He trailed Hull by more than 100 games played at the time, but a late 1973-74 contest against Detroit saw Mikita move ahead of Hull by one game played. By the time he hung up his skates ...

Stan Mikita was born as Stanislav Guoth in 1948 ... In his biography, he also admitted that was interested in his older brother's skates. One day he borrowed them without telling anybody.

Bobby Hull was one of the greatest players to ever lace a pair of skates in the NHL, playing 15 seasons with the Chicago ...

But the wound is especially deep when hockey loses a true ambassador. Stan Mikita was absolutely one of them. He passed away Tuesday at age 78. He had been battling a disease called Lewy Body ...