Hull did have 50 goals the following season, but it was with Calgary’s AHL affiliate. I mean, you think you’re going to snap 50 in the NHL?'”Īnd Sheeny was right. “I said, ‘You know Brett, you’re living with me and you can say whatever you want with me, but when you’re around the other guys, you might want to tone that down a little bit. “Now he’s a kid right out of college and he says, ‘Yeah, I’ll go snap 50 in this league,'” Sheehy remembers. Still, the confidence he had coming into the league was staggering, and one day he said something that made Sheehy gasp.

Hull was coming off a season for University of Minnesota-Duluth in which he scored 52 goals in 42 games, and was two seasons removed from a 105-goal 56-game junior season. Hull took him up on the offer, so Sheehy got a good opportunity to witness the young right winger’s earliest NHL impressions. “Why don’t you come to my house and live with me for the rest of the year?” Sheehy asked him. He figured he’d offer him something a bit more comfortable.

He knew that Hull, like a lot of prospects, had been put up in a local hotel during his postseason stay. “It’s crazy to see the bonds and the friendships that have lasted for so many years”, he said.Neil Sheehy, now an NHL agent, was a 25-year-old defenseman for those Flames. For Bauml, a younger member of the alumni, it’s rewarding to see the loyalty to the team. People like Dan Leier and Shannon Briske, who played for the team in the 1980’s and 1990’s, work hard at making the luncheon a success. Several members of the luncheon committee have a long history with the Huskie men’s hockey program. “I was fortunate enough to receive scholarship funding like these guys do.” “It’s a big weight off of the guys’ shoulders”, he said. “It’s a well oiled machine.”īauml was a centre with the Huskies from 2016 to 2020 and knows how important scholarship funds are to players who are paying for their education. “Kudos to all the guys who have put the work in before me”, said luncheon co-chair Kohl Bauml. In 2021 Oilers General Manager Ken Holland joined former Huskie head coach Mike Babcock on stage. Andrew Ladd and Kris Versteeg will be the guests for this year’s edition of the fall fundraiser that assists the Huskie men’s hockey team with scholarships.įor over a decade the luncheon has featured some of hockey’s biggest names including Brendan Shanahan, Brett Hull, Lanny McDonald and Chris Chelios. A pair of two time Stanley Cup champions will be in Saskatoon on Thursday, October 20 th, for the 13 th annual Wright Construction Off The Leash Luncheon at Prairieland Park.

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