Darryl Sittler

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CanadaCanada  Darryl Sittler Ice hockey player
Hockey Hall of Fame , 1989
Darryl Sittler
Date of birth September 18, 1950
place of birth Kitchener , Ontario , Canada
size 183 cm
Weight 86 kg
position center
Shot hand Left
Draft
NHL Amateur Draft 1970 , 1st round, 8th position
Toronto Maple Leafs
Career stations
1967-1968 London Nationals
1968-1970 London Knights
1970-1982 Toronto Maple Leafs
1982-1984 Philadelphia Flyers
1984-1985 Detroit Red Wings

Darryl Glen Sittler (born September 18, 1950 in Kitchener , Ontario ) is a retired Canadian ice hockey player who played for the Toronto Maple Leafs , Philadelphia Flyers and Detroit Red Wings in the National Hockey League from 1970 to 1985 . During his time with the Maple Leafs, he was the only player in NHL history to score ten points in a game.

His brother Gary and son Ryan were also professional ice hockey players.

Career

Sittler grew up as one of eight children with a down-to-earth background in the country and he maintained this rural work ethic throughout his career. In the Ontario Hockey Association , he went in the 1967/68 season first for the London Nationals , where he ended his rookie season as the team's best scorer. After the team was sold and the name was changed to the London Knights , Sittler stayed in the OHA for two more years, during which the striker again became the team's best scorer and was elected to the league's All-Star Second Team in 1969 . In the 1970 NHL Amateur Draft , he was selected in the first round as the eighth player by the Toronto Maple Leafs . With his determination and a combination of a good shot and running strength, he was Toronto's top scorer for eight consecutive seasons from the 1972/73 season to the late 1970s, after having acted rather inconspicuously in the first two seasons. At first he had acted in the position of the left winger, but had moved to the position of the center after his second NHL season. During this time, the Maple Leafs were in the process of rebuilding after numerous players had retired or left the team in a barter deal. In 1975 Dave Keon went to the World Hockey Association and Sittler was named as his successor in Toronto as team captain of the Leafs.

During the 1975/76 season he scored ten points on February 7, 1976 in the game against the Boston Bruins . Although goalkeeper Gerry Cheevers was available to the Bruins, head coach Don Cherry decided to give him a break and instead put the inexperienced Dave Reece as the starting goalkeeper. Sittler scored six goals and four assists in this game, with the striker posting a hat trick in the second and last third. With ten points in that game, he broke the NHL record of Maurice Richard , who had once scored eight points in a game. In the same season, Sittler hit the net five times in a playoff game against the Philadelphia Flyers , another record still valid today that he shares with several players. Sittler, together with Lanny McDonald and Börje Salming, failed to lead the Leafs to the Stanley Cup . In the 1977/78 season Sittler reached his career record of 117 points scorer in the regular season.

In December 1979, the management of the Leafs Lanny McDonald transferred to the Colorado Rockies , whereupon Sittler temporarily resigned from the office of team captain in protest. His advisor at the time was Alan Eagleson , who had also looked after NHL star Bobby Orr . It managed to smooth the waves and Sittler was again team captain of the Leafs, but two years later it no longer kept him in Toronto and he asked for a club change. The barter of their own accord took place in January 1982 when the Leafs gave the striker to the Philadelphia Flyers in exchange for rights to Rich Costello and a second-round vote in the 1982 NHL Entry Draft , where he stayed for three years. This was followed by a final year in Detroit . After the Flyers had transferred him to the Detroit Red Wings , the striker initially refused to play in Hockeytown .

In 1989 Sittler was honored with the induction into the Hockey Hall of Fame . In 1991 he was appointed Special Consultant of the Maple Leafs, a position he held until 1997. He later also worked in marketing and public relations in Toronto .

In 1997, The Hockey News magazine ranked him 93rd among the best NHL players of all time. After the end of his playing career, the Toronto Maple Leafs blocked his shirt number 27 on February 8, 2003.

