Brett Hull Brett Andrew Hull ( born August 9 , 1964 in Belleville , Ontario ) is a former NHL player , the current interim co - general manager of the Dallas Stars , and the son of legendary player Bobby Hull and nephew of Dennis Hull . Though in the earliest years of his career few saw him as a potential star , the colorful and often outspoken Hull announced his retirement on October 15 , 2005 with 741 career goals , placing him third on the all - time list . He played for the Calgary Flames , St . Louis Blues , Dallas Stars , Detroit Red Wings and Phoenix Coyotes . He may also be best remembered for scoring the controversial Stanley Cup winning goal on Buffalo Sabres goalie Dominik Hasek in 1999 to give Dallas their first and only Cup win . Hull also won the Cup as a member of the Red Wings in 2002 . Hockey career . Beginnings . Brett Hull was drafted out of the Junior A British Columbia Junior Hockey League ' s Penticton Knights as the 117th overall pick ( sixth round ) in the 1984 NHL Entry Draft by the Calgary Flames . Hull then played two years of U . S . college hockey for the University of Minnesota - Duluth before turning pro during the 1986 NHL playoffs . One very early hockey milestone worth note is Brett ' s ( along with his Winnipeg South Monarchs team ) winning of the prestigious Quebec Winter Carnaval Pee - Wee Hockey Tournament in 1977 . Even at this very early stage of his career , Brett could rifle a slapshot that sparked fear in young goaltenders . One honorary attendee at the championship game , Jean Beliveau ( a 10 time Stanley Cup champion with the Montreal Canadiens ) visited the Winnipeg dressing room just to meet ' the young Hull ' . Brett spent most of the 1986 - 87 season with the minor league Moncton Golden Flames , being named to the AHL ' s First All - Star Team and receiving the Dudley " Red " Garrett Memorial Award as the league ' s top rookie , before being recalled to the NHL for good in the 1987 - 88 NHL season . On March 7 , 1988 , he was traded to the St . Louis Blues , for whom he played most of his career . The Blues . While in St . Louis , Hull developed into a prolific goal scorer with linemate Adam Oates in the 89 - 90 season and the duo were dubbed " Hull and Oates " ( a pun on the well - known musical duo of Hall & Oates ) . In Hull ’ s best season , 1990 - 91 , he scored 86 goals , the third highest mark ever recorded in one season , also setting a new record for right wingers in goals . That year he was awarded the Hart Memorial Trophy as the NHL ' s Most Valuable Player . Following the 1991 - 92 NHL season , the St . Louis Blues traded Adam Oates to the Boston Bruins for Craig Janney . Although talented , Janney was not of the same caliber as the highly skilled Oates . Hull ' s production dropped off and he said he was never the same player without Oates . Though Hull ' s play declined during the remainder of his term with the Blues , he continued to be a perennial all - star and averaged more than one point per game in each of his seasons in St . Louis . Both of his career four - goal games came with the Blues ; first on April 16 , 1995 against Detroit during a hat giveaway promotion , and again on October 10 , 1995 , during the 1995 - 96 home opener against Edmonton , both of which were wins . He also went on to score his 500th goal in a December 22 , 1996 win over the Los Angeles Kings , in which his milestone goal also capped a hat trick . The Stars . Hull played eleven seasons for the Blues before signing with the Dallas Stars as a free agent before the 1998 - 99 NHL season . During his initial season , his traditional jersey number , 16 , was being worn by Stars forward Pat Verbeek , so Hull wore number 22 for that season , switching back to 16 in the 1999 offseason after Verbeek left the team . He helped the Stars capture the Stanley Cup that season , scoring what many consider to be a controversial Cup - winning goal off his own rebound in the third overtime period of Game 6 of the Stanley Cup finals against Buffalo Sabres goalie Dominik Hasek . Video replay showed that Hull ' s skate was in the crease , which the Sabres argued was a violation of a rule then in effect that disallowed goals if an offensive player was in the goal crease . The goal was reviewed