I think my favourite trivia from Hull's 86 goal season is that the next highest scorer that year had 51 goals (3 guys tied; Neely only played 69gp, while Hull played 78). Only 23 guys scored 35+ goals that year. So Hull could've split the last 35 and been 1st and 23rd in league scoring that year.
The year before it was Hull 72 - Yzerman 62.
The year after was Hull 70 - Stevens 54.
Gretzky 92 - Bossy 64
Gretzky 87 - Goulet 56
Lemieux 85 - Nicholls 70
In those 3 years that Hull scored 228, the next highest were:
Yzerman at 158 (7 more gp)
Robitaille 141 (5 more gp)
Lafontaine 141 (25 fewer gp)
In 3 years were Gretzky totalled 250, Bossy managed 175 in 8 fewer games
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