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Brett Hull, America's Favorite Cheater, Joins Twitter

Brett Hull, America’s Favorite Cheater, Joins Twitter
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Brett Hull, one of the nation's most celebrated cheaters, is a good-natured guy. Sure, he cheated and kinda stole the Stanley Cup from us but he's got a good sense of humor about it. 

Hull recently joined Twitter. And, of course, Buffalo fans quickly found him and started working him over for his cheating ways. Hull took it well, though. Indeed, he took it so well he went out and bought a shirt from local t-shirt vendor BornInBuffalo which proclaims 'BRETT HULL IS A CHEATER.' Hull, eager to poke Buffalo fans, is wearing this shirt in his new Twitter profile picture while he holds a miniature Stanley Cup. 

You gotta give it to the guy - that's pretty funny. 

Keep in mind, Brett Hull has 741 career goals which is tied for 3rd all-time. He scored 86 goals in a single season, a record only eclipsed by Wayne Gretzky. He won the Lady Byng Trophy, the Hart Trophy and is tied with Gretzky for the most game winning goals (24) in playoff games. There's a statue of Brett Hull outside Scottrade Center, home of the St. Louis Blues. 

But despite that, when you Google Brett Hull, here is what Google recommends: 

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Give Hull credit for running towards the cheating smack. And the Twitter photo is funny. But it still wasn't a goal. 
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JM
October 24, 2011 8:24 AM
JM

I never had anything against Hull for that goal, it was the League and Refs who blew it. The entire season they made a big deal of the 'Crease rule" even taking goals away from the Sabres (forget Plante or Audette, maybe both) but when the Cup was on the line they let it go.

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davehassett
October 24, 2011 8:48 AM
davehassett

The reason that "Brett Hull Is A Cheater" shows up so high in google rankings is because Hull has purchased approximately 50 of these shirts from our small, local t-shirt company Born in Buffalo. What was supposed to be a small run of shirts in 2009 that paid tribute to *one* of the villains of Game 6 (@JM, with all due respect, "The League & Refs Are Cheaters" didn't resonate as well) has become our 2nd-best selling shirt in the history of our not-yet-three-year-old company...
By the way, we have an agreement with Hull, struck after the sale of the Sabres to Terry Pegula: when the Sabres win the Cup, we give him the unsold shirts to donate to a charity of his choice and retire this design as a collector's item.

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Eliot Spitzer
October 24, 2011 8:59 AM
Eliot Spitzer

It's cool that Hull has purchased those shirts and been good to you guys but his purchase of 50 shirts isn't affecting the Google auto-fill box. Google factors a lot of data into its algorithm but it doesn't include how many shirts you sold as one of the variables. It ranks that high because that's the most frequently searched term that begins with the phrase 'Brett Hull. . . '

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davehassett
October 24, 2011 9:19 AM
davehassett

@Eliot: We didn't mean to infer that the sales themselves accounted for the google ranking...more like 50 people that are friends and relatives of Brett Hull wear this shirt, prompting people from all over the USA and Canada to search the term on the shirt...that particular search phrase wasn't popular until after it appeared on the shirt!

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Soccerdude5719
October 24, 2011 9:41 AM
Soccerdude5719

I remember he used to get so angry when they talked about "the goal" when he worked for NHL on NBC. At least he can take it in stride now. I dislike him a bit less now.

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lingepx76
October 24, 2011 10:23 AM
lingepx76

NO GOAL happened 12 friggin years ago. Continuing to complain about it while our team dutifully chokes season after season only reinforces our image as a city full of backward thinking losers. Focus on winning NOW.

LET IT GO, BUF-FA-LO

clap clap clapclapclap

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jpiniewski
October 25, 2011 6:25 AM
jpiniewski

You don't win or lose a series by one bad call. Hull was a great player and I always liked to wath him play.

I think I like him even more now.

I remember walking to my car after that game and how just how unhappy I was. But, 12 years later I can look back and thank him for a memory I will never forget.

OK, It still hurts... :)

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The Boss
October 25, 2011 9:02 AM
The Boss

well this time we did lose a series on a bad call, bad calls happen all the time but I do not ever recall a championship being awarded on a mistaken call, and then to play cover up was just bush league. To make matters worse a week later at the awards banquet NHL's patsy and yes man Gretzky confirms that it was a goal. Well it must be a goal Gretzky said so.

Nothing against Hull, great player, and it was a great series. Hasek carried that team like no goalie I have ever watched. Roy and Brodeaur will always get the nod but they played on pretty great teams their whole career.

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Joe
October 26, 2011 9:17 PM
Joe

Some people need to get a life.

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