![]() It was an absence felt by the pair of Swedes, who made up the trio known as the 'Hot Line' for their scoring prowess in the World Hockey Association in the 1970s. The 77-year-old Hull had told the NHL club last month that he wouldn't be joining former linemates Anders Hedberg and Ulf Nilsson for the ceremony because of "personal reasons." Hull presumably no longer will appear at Hawks promotional events and such, as he previously did at the annual Hawks Convention and Winter Classic games.Īs the Hawks begin the long process of repairing their image in the Chicago sports community, this small move represents an encouraging step in the right direction.WINNIPEG - The Winnipeg Jets inducted the first three players into their Hall of Fame Wednesday, but superstar Bobby Hull was missing. His statue still stands, alongside Mikita’s, outside the United Center on Madison Street, and that’s probably not going anywhere in the near future - although the old Hawks statue across the street that was vandalized by Native American mascot protestors in 2020 seemingly has been removed permanently. Hull had 1,153 points in 1,036 games for the Hawks between 19, then another 638 points in 411 WHA games before retiring in 1980. Hull, a two-time Hart Trophy winner as the NHL’s most valuable player, a three-time Art Ross Trophy winner as the NHL’s leading points-getter and a seven-time league leader in goals, spent the first two-thirds of his lengthy career with the Hawks before jumping to the World Hockey Association with the Jets.
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