in their careers. In addition, he won the gold medal with the Canadian national team at the Canada Cup in 1976 and received numerous individual awards, which were crowned with his induction into the Hockey Hall of Fame in 1983. With his son Brett Hull , who was no less successful in his career, he holds all important father-son records in the NHL.

Career

Hull in the Black Hawks jersey

At the age of 15, the Chicago Black Hawks secured Bobby Hull, one of the most promising young players. After three seasons with the Galt Black Hawks and the St. Catharines Teepees in the Ontario Hockey Association , the Blackhawks brought him to their squad for the 1957/58 season . He played a strong rookie season in which he reached 47 scorer points , but Frank Mahovlich received the Calder Memorial Trophy as the best newcomer in the league.

From the 1959/60 season he formed the "Million Dollar Line" with Bill Hay and Murray Balfour . He increased his best performance to 81 points and was the most successful scorer in the NHL. But much more important than his points was the positive influence he and Stan Mikita had on the appearance of the Black Hawks. Before Hull, Chicago had only qualified for the playoffs once in twelve years and fan interest had declined significantly. With him, positive headlines came again and the team played its way back into the hearts of the fans in Chicago. With him was his brother Dennis Hull in the roster of the Black Hawks. Together with Mikita he worked on the development of a curved ice hockey stick. Hull was characterized by both his speed and his hard shot.

The 1960/61 season was disappointing for Hull himself, but he found his form back in the playoffs and was able to bring the Stanley Cup back to Chicago after 23 years . The following year, he became the third player in NHL history after Maurice Richard and Bernie Geoffrion to score 50 goals in one season. By 1969 it had reached this mark four times and was the first to surpass it. The Blackhawks had never come as close to another Stanley Cup as they had in the 1970/71 season . With 25 points, Hull played an outstanding finals. In the seventh game in Chicago, the Hawks were leading 2-1 after two-thirds, but an outstanding Ken Dryden in the goal of the Canadiens de Montréal brought Chicago to despair and Montreal won 3-2.

The shock came to the Chicago Black Hawks over the course of the following season. Their star, the "Golden Jet" accepted an offer from the Winnipeg Jets from the newly founded World Hockey Association . He was the first player to sign a million dollar deal. The NHL deleted him from the roster for the 1972 Summit Series . From 1972 to 1974, Hull worked as a player- coach for the Jets and thereby also became the first head coach in the history of the Jets franchise. He was the figurehead of the WHA and with his commitment the new league had managed to be taken seriously. At the Summit Series in 1974 he came to his series against the Soviet Union. In Winnipeg he formed from the 1974/75 season with the two Swedes Anders Hedberg and Ulf Nilsson "The Hot Line" , one of the best storm series of the WHA. He won the Avco World Trophy twice in the WHA . At the Canada Cup 1976 he was allowed to play for Canada together with his colleagues from the NHL. With five goals, he was the tournament's most successful goalscorer.

When the WHA was dissolved and the Jets transferred to the NHL, he returned to the NHL in the 1979/80 season. He played 18 games for Winnipeg before being handed over to the Hartford Whalers . Here he played with Gordie Howe , another legend who had returned to the NHL from the WHA. After the season he ended his career, but played again for the New York Rangers in 1981 when they played some friendly games in Sweden before the season. In 1983 he was honored with the induction into the Hockey Hall of Fame .

