"The personal success was just crazy," Hull said. They were in their prime and unrivaled on the ice. In addition to playing together on the Blues' top line, Hull and Oates lived near each other, roomed together on the road, and talked hockey together all the time. Just as fantastic was their friendship and chemistry off the ice. Statistically he scored every night - fantastic." The year he scored 86 goals (1990-91), I can't tell you how good that was. "He was just a fantastic hockey player and we had great chemistry. "I don't think the numbers do it justice," Oates told NHL.com. More: Oates Among NHL's Top Playmakers | Statsĭon't forget also that Oates contributed 58 goals while Hull had 113 assists.Video: Hull & Oates | From Mid-Air | Induction Analysis.Do the math for a per-game average and you'll find that Hull scored exactly one goal for every game he played while Oates averaged 1.17 assists over 195 games. 7, 1992, when he was traded to Boston - Hull scored 212 goals and Oates had 228 assists. Louis a rare treat for more than two and a half seasons, from 1989-92.įor the short time Oates was a Blue - from the start of the 1989-90 season to Feb. Hull and Oates - as the duo was dubbed in connection to the band "Hall and Oates" - gave hockey fans in St. "He saw what everybody was doing, on our team and on their team.
"He was so smart, so hockey smart, that he saw things in where to go and how to beat guys that I didn't even fathom - and I thought I knew the game," Hull added. 12 along with Joe Sakic, Mats Sundin and Pavel Bure. Oates, who finished his career with 1,079 assists and 1,420 points in 1,337 games, will be enshrined in Toronto on Nov. "To be able to play with a guy that loved to set up a goal as much or more than score a goal, how can you ask for anything more than that," Hull told NHL.com of Oates, his soon-to-be fellow honored member in the Hockey Hall of Fame. To Brett Hull, Adam Oates was the teammate a goal scorer typically encounters only in his dreams.
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