Darryl Sittler

Sittler was selected eighth overall by the Maple Leafs in the 1970 NHL Amateur Draft and was named team captain on September 10, 1975. In his first season as captain, Sittler finished the season with 41 goals and 59 assists, being the first Leaf ever to reach the one hundred point mark. A few months later, he tied the playoff record for most goals in one game, with five against the Philadelphia Flyers. That summer, in the inaugural Canada Cup, he scored in overtime to win the final series for Team Canada over Czechoslovakia and made Sittler an overnight hero in Canada. On February 7, 1976 in a game between Toronto and Boston at Maple Leaf Gardens, Sittler set an NHL record that still stands by tallying 6 goals and adding 4 assists (of Lanny McDonald) for 10 points in an 11-4 Maple Leaf victory. Darryl retired after playing one season with Detroit Red wings in 1984–85. In 1989, Sittler was inducted in the Hockey Hall of Fame. In a touching tribute to an illustrious Maple Leaf career, he was honoured prior to a home game against the Montreal Canadiens on February 8th, 2003 at the Air Canada Centre, when the organization proudly raised a banner to the rafters with his number 27 and his name.