<body><div><div style="position:relative;width:100%; height:0; padding-bottom: 56.25%;"><iframe allowfullscreen="true" frameborder="0" sandbox="allow-scripts allow-same-origin allow-popups allow-popups-to-escape-sandbox" scrolling="no" src="https://www.iheart.com/podcast/the-herd-w-colin-cowherd-27332740/?embed=true&amp;keyid=EditorialPlayer" style="width:100%; height:100%;top:0; left:0; position:absolute"></iframe></div><figure><img src="https://img.particlenews.com/image.php?type=thumbnail_580x000&amp;url=2ZgSJd_0kWFi04h00" alt="https://img.particlenews.com/image.php?url=2ZgSJd_0kWFi04h00" width="650" height="365" ><figcaption><cite> Photo: Getty Images </cite></figcaption></figure><nbtemplate data-id="AdPlaceholder" data-content="JTdCJTdE"></nbtemplate><p> Pioneering <a href="https://www.iheart.com/content/2022-04-22-hockey-hall-of-famer-guy-lafleur-dead-at-70/" rel="nofollow" target="_blank"> Hockey Hall of Famer </a><strong> Bobby Hull </strong> has died at the age of 84, <a href="https://twitter.com/NHLAlumni/status/1620084539875033088" rel="nofollow" target="_blank"> the NHL Alumni Association announced in a statement shared on its official Twitter account </a> Monday (January 30) morning. </p><p> Hull was a back-to-back Hart Trophy winner -- given to the NHL's most valuable player -- during the 1964-65 and 1965-66 seasons, as well as a 12-time All-Star and Stanley Cup champion during his professional hockey career, which included 15 NHL seasons with the Chicago Blackhawks (1957-72) and one split between the Winnipeg Jets (1979-80) and Hartford Whalers (1979-80), as well as seven with the Jets in the World Hockey Association (1972-79), having served as a player/coach, prior to the 1979 <a href="https://www.iheart.com/content/2022-04-13-bruins-2023-nhl-winter-classic-opponent-selected-report/" rel="nofollow" target="_blank"> NHL </a> merger. </p><p> "Hull was a driven player who always gave fans a memorable experience at every game and brought them to their feet," the NHL Alumni Twitter account wrote. "In his retirement, “The Golden Jet” was never in a rush to sign every autograph as an ambassador for the Blackhawks, one of his favourite accomplishments. </p><nbtemplate data-id="AdPlaceholder" data-content="JTdCJTdE"></nbtemplate><p> "Bobby was a 3x Art Ross Trophy winner, Lester Patrick Trophy winner, 2x Hart Memorial Trophy winner, Lady Byng Memorial Trophy winner, Stanley Cup Champion, Hockey Hall of Famer, and one of the <a href="https://twitter.com/NHL" rel="nofollow" target="_blank"> @NHL </a> ’s 100 Greatest Players." </p><blockquote class="twitter-tweet"><p dir="ltr" lang="en"> The NHL Alumni Association is deeply saddened to learn that Bobby Hull has passed away at the age of 84. <br><br> Bobby began his NHL career with the <a href="https://twitter.com/NHLBlackhawks?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw" rel="nofollow"> @NHLBlackhawks </a> in 1957. He would go on to play 15 seasons with the team, one season with Winnipeg, and another with Hartford, amounting.. <a href="https://t.co/pOIioAgwd4" rel="nofollow"> pic.twitter.com/pOIioAgwd4 </a></p> — NHL Alumni (@NHLAlumni) <a href="https://twitter.com/NHLAlumni/status/1620084539875033088?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw" rel="nofollow"> January 30, 2023 </a></blockquote><p> Hull is the Blackhawks' franchise leader in goals scored with 604, having etched a legacy with one of the most feared slap shots in NHL history, reported to have been clocked at 118 MPH and famously shot off a curved blade of his wooden stick. The left winger signed hockey's first $1 million contract to leave the Blackhawks to join the Jets as a player/coach in the WHA in 1972, spending seven seasons with the franchise before initially announcing his retirement during the 1978-79 season and un-retiring after the WHA merged with the NHL. </p><nbtemplate data-id="AdPlaceholder" data-content="JTdCJTdE"></nbtemplate><p> Hull and his son, fellow Hall of Famer <strong> Brett Hull </strong> , are the only father and son duo to win the Hart Memorial Trophy and be named among the 100 Greatest NHL Players list in 2017. </p></div></body>

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Pioneering Hockey Hall of Famer Bobby Hull has died at the age of 84.