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Brett Hull – Greatest to Don the Note

As a tribute to Brett Hull on his 50th – yes, I said 50th – birthday, we recap the greatest accomplishments earned in the Blue and Yellow jersey because, frankly, he looked and played the best hockey of his career donning the Blue Note.

From 1987-98, Brett Hull skated his way into St. Louis record books. During his 11-year tenure in the Gateway City he proved himself as a future Hall-of-Famer and a true leader of not only the Blues hockey team, but the city that surrounded him.

The Golden Brett played 744 games as a Blue, ranking him third all-time in team history. Hully sits atop the Blues record books as all-time leader in power play, game-winning and total goals as well as hat tricks and shots on goal. He’s second in assists, points and shorties (shorthanded goals) and holds the Blues single-season record with 131 points.

In 1990-91 he tallied a staggering 86 goals and 45 assists for 131 points. Those 86 are good for third all-time in an NHL single season, sitting under, only, two performances from The Great One and besting Super Mario’s highest scoring campaign. That year, he took home St. Louis’ first Hart Memorial Trophy in franchise history for most valuable player.

Undoubtedly, his greatest seasons came in the lucky number of three, during 1989-92, when he compiled an astonishing 228 goals and 125 assists for 353 points in 231 games. In today’s NHL’s standards, he is Jason and the goalies are prey.

In 1999, Hull went on to win the Stanley Cup in Dallas by dramatic fashion, scoring the series-winning goal in triple overtime, under current Blues head coach, Ken Hitchcock – funny how things work out, huh?

Hull has since had his number retired by the Blues, inducted into the Hockey Hall of Fame, and now sits as the executive vice president of the St. Louis Blues. I’d say, at 50, he’s had himself a pretty good career – and that’s a vast understatement.

That Stanley Cup came for Hull, Dallas and Hitchcock exactly 16 years ago, Hull’s playing number. Could it be that in the 50th year of his life, sitting in the Blues front office, is the year everyone in the Metropolitan St. Louis population has been dreaming of? The year the puzzle pieces finally fit together to create the utmost breathtaking image any Blues fan can imagine.

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