Hull had 13 goals in eight games against the Leafs that season, the most of any opponent. After opening with seven goals in eight games, Hull blew past the goal-per-game pace with hat tricks in both ends of a home-and-home series with the Toronto Maple Leafs.Here are some of Hull's most memorable achievements during the 1990-91 campaign: The virtuoso performance landed Hull his first and only Hart Trophy as the league's most valuable player - Gretzky finished a distant second despite winning the scoring title by more than 30 points - and marked the second straight time that Hull led the league in goals (he would do so again the following season).
Gretzky, Hull and Lemieux are the only players to score more than 80 goals in a season - and will remain the sole members of that club until the NHL removes goalie equipment altogether, or makes the nets nine feet wide. That finished off the third-most prolific goal-scoring season in history, trailing only Gretzky's record 92-goal performance in 1981-82 and his 87-goal showing in 1983-84. Louis Blues' season-ending 2-1 win over the Minnesota North Stars.
Tuesday marks the 24th anniversary of one of the most impressive - and unheralded - achievements in NHL history, as Hull scored his 86th goal of the season in the St.
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