Darryl Sittler's Biography

Darryl Sittler (#27 retired) was born September 18th, 1950 in Kitchener, Ontario, Canada and played NHL hockey as a center.
Darryl's last amateur club was London (OHL) and was drafted 8th overall in the 1970 entry draft by the Toronto Maple Leafs.

On February 7th, Sittler set a NHL record which still stands: 10 points in a single game. He scored six goals and added four assists while centering a line with Lanny McDonald and Errol Thompson. The offensive outburst came at Maple Leaf Gardens against the Boston Bruins and goalie Dave Reece. Toronto won the game, 11-4.
Sittler wound up with the season with 100 points, the first player in team history to reach that plateau.

Sittler retired as the 15th leading scorer in league history with 1,121 points (484 goals, 677 assists). In 1989, he was inducted in the Hockey Hall of Fame. Two years later, he was hired as a special consultant to Cliff Fletcher, then-president of the Maple Leafs.
Darryl still works for the team as a Community Representative in the fields of marketing, community
relations and alumni relations. Darryl is a member of the Maple Leafs Alumni.

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