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What: “Beyond the Glory: Brett Hull”

Where: Fox Sports Net, Sunday, 8 p.m.

The latest installment of “Beyond the Glory” tells the story of Brett Hull, the son of a hockey legend who early on couldn’t escape his father’s shadow or the scars of a broken home.

But Hull emerged from the shadows, faced down the skeptics, set family records and wrote a legend all his own. One of four sons of Hall of Famer Bobby Hull Brett, who was born in Chicago in 1964, was the chubby one.

But his father thought Brett had the best chance of becoming an NHL player because of his knack for shooting the puck.

Brett’s path was far from traditional and not without challenges, including a difficult, abusive home life. Brett’s siblings and mother speak out on what it was like growing up in the Hull household and the show includes a candid interview with Bobby.

Brett seemed to lose interest in hockey after his parents separated in 1982 when he was 17.

But he fell in love with the sport again and may have saved a franchise.

Wayne Gretzky, Brett’s teammate with the St. Louis Blues, says this about what Brett meant to the team and the city: “If it wasn’t for Brett Hull, the Blues wouldn’t be in St. Louis today. It was a great sports city, but at the time it was a struggling hockey city. Brett Hull made the St. Louis Blues.”

Brett comes across as outspoken as his father. Says Bobby: “I’ve never been one to pull punches.... When things aren’t right, I tell it like it is. And Brett is saying the same things I said 30 years ago.”