27 greatest American NHL players of all-time

99. <p>Brett Hull was born in Ontario, Canada but had dual citizenship and grew up in Chicago watching his father Bobby Hull play for the Blackhawks and it was in Chicago where he first played organized hockey so he’s on the list. But the biggest reason that made it easy to include him on this list was he chose to play for Team USA after Team Canada passed on him when he was playing at Minnesota-Duluth for a spot on the 1986 World Ice Hockey Championship roster. Hull played with the Americans and played for the USA the rest of his international career.</p> <p>Hull was the sixth round pick in the 1984 draft by the Calgary Flames but was traded during his rookie season to the St. Louis Blues and had 64 points to finish in fifth place for the Calder. In his first full season in St. Louis, Hull had 41 goals and finished with 84 points  and he’s have at least 40 goals in eight of the next nine seasons. He led the NHL in goals with 72, 86 and 70 goals the next three years when he won a Lady Byng, Ted Lindsay Award and Hart during that time.</p> <p>Known for having the best slapshot of his generation and one of the best of all-time, Hull did have his critics who believed his lack of interest in playing defense and his playoff shortcomings would hold him back. After 11 years, 527 goals and 937 points, the Blues let Hull walk in free agency and he signed with the Dallas Stars.</p> <p>With the Stars, Hull had 196 goals in 218 games and won his first Stanley Cup in 1999 after he scored the game-winning goal on Dominik Hasek in triple overtime. The following year, Hull led all postseason players in goals, assists, points, game-winning goals and shots but the Stars lost in the Final to the New Jersey Devils.</p> <p>Two years later Hull signed with the Detroit Red Wings and won his second Stanley Cup in his first season there after leading all postseason players with 10 goals after he had 30 in the regular season at 37 years old.</p> <p>The eight-time All-Star and Hockey Hall of Famer leads all American players with 741 career goals, 265 power play goals, 110 game-winning goals and 1,391 points. His 741 goals rank third all-time in NHL history behind only Wayne Gretzky and Gordie Howe.</p>. Right Wing. St. Louis Blues. Brett Hull. 3. player