
During the 2002–03 season, Brett was named a three-time All-Star after collecting 37 goals and 76 points. On February 11, 2003, Bobby Hull became the sixth player in NHL history to score 700 goals when he netted a goal against the San Jose Sharks. Brett made his 1,000th career appearance on February 25, 2001, as a member of the New York Rangers. On October 10, 2000, he became the all-time leader in goals scored by a male player, reaching 611. Brett’s goal total of 39 in 2000–01 was the best he had scored since 2004. The NHL eliminated the crease rule before the 2016 season.īrett Hull, a Detroit Red Wings’ forward, signed a two-year, $9 million contract in 2001.

Despite battling a groin injury for much of the 1998-99 season, Brett managed to score 32 goals. On December 31, 1999, he became the first person to reach 600 goals. Brett’s 1,000th point came during his time with the Dallas Stars. In 1992–93, he scored 54 goals, the fourth and fifth time he’d scored 50 goals in a row in 1993–94, he scored 57. In each of his three seasons in the NHL, he was named the league’s First All-Star and led the league in goals scored. Louis Blues traded Brett to Rob Ramage and Rick Wamsley in exchange for Rob Ramage and Rick Wamsley in 1988.īetween 19, Bobby Brett scored 228 goals, the second highest total of any player in NHL history, trailing only Wayne Gretzky‘s 250 goals. He was the league’s rookie of the year and was named to the first all-star team, in addition to receiving the Dudley “Red” Garrett Memorial Award. Brett, the Moncton Golden Flame’s first-year player, tied an American Hockey League rookie record with 50 goals in his inaugural season. Brett holds both school records for the most goals in a season by a freshman (34) and the most goals in a season by a freshman (52).


In 1984, Brett was drafted 117th overall by the Calgary Flames in the NHL Entry Draft. Louis Blues, Dallas Stars, Detroit Red Wings, and Phoenix Coyotes during a 20-year career. He is the son of former NHL player Bobby Hull, who is considered one of the greatest players of all time.īrett Hull was born on August 9, 1964, in Belleville, Ontario, Canada. He would go on to play seventeen seasons with the Blues, winning a Stanley Cup in 1999. He played parts of three seasons with the Flames before being traded to the St. He played college hockey at the University of Minnesota-Duluth and was drafted by the Calgary Flames in the sixth round of the 1984 NHL Entry Draft. Brett Hull is considered a US hockey player because he was born in Belleville, Illinois and raised in the United States.
