Hull would lead the team in scoring by a wide margin as a 22-year-old, posting 50 goals and 92 points in just 67 games as a rookie as he claimed the league’s Rookie of the Year honours.

In 1986–87, Hull would suit up in his first full professional season with the Flames’ then AHL affiliate, the Moncton Golden Flames. The goal scoring success wouldn’t end at the college level though. The BCHL has since named their trophy awarded to the league’s highest scorer the Brett Hull Trophy. His 105 goals and 188 points in his draft year in 1983–84 both remain single season records in the BCHL. He had scored at a rate of 1.43 goals per game over two years in BCJHL, as well as scoring at 0.93 goals per game in the WCHA. Hull posted 84 goals and 144 points across 90 games and two seasons for the University of Minnesota-Duluth between 19.Įven this early into his career, it was crystal clear Hull had a special knack for scoring goals. He would then follow that up with a couple successful years playing college hockey in the WCHA in his D+1 and D+2 years. Going into the draft, Hull was a prolific scorer in the BCJHL ( now known as the BCHL), putting up a ridiculous 105 goals and 188 points in 57 games in his draft year in 1983–84 before the Flames selected him.

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