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Article: Brett Hull: Father's Son in Name, Skill Only
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- The Washington Post
- Article date:
- December 27, 1988
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The slap shot comes from the right side now instead of the left,
but the stinging force it carries is unmistakable. So, too, the
square jaw, the stocky build, the blond mane.
Just like dad.
In only his second full season in the National Hockey League,
Brett Hull has been playing like most everyone figured he could.
After all, he is a son of the Golden Jet, Bobby Hull, a left wing who
scored 913 goals during his Hall of Fame career, most of which was
spent with the Chicago Blackhawks.
Brett says that living in his father's shadow wasn't always easy,
especially since the two were not particularly close. Startling
on-ice similarities notwithstanding, Hull didn't use his father as a
role ...