Hall of Fame Bobby Hull parts ways Chicago Blackhawks team ambassador

Hall of Fame forward Bobby Hull will no longer serve as a team ambassador for the Chicago Blackhawks in the National Hockey League (NHL).

Hull, who played for Chicago for a whopping 15 years, collected 604 goals and 549 assists against his name. Later, he was named a Blackhawks ambassador during a ceremony with fellow Hall of Famer Stan Mikita in 2008.

The Blackhawks said on Monday that they are redefining the role of team ambassador after Mikita died in 2018 and Tony Esposito passed away in August last year.

“We’re redefining the role of team ambassador – which unfortunately comes on the heels of losing two very special members of that family (Stan Mikita and Tony Esposito, who died),” the Blackhawks said in a statement. “When it comes to Bobby, specifically, we jointly agreed earlier this season that he will retire from any official team role.”

Hull has had a never-ending ‘relationship’ with controversies

Bobby Hull or popularly known as the “The Golden Jet”, has made the headlines on multiple occasions but for all the wrong reasons. He was convicted of assaulting a police officer who intervened in a dispute with his then-wife Deborah back in 1986. The Belleville native was also accused of battery, but that charge was dropped after Deborah told authorities she didn’t want to testify against her husband, a state attorney told the Chicago Tribune.

A Russian newspaper reported in 1998 that Hull said Adolf Hitler “had some good ideas.” However, he later denied making such a comment, calling it “false and defamatory.”

Adding to this, Hull’s second wife, Joanne, accused him of abuse during an interview with ESPN for a 2002 show.

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