I mean, you think you’re going to snap 50 in the NHL?'”Īnd Sheeny was right. “I said, ‘You know Brett, you’re living with me and you can say whatever you want with me, but when you’re around the other guys, you might want to tone that down a little bit. “Now he’s a kid right out of college and he says, ‘Yeah, I’ll go snap 50 in this league,'” Sheehy remembers. Still, the confidence he had coming into the league was staggering, and one day he said something that made Sheehy gasp.
Hull was coming off a season for University of Minnesota-Duluth in which he scored 52 goals in 42 games, and was two seasons removed from a 105-goal 56-game junior season. Hull took him up on the offer, so Sheehy got a good opportunity to witness the young right winger’s earliest NHL impressions. “Why don’t you come to my house and live with me for the rest of the year?” Sheehy asked him. He figured he’d offer him something a bit more comfortable. He knew that Hull, like a lot of prospects, had been put up in a local hotel during his postseason stay. No college player has scored more goals in single season since.Neil Sheehy, now an NHL agent, was a 25-year-old defenseman for those Flames. The nine-time NHL All-Star starred two seasons (1984-86) at the University of Minnesota Duluth where his sophomore campaign he scored 52 goals and was a finalist for the Hobey Baker Memorial Award. He also participated in the 1991 Canada Cup and 1986 IIHF Men's World Championship. On the international side, Hull helped the United States to an Olympic silver medal at his second Games in 2002 and topped the tournament in scoring as Team USA captured the World Cup of Hockey in 1996, the first of his two World Cup appearances.
After three seasons in Dallas, Hull signed as a free agent with the Detroit Red Wings prior to 2001-02 season and captured his second Stanley Cup later that spring. Louis, Hull signed with the Dallas Stars in the summer of 1998 and helped the team win the Stanley Cup in 1999. Pearson Trophy and the Hart Memorial Trophy as the league's MVP.Īfter 11 seasons in St. The following year marked the first of three consecutive 70-plus goal seasons, which included a career-high 86 goals in 1990-91 to earn him the Lester B. In his first full season with the Blues (1988-89), he scored 41 goals and captured the Lady Byng Memorial Trophy. Louis Blues, Dallas Stars, Detroit Red Wings, Phoenix Coyotes) Hull’s 741 career goals place him third all-time in NHL history. Brett Hull recorded 1,391 points during his more than 20-year National Hockey League career that included stints with five teams (Calgary Flames, St.
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