The most beloved Maple Leaf — six points in a game record that still stands 50 years later.
Darryl Glen Sittler was born in Kitchener, Ontario in 1950. Toronto Maple Leafs selected him eighth overall in the 1970 NHL Draft. His 15-season career produced 484 goals and 637 assists for 1,121 career points. On February 7, 1976 — in a game against the Boston Bruins — he scored six goals and four assists for ten points in a single game, setting the NHL record that still stands nearly 50 years later. He was inducted into the Hockey Hall of Fame in 1989 and named one of the 100 Greatest NHL Players in 2017. He scored the overtime winner against the Czech Republic in the 1976 Canada Cup — another celebrated individual moment. He spent 11 seasons as the Toronto Maple Leafs' captain and is the most beloved player in franchise history since the 1960s dynasty. His public dispute with owner Harold Ballard — tearing the captain's C from his jersey in protest at the trade of his linemate Lanny McDonald — was one of hockey's most dramatic public confrontations between player and management.
Hall of Fame (1989)
Career Honours
- Hall of Fame (1989)
- NHL 100 Greatest Players
- NHL record 10 points in a game (1976)