Saturday, October 15, 2005

Hull Retires



The Golden Brett is hanging it up tonight, sources that I trust tell me. The 3rd leading goal scorer in the history of hockey has apparently had enough of the "New NHL".

Saturday, the Arizona Republic noted he was not at practice on Friday ...


With Brett Hull's ice time dwindling, coach Wayne Gretzky reiterated that patience is the best approach for the star, yet aging, right wing to take.

Hull, the NHL's third all-time leading goal scorer, played only 12 shifts on Thursday night against Nashville, logging eight minutes, 46 seconds of ice time.

"He's one of the elite players ever to play the game," Gretzky said. "As I told him two weeks ago, he just has to be patient. He missed a full year. He's 41 years old.

"It's a unique situation. Is it fun for him? Probably not. He's handled himself really well. He's worked hard every day. Basically it's like I told him: It's not going to happen overnight. It's going to take some time; just be patient."

Gretzky added that captain Shane Doan eats up a lot of minutes at right wing.

"I told him not to panic," Gretzky said of Hull. "Just work through it."

One day before facing his former Detroit Red Wings teammates, Hull was not at practice on Friday. The team said Hull had family visiting from out of town and had his absence cleared by the coaching staff.

7 comments:

curtis said...

This is truly a sad day, if it is accurate. I will miss the Brett. Email, shmemail...(Charlie Brown piano music playing)What a miserable day, indeed.

Anonymous said...

If he had another brain he'd be a half-wit.

Anonymous said...

So long, and thanks for the Cup.

Anonymous said...

Pardon my cynicism, but getting his dad's number unretired so he could wear it, then retiring a week later, sounds just a teeny bit "attention whorish" to me. Once again Brett has found away to make it all about him.

Anonymous said...

I don't care if he was seeking attention or not. The guy won the Cup for the Stars and he'll always be a beloved figure in Dallas sports history.

Unknown said...

Anyone have the video of Joe Thiesman (pronounced theeesman) getting his leg snapped...or know where to download it ?

Jamie said...

I thought about you bob when i heard the news and i was wondering if you would be able to make it through this year if both of your brett's retire...

Jamie
P1
BaD girl