The following year, he scored 105 goals and collected 188 points to set a new BCJHL scoring record. Despite his pedigree, Hull was passed over by the NHL as teams were unconvinced of his commitment and conditioning. After his parents’ divorce in 1979, Hull moved to Vancouver, where he joined the Penticton Knights of the tier-II British Columbia Junior Hockey League, scored 48 goals in 50 games and was named Rookie of the Year.
In 1977, his Winnipeg South Monarchs team won the prestigious Quebec Winter Carnival Pee-Wee hockey tournament, where he was visited by Montreal Canadians legend Jean Beliveau, who wanted to meet “the young Hull” following the title game.
Hull spent his early childhood in Chicago, playing on his first organized hockey team at four, before moving to Winnipeg in the summer of 1972 after his father jumped the NHL for a million-dollar contract with the Winnipeg Jets of the rival World Hockey Association. His uncle Dennis, the “Silver Jet,” played alongside his father for eight seasons with the Chicago Black Hawks and his brother Bart played running back in the Canadian Football League.
JanuBrett Andrew Hull joined his dad in the Hockey Hall of Fame in 2009, becoming the first father-and-son pair of players ever inducted.īorn in his father’s hometown of Belleville, Ontario, on August 9, 1964, Brett was the third of five children born to Bobby, known as the “Golden Jet,” and Joanne, a former professional skater.
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