He scored his first goal against the Boston Bruins on Oct. 8, 1957, against the Toronto Maple Leafs, a 1-0 win at Chicago Stadium. Hull made his NHL debut with the Hawks on Oct. I thought I’d live and I’d die as a Chicago Blackhawk and that’s what I wanted to do.” “I never thought I would wear any jersey but crimson. I can live the rest of my life knowing the Blackhawks wanted me back and I wanted to be back,” Hull said after becoming a team ambassador. Hull denounced former Blackhawks owner Bill Wirtz for decades after his Hawks career, but reconciled with his son and current owner Rocky Wirtz in 2008. He attempted two short-lived NHL comebacks before retiring from hockey and was inducted to the Hall of Fame in 1983. Hull left the Blackhawks in 1972 to join the World Hockey Association’s Winnipeg Jets as a player/coach. The faster I went, the further up ice I skated, the louder it got and the more exciting it was.”īobby Hull is introduced at the annual Blackhawks Convention at the Hilton Chicago on July 26, 2019. “Every time I picked up that puck behind the net I could hear them and feel the electricity. But they’re full of crap,” Hull told The Tribune in 1988. “Some people say they don’t hear the fans when they play. He was a bellwether at Chicago Stadium for 15 years - leading the league in scoring for seven of them - along with “Million Dollar Line” members Murray Balfour and Bill Hay.
Hull became the first NHL player to score more than 50 goals in a season in 1966, and he reached 50 goals four more times. His connection to our fans was special and irreplaceable.” 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. In a statement, Blackhawks chairman Rocky Wirtz said: “Bobby Hull will always be remembered as one of the greatest Blackhawks players of all time. His life off the ice and statements attributed to him after his playing career also cloud his legacy.
The revered Blackhawks wing, nicknamed “The Golden Jet,” often attracted multiple defenders shadowing his every move to compensate for his blistering shot and open ice speed. Keeping up with Hull will forever be one of the most arduous tasks presented in the NHL. Hull scored 50 or more goals five times with the Hawks and had three other seasons with 40-plus goals.ĬHICAGO - Bobby Hull, the electrifying Blackhawks left wing who brought the Stanley Cup to Chicago in 1961 and was a former team ambassador, died, the team announced Monday. He was the last Hawk to lead the NHL in goals scored. Bobby Hull holds the Blackhawks single-season record for goals scored with 58 in 1968-69.
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