According to the NHL Alumni Association, Bobby Hull, the illustrious and contentious Chicago Blackhawks player and Hall of Famer, passed away at the age of 84.
With 604 goals in his career, Hull, often known as “The Golden Jet,” is the Blackhawks’ all-time leading scorer.
He played for the Blackhawks for 15 seasons, winning two Hart awards and the Stanley Cup in 1961. Hull later played with the Winnipeg Jets for seven seasons in the WHA, one in the NHL, and then Hull finished his playing career with the Hartford Whalers.
Hull scored 610 NHL goals in his career with his rocket of a slap shot, which ranks 18th all-time.
Hull was found guilty of attacking a police officer in 1986 who had stepped in to break up a fight between him and his wife.
Hull was quoted in a Russian tabloid in 1998 as claiming that Adolf Hitler “had some nice ideas” and that the black population in America was expanding too quickly. Hull denies making those claims.
Hull, whose son Brett is a Hall of Famer as well, lost his position as a Blackhawks team ambassador last year.