A product of the storied London Knights in the OHL, Darryl Sittler was a first-round draft pick in the 1970 draft by the Toronto Maple Leafs.

It took Sittler a year or two to get settled in the NHL, but his third year in the league he would finish with 77 points in 78 games and he never looked back. In 1975 he was given captaincy for the Maple Leafs as his production continued to improve, he finished that season with 41 goals 59 assists for 100 points in 73 games, becoming the first Maple Leaf to ever score 100 points in a season. In 1976 Sittler would set an NHL record for the most points scored in a single game when he scored 6 goals and four assists against the Boston Bruins. Disagreements with the Leafs front office would lead to Sittler walking away from the team after taking too long to trade him before signing with the Philadelphia Flyers. Sittler would retire in 1985 after one season with the Detroit Red Wings.