International

For Canada , Sittler took part in the 1982 and 1983 World Championships and the Canada Cup in 1976 . At the Canada Cup 1976 he scored the decisive goal in extra time to win the tournament for the Canadians in the second game of the final series against Czechoslovakia . At the World Cup finals in 1982 and 1983, he reached third place with the Canadians and won the bronze medal.

Furthermore, the attacker denied for the team of the NHL All-Stars the Challenge Cup 1979 , when these three games completed against the national team of the USSR .

Achievements and Awards

International

Records

Sittler set a total of two records in his career, which have been in existence since 1976.

On February 7, 1976, the Canadian was the only player in NHL history to achieve ten scorer points in one game. In the 11-4 victory of the Toronto Maple Leafs over the Boston Bruins , he scored six goals and prepared four more. A good two months later, Sittler set another record. In the playoff game of the Maple Leafs against the Philadelphia Flyers on April 22, 1976, he met a total of five times in a 8-5 victory. The striker shares the record with four other players - Newsy Lalonde , Maurice Richard , Reggie Leach and Mario Lemieux .

Career statistics

Regular season Play-offs
season team league Sp T V Pt SM Sp T V Pt SM
1967-68 London Nationals OHA 54 22nd 41 63 84 5 5 2 7th 6th
1968-69 London Knights OHA 53 34 65 99 90 6th 2 5 7th 11
1969-70 London Knights OHA 54 42 48 90 126 12 4th 12 16 32
1970-71 Toronto Maple Leafs NHL 49 10 8th 18th 37 6th 2 1 3 31
1971-72 Toronto Maple Leafs NHL 74 15th 17th 32 44 3 0 0 0 2
1972-73 Toronto Maple Leafs NHL 78 29 48 77 69 - - - - -
1973-74 Toronto Maple Leafs NHL 78 38 46 84 55 4th 2 1 3 6th
1974-75 Toronto Maple Leafs NHL 72 36 44 80 47 7th 2 1 3 15th
1975-76 Toronto Maple Leafs NHL 79 41 59 100 90 10 5 7th 12 19th
1976-77 Toronto Maple Leafs NHL 73 38 52 90 89 9 5 16 21st 4th
1977-78 Toronto Maple Leafs NHL 80 45 72 117 100 13 3 8th 11 12
1978-79 Toronto Maple Leafs NHL 70 36 51 87 69 6th 5 4th 9 17th
1979-80 Toronto Maple Leafs NHL 73 40 57 97 62 3 1 2 3 10
1980-81 Toronto Maple Leafs NHL 80 43 53 96 77 3 0 0 0 4th
1981-82 Toronto Maple Leafs NHL 38 18th 20th 38 24 - - - - -
Philadelphia Flyers NHL 35 14th 18th 32 50 4th 3 1 4th 6th
1982-83 Philadelphia Flyers NHL 80 43 40 83 60 3 1 0 1 4th
1983-84 Philadelphia Flyers NHL 76 27 36 63 38 3 0 2 2 7th
1984-85 Detroit Red Wings NHL 61 11 16 27 37 2 0 2 2 0
OHA total 161 98 154 252 300 23 11 19th 30th 49
NHL overall 1096 484 637 1121 948 76 29 45 74 137

International

Represented Canada to:

Represented the National Hockey League at:

year team event Sp T V Pt SM
1976 Canada Canada Cup 7th 4th 2 6th 4th
1979 NHL All-Stars Challenge Cup 3 0 1 1 0
1982 Canada WM 10 4th 3 7th 2
1983 Canada WM 10 3 1 4th 12
Men overall 30th 11 7th 18th 18th

( Legend for player statistics: Sp or GP = games played; T or G = goals scored; V or A = assists scored ; Pkt or Pts = scorer points scored ; SM or PIM = penalty minutes received ; +/− = plus / minus balance; PP = overpaid goals scored ; SH = underpaid goals scored ; GW = winning goals scored; 1  play-downs / relegation )

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personal data
SURNAME Sittler, Darryl
ALTERNATIVE NAMES Sittler, Darryl Glen
BRIEF DESCRIPTION Canadian ice hockey player
DATE OF BIRTH September 18, 1950
PLACE OF BIRTH Kitchener , Ontario