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This Day In Sports History (March 19) – Brett Hull
It was on this day in 1991 that Brett Hull became only the second man in NHL history to score 80 goals in a season. Hull finished the year with 86 goals, third best all-time only behind Wayne Gretzky’s 92 in 1981-82 and Gretzky’s 87 in 1983-84. Brett also became only the fifth player to score 50 goals in his teams first 50 games.
Hull was the games premier goal scorer in the early ’90′s, scoring an incredible 339 goals from 1989-1994 for an average of almost 68 goals per season. “The Golden Brett” was paired with Adam Oates to make up one of the NHL’s most feared duos. Oates was a great playmaker, who consistently setup Hull for his trademark one-time slap shot.
Alexander Ovechkin and Nicklas Backstrom are a reminder of how Hull and Oates played in the early ’90′s, but as great as Ovechkin is, he will be hard pressed to score 80 goals in today’s NHL.
Here is Oates setting up Hull for his 50th goal in 49 games.
Notable Birthdays
Vladimir Konstantinov: NHL – Born March 19th 1967 (age 43) in Murmansk, Soviet Union
Rick Mirer: NFL – Born March 19th 1970 (age 40) in Goshen, Indiana
Hedo Turkoglu: NBA – Born March 19th 1979 (age 31) in Istanbul, Turkey
