Thursday, December 17, 2009

Best Game you can name

Brett Hull is St. Louis hockey legend who was honored with much clapping, cheering, and yelling of "lace them up Brett we need you," a phrase that becomes less humorous each time it is yelled from a distance where said retired hockey can't possibly hear you.  Indeed on  Tuesday,  Blues fans united to celebrate the golden era of Brett Hull hockey.  I don't remember a lot about Brett's Hockey career but I do remember that if he was at his best when he skated down the edge of the rink, made a sharp turn slightly before the red line, hit the turbo, held the shoot button as his momentum carried him across the front of the goal, then released before the goalie could recover.  No one could do that like Brett.

It was fun to see a lot of former players stop by the Scottrade Center to honor Brett Hull's inclusion into the Hall of Fame.  The current Blues played a good game themselves and snapped a four game home losing streak.

Still the real story of the night was Brett Hull a small lad from Belleville, Ontario who came from a humble background and went on to becoming the ambassador of fun.

Special thanks to Dan Worth for inviting me along to the good old hockey game.




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