Achievements and Awards

International

Career statistics

Regular season Play-offs
season team league Sp T V Pt SM Sp T V Pt SM
1953/54 Galt Black Hawks OHA 6th 0 0 0 0 - - - - -
1954/55 Woodstock Athletics OHA-B
1954/55 Galt Black Hawks OHA 6th 0 0 0 0 - - - - -
1955/56 St. Catharines Teepees OHA 48 11 7th 18th 79 6th 0 2 2 9
1956/57 St. Catharines Teepees OHA 52 33 28 61 95 13 8th 8th 16 24
1957/58 Chicago Black Hawks NHL 70 13 34 47 62 - - - - -
1958/59 Chicago Black Hawks NHL 70 18th 32 50 50 6th 1 1 2 2
1959/60 Chicago Black Hawks NHL 70 39 42 81 68 3 1 0 1 2
1960/61 Chicago Black Hawks NHL 67 31 25th 56 43 12 4th 10 14th 4th
1961/62 Chicago Black Hawks NHL 70 50 34 84 35 12 8th 6th 14th 12
1962/63 Chicago Black Hawks NHL 65 31 31 62 27 5 8th 2 10 4th
1963/64 Chicago Black Hawks NHL 70 43 44 87 50 7th 2 5 7th 2
1964/65 Chicago Black Hawks NHL 61 39 32 71 32 14th 10 7th 17th 27
1965/66 Chicago Black Hawks NHL 65 54 43 97 70 6th 2 2 4th 10
1966/67 Chicago Black Hawks NHL 66 52 28 80 52 6th 4th 2 6th 0
1967/68 Chicago Black Hawks NHL 71 44 31 75 39 11 4th 6th 10 15th
1968/69 Chicago Black Hawks NHL 74 58 49 107 48 - - - - -
1969/70 Chicago Black Hawks NHL 61 38 29 67 8th 8th 3 8th 11 2
1970/71 Chicago Black Hawks NHL 78 44 52 96 32 18th 11 14th 25th 16
1971/72 Chicago Black Hawks NHL 78 50 43 93 24 8th 4th 4th 8th 6th
1972/73 Winnipeg Jets WHA 63 51 52 103 37 14th 9 16 25th 16
1973/74 Winnipeg Jets WHA 75 53 42 95 38 4th 1 1 2 4th
1974/75 Winnipeg Jets WHA 78 77 65 142 41 - - - - -
1975/76 Winnipeg Jets WHA 80 53 70 123 30th 13 12 8th 20th 4th
1976/77 Winnipeg Jets WHA 34 21st 32 53 14th 20th 13 9 22nd 2
1977/78 Winnipeg Jets WHA 77 46 71 117 23 9 8th 3 11 12
1978/79 Winnipeg Jets WHA 4th 2 3 5 0 - - - - -
1979/80 Winnipeg Jets NHL 18th 4th 6th 10 0 - - - - -
1979/80 Hartford Whalers NHL 9 2 5 7th 0 3 0 0 0 0
OHA total 112 44 35 79 174 19th 8th 10 18th 33
NHL overall 1063 610 560 1170 640 119 62 67 129 102
WHA total 411 303 335 638 183 60 43 37 80 38

International

Represented Canada to:

year team event result Sp T V Pt SM
1974 Canada Summit Series 2nd place 8th 7th 2 9 0
1976 Canada Canada Cup 1st place, gold 7th 5 3 8th 2
Men overall 15th 12 5 17th 2

( Legend for player statistics: Sp or GP = games played; T or G = goals scored; V or A = assists scored ; Pkt or Pts = scorer points scored ; SM or PIM = penalty minutes received ; +/− = plus / minus balance; PP = overpaid goals scored ; SH = underpaid goals scored ; GW = winning goals scored; 1  play-downs / relegation )

WHA coach statistics

Regular season Playoffs
season team league Sp S. N U Pt space Sp S. N result
1972/73 Winnipeg Jets WHA 78 43 31 4th 90 1st, western 14th 9 5 Defeat in the Avco World Trophy final
1973/74 Winnipeg Jets WHA 78 34 39 5 73 4th, western 4th 0 4th Loss in the division semi-finals
1974/75 Winnipeg Jets WHA 13 4th 9 0 (8th) 3rd, Canadian - - - Resignation during the season
NHL overall 169 81 79 9 171 1 division title 18th 9 9 0 Avco World Trophies

( Legend for coach statistics: Sp or GC = total games; W or S = wins scored; L or N = losses scored; T or U = draws scored; OTL or OTN = losses scored after overtime or shootout ; Pts or Pkt = points scored ; Pts% or Pkt% = point rate; Win% = win rate; result = round reached in the play-offs )

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personal data
SURNAME Hull, Bobby
ALTERNATIVE NAMES Hull, Robert Marvin
BRIEF DESCRIPTION Canadian ice hockey player and coach
DATE OF BIRTH January 3, 1939
PLACE OF BIRTH Pointe Anne , Ontario , Canada