as the Stars celebrated on the ice , but was allowed to stand by the video review officials , who ruled that Hull ' s three consecutive shots on Hasek , the third of which went in , constituted possession of the puck through to the end of the play ( the rule allowed for a player to bring the puck into the crease and score ) . The legality of the goal is still debated , and it is arguably the most disputed Cup - winning goal in NHL history . The crease interference rule , which was introduced in 1997 amid widespread criticism , was eliminated the following season . Hull and Hasek later won the Stanley Cup as teammates in 2002 with the Detroit Red Wings . The Red Wings . In 2001 , Hull joined the Red Wings as a free - agent . Like Verbeek two years prior , Hull did not ask for jersey number 16 , which the Wings had removed from circulation out of respect for Vladimir Konstantinov , whose career had ended in a limousine accident six days after the Wings ' 1997 Stanley Cup victory . For his three seasons in Detroit , Hull wore number 17 , and he continued to play strongly . After participating in the 2002 Winter Olympics , earning a silver medal with Team USA , Hull played a key role in the Wings ' 2002 Cup victory , scoring 10 goals en route to his second Cup . Hull would eventually pair up with young Red Wings stars Pavel Datsyuk and Boyd Devereaux on a line Hull would dub " Two Kids and a Goat " . The Coyotes . On August 6 , 2004 , Hull signed a two - year , $ 4 . 5 million contract with the Phoenix Coyotes , who un - retired his father ’ s jersey for him . Bobby Hull ' s # 9 jersey had been originally retired by the franchise on February 19 , 1989 , when they were still the Winnipeg Jets . The first year of the contract was nullified by the 2004 - 05 NHL lockout , and some argue the time off damaged Hull ' s game irreparably ; when hockey restarted in 2005 - 06 , Hull played only 5 games with the Coyotes before , dissatisfied with his performance , he announced his retirement on October 15 , 2005 . Retirement . The University of Minnesota - Duluth retired his # 29 jersey on February 3 , 2006 , and later that same year , on December 5 , 2006 , the St . Louis Blues retired his # 16 . The Blues also changed the name of the stretch of Clark Avenue , the street that Scottrade Center between 14th and 15th Streets in St . Louis , to " Brett Hull Way " and have also announced plans to number the road such that the arena will be number 16 . In a recent interview during Hockey Night in Canada , Hull was quoted as saying that he would never coach hockey . He also said the best big - game goalie he ever played with was Ed Belfour , during his time in Dallas , and that the best offensive defensemen he had played with were Sergei Zubov and Nicklas Lidstrom . The player he said he hated to play against was Chris Chelios . The coaches he said he liked the most were Ken Hitchcock and Scotty Bowman . The person that he said he disliked the most was Mike Keenan . Brett Hull is currently serving the Dallas Stars as the team ' s special adviser to hockey operations . At the beginning of the 2006 - 07 season , Hull has returned to the Dallas Stars in a front - office role as special assistant to team president Jim Lites , identifying himself in Dallas Stars television commercials as the team ' s self - proclaimed " Ambassador of Fun " , as well as " Campaign Manager " for Stars players hoping to be voted to the 2007 All Star Game , to be held in Dallas . Hull also answers fan - submitted questions in a weekly editoral entitled " Brett ' s Bites " on DallasStars . com , and is a part - time television and radio analyst for the Stars , and a studio analyst for the NHL on NBC . He also does a weekly radio segment on Dallas sports - talk station KTCK . On November 11 , 2007 , Stars ' owner Tom Hicks fired Doug Armstrong as general manager and later named Hull and Les Jackson as interim co - general managers . Personal life . He married fellow University of Minnesota - Duluth student Alison Curran in Las Vegas on May 27 , 1997 . They had three children - Jude , Jayde , and Crosby - before they divorced . Hull married longtime girlfriend Darcie Schollmeyer on July 21 , 2006 in Cabo San Lucas . International play . Played for United States in :