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nhl.com - 5/14/2008
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Pavel Datsyuk will never forget how Brett Hull showed him the ropes as he was trying to break into the NHL. Back then, the youngster from Russia hardly spoke the language as he was trying to establish himself with the Detroit Red Wings.
Datsyuk sure has a funny way of repaying his old buddy now that Hull is the co-general manager of the Dallas Stars.
Datsyuk scored three goals in ...
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NHL.com's Larry Wigge wrote an absolutely spectacular article about Detroit Red Wings forward Pavel Datsyuk's evolution, and that article happens to give substantial "air time" to a certain mentor of Datsyuk's who happens to be the Dallas Stars' co-GM, a.k.a. Brett Hull: May 14, NHL.com : "I saw him before the series," the 29-year-old center from Sverdlovsk, Russia, told me after an off-day press gathering Tuesday. "I thanked him for his help and he told me not to be too tough on his team." There was no laugh when I told Pavel he was rubbing it in on Hullie's team. But when ...
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