B had this video from midas as a kid and I watched it so much I knew it word for word. I have a lot of respect for Brett and I’m a bruins fan. Great video thanks for posting.
I miss those late-80's/early-90's jerseys they had. I also miss the old Hull & Oates line, or the Hull Street Blues! Geez, we had some good teams back then...
Thank you for putting this up here! I had the original VHS tape but have nothing to watch it on anymore. Now I can "let it go" 😉 Brett...my favourite player! Always will be, ever 😍
I turned 7 at the end of the 90/91 season and lived in St. Louis. To say that Brett Hull was a hero on the playground would be a massive understatement. I just assumed he would be going 50/50 for years to come.
Never really got over him turning his back on Canada, but he was the best quote in the NHL for quite some time. There’s no doubt about it. He was Gary Bettman’s worst nightmare with a mic in his face!
Growing up a hockey fan as a kid in the late 80s and 90s I did not know much about Brett Hull as I grew up in the Boston area and Hockey was much more regionalized and obviously no social media. I never realized how humble he was. I definitely have a new appreciation for this guy
@@tomgeoghegan9173 Hull considered himself both because Team Canada snubbed him and Team USA invited him to play. From that point forward Hull considered himself American and played for Team USA
@@MrTCHOSS Correct. Tram Canada snubbed him. Your last sentence makes no sense. He's born in Canada. Dad's side of family Canadian. America via mother.
@@tomgeoghegan9173 During this particular time period (1990-91), Hull was still sore about the Canada snub. He called himself an American during that time period. He may have softened since then, but it would have been perfectly fine for Ken Wilson to say that. It was something Hull wore as a chip on his shoulder for those first few years of his career
Did anyone ever notice in old sports clips the majority of the fans are wearing regular clothes and not their team colors or jerseys? I wonder why merchandise wasn't marketed as much back then.
Alot of people would actially dress up and wear ties, and woman wore dresses. I never knew that but my best friends grandma told me, after the game she woukd go out with the team to the bar, alot if them smoked, drank , and had a lot of white stuff around!!
I still have my vhs copy of this stashed away. I think this was a promo for Midas. That is where I received it and cover had Midas logos all over it, along with the commercial that he made, which is in this
My dad met him at a bar around the time of this video. When my dad she shook his hand the hand that meets his is about as thick as a t'bone steak and had the grip of a hydraulic press. It was a brief interaction but my dad says he was a nice guy.
Thanks mostly to the players union, the NHL draft is now only 7 rounds, where it used to be 12 and some years 20 plus. It's incredible to think that despite Brett Hull's obvious talent for shooting and scoring that he was drafted in the 6th round. It pains me to think how many great talents we are being robbed of because of the inability of NHL clubs to stop over emphasizing their first round picks while underrating anyone taken in the later rounds. I honestly wonder if there will ever be another hall of fame player who was never drafted, or drafted late like Hasek and Robitaille etc.
I'm no NHL fan but I just wanted to buy a jersey to make a cool outfit cause what gives, right? Ended up falling in love with the '98 Blues jersey on ebay cause nice colors and everything, 'HULL #16' on the back, never heard that name before I only know Jagr, Gretzky and Ovechkin. Watching this video I'm so happy I had that impulse cause now I own a jersey of one of the all-time greats. Unfortunately I never saw him playing but I watched 4 games yesterday - starting with the Blues game. Could be the start of something special, idk...
Great video. Just one comment, Bobby Hull wasn't the first person to score 50 in the NHL. Rocket Richard, Bernie Geoffrion, did it before Hull. The golden jet, did it on regular basis.
