Hull had 560 assists in 1,063 regular-season NHL games. The NHL and WHA merged in 1979, and Hull played 27 games with Winnipeg and Hartford in his final season before retiring. The Jets lured Hull away from the NHL with hockey’s first $1 million contract, according to his bio on the Hall of Fame website. Hull left the Blackhawks after the 1971-72 season when he was selected by Winnipeg in the WHA draft. He is second to Mikita on the franchise points list with 1,153. The Pointe Anne, Ontario, native remains Chicago’s career leader for regular-season and playoff goals. Hull had two goals and five assists as the Blackhawks eliminated the Red Wings in six games in the final. Hull and Mikita powered Chicago to the franchise’s third championship in 1961, beating Montreal and Detroit in the playoffs.

Hull and Mikita have adjacent statues outside the United Center. He was estranged from the team for a while before he was named a Blackhawks ambassador in a ceremony with former teammate Stan Mikita in 2008. 9 sweater was retired by the Blackhawks that same year. Hull was inducted into the Hockey Hall of Fame in 1983 and his No. Hull’s second wife, Joanne, accused him of abuse during an interview with ESPN for a 2002 show.Ī Russian newspaper reported in 1998 that Hull said Adolf Hitler “had some good ideas.” Hull denied making the comment, calling it “false and defamatory.” He also was accused of battery, but that charge was dropped after Deborah told authorities she didn’t want to testify against her husband, a state attorney told the Chicago Tribune.

Hull was convicted of assaulting a police officer who intervened in a dispute with then-wife Deborah in 1986. While Hull starred on the ice, he faced legal and family issues in his personal life. Bobby Hull scored 50 or more goals five times with the Blackhawks and had three other seasons with 40-plus goals.

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