Gotta See It: Sittler celebrated on 40th year of 10-point night

40 years later, through Wayne Gretzky, Mike Bossy, Mario Lemieux and even Sam Gagner, his record still stands. The Toronto Maple Leafs commemorated the 40th anniversary of the night Darryl Sittler made NHL history with a 10-point night.

[@Classicrocker6119]

What a classy move to have Dave Reece appear at this ceremony. He could’ve declined but didn’t. An awesome display of sportsmanship!!

[@AnonRouge]

Why? I have no idea what you mean. Were there any bad blood between Börje and Dave? Please explain. And if you don't know, Börje died this morning.

[@elvicare35]

I met Darryl Sittler when I was working in Whistler at the main grocery store in the towm center (oh, the stories I could tell...lol and not so lol...), when I worked as a cashier, and Darryl was playing for Detroit, and well, I noticed him right away with his wife(?) etc., and "I tried" to be cool, but my nerves unfortunately got the best of me, and I "stumbled" on my talking to him a bit...I did say how great it was to meet him and all of that, but my nerves got me off my "game", I hope that he realized that!!!!!!! P.S.-I shook hands with Tiger Williams (With the Kings at the time and he sure had a strong grip, big guy in that 5' 11 frame!!!!!) at the conclusion of the 24 hour relay in Burnaby, B.C., 1987 (I was running for the Whistler Powder Hogs, complete with pig costumes for the closing ceremonies,oh, I wasn't wearing the pig costume when I met the Tiger, he would have eaten me alive!!!!! lol), and he sure was in great shape...his upper body was, well, you could see that he would be more than a handful to mess with, and I heard that he rode his bike regularily/semi regularily to Squamish and back fom West Vancouver at the time. It's awesome to see my all time favourite goalie, Doug Favell (So Cool, Stylin' and Athletic, a real inspiration!!!!!!!) shaking hands, well, the great Red (Pyramid Power) Kelly reaching out to Doug to shake hands, that was awesome to see, and good on you Dave Reece for attending and being a great sport, I mean, when things go bad (I know how bad things can just keep getting worse no matter what you do, unfortunately I had ONE game like that, but not as many GA, but a fellow teammate's actions toward me before that game caused my "magical" nightmare...) OR good, they can REALLY flow no matter which way they go, oh what a feeling!!!!!!!

[@johnshields6852]

10 goals in one game is crazy, 10 points from one player is insane, I remember that game, I'm an old Boston hockey player, Daryl's 10 pts was legendary, it's a record that hasn't been broken and I wouldn't think it ever will be, amazing. Thank you.

[@chmcfar6222]

I remember watching this record breaking game...on a black & white TV!! I was 17 years old. It's great to see a lot of Darryl's team mates still alive & kickin'!!

[@thomastherriault6199]

William McFarland - yeah, I remember watching this game on our new colour tv. I could hardly believe how vivid the red and blue lines on the ice came through. It must have been overcast that night, good tv weather.

[@mr.blackhawk142]

@@thomastherriault6199 The days of wabbit ears? :P

[@parkerbohnn]

I was also 17 years old at the time. We had two colour tv sets. I watched the game with my father and brother. I have two brothers and a sister.

[@dabbad-so1yi]

I was there. Johnny Wayne (comedian) was in the aisle seat opposite me. My first NHL game.

[@lorddaelk]

wow! that John Wayne?Your Western history icon?just speechless...I was 'bout 1yr old ...geez

[@mr.blackhawk142]

Ha Ha! I was at the FIRST ever hockey game at the Fab Forum, in Inglewood, and Johnny Wayne was there too! Dec. 31st 1967. I had a "First Nighter" scroll for years after, but it got lost. Philly beat LA 2-0 that night. My dad was chatting with Jack Kent Cooke who was also Canadian.

[@thomastherriault6199]

@@lorddaelk Johnny Wayne and Frank Shuster were a comedy duo in Canada back in the day. They did skits and such like Straight Man, etc. Usually Wayne was the joker in those bits. In one 30 minute episode they had Wayne under contract to PLAY for the Leafs, but he sucked so he wound up being the organist.

[@railcar123]

Great lesson to be learned from Dave Reese's acceptance of the situation. He could of come away an extremely bitter and angry man.

[@mr.blackhawk142]

Yup, he could HAVE!

[@bmoshareholderappleshareho855]

Is it just me or were some of the Toronto fans laughing at him?

[@AnonRouge]

Why? Please tell me, I don't know, but I feel sad if there is some bad blood between Börje and Dave. Börje died this morning, so it's a day of complete sadness.

[@basilsmith104]

Awesome player

[@MotoCanuck]

How many young Canadian kids had those goals running through their minds as they became the legends of their own street hockey games. 😉 To this day my all time favourite Leaf player. Reese is a true sportsman.

[@parkerbohnn]

I was the world pinball champion that same year 1976.

[@antoniobiancofiore2396]

Even the almighty Gretzky with all his weak points from behind the opponents net couldnt touch the 10 points in a game and Gretzky played when it was a penalty if you touched the great one …..hats off to the man, Darryl Sittler

[@bmoshareholderappleshareho855]

If you touched Gretzky, you're in trouble with Semenko.

[@ethel1690cardew]

Kudos to Dave Reece for being a good sport

[@joehaber9835]

Great record ....poor Dave Reese......what a good sport ......so gracious ......

[@Exotic3000]

Darryl Sittler always was a class act. And now it's 2021 and guess what.......he's still a class act!!

[@basilsmith104]

Great captain

[@alexleonard3561]

Kind of cool how they mimicked the old Dominion clock from Maple Leaf Gardens.

[@streetcarjay]

You'll love Dominion. It's mainly because of the meat!

[@mike196212]

Still a Leafs fan(just turned 60 on February 15---yikes!!!) and still recall the game really well. VERY classy of Reese. Interesting that three ex Leaf goalies made an appearance. Wasn't Salming's first goal in the game a milestone for him?? Maybe I'm not recalling this correctly. And for some reason I keep thinking Johnny Bucyk scored a milestone goal in the game as well(500th??). Feel free,anyone,to correct me about this too.

[@basilsmith104]

Classic centre

[@stratovani]

That was a great team the Leafs had assembled. Trouble was, the Montreal Canadiens were loaded, and the Leafs simply couldn't get past them.

[@lospaisasoriginal5454]

stratovani Yea. They don't make them like that anymore. Judging by canadians nowadays, there will be a drought for stanley cups for a long long time. Better support an american team ... Pechofrios.

[@4orrcountry]

Also rarely got past Boston.

[@bmoshareholderappleshareho855]

@@4orrcountry I remember as a kid, Boston and Toronto met in the playoffs in the early 70's. Boston swept Toronto four straight.

[@railcar123]

Poor Dave Reese.. check out how Darryl Sittler makes sure Dave Reese is in the front with him. 7:45

[@bmoshareholderappleshareho855]

It seems like some of the Toronto fans were laughing at him.

[@thomastherriault6199]

On the 6th goal even Daryll looks embarrassed for Reese.

[@AnonRouge]

BÖRJE DIED TODAY! R.I.P. you lovely guy and thank you for everything.

[@thomastherriault6199]

Boy, Lanny and Borje are somewhat conspicuous by their absence on this night.

[@fastfootedone]

and Ian Turnbull -- so effectively, of the top 4 players on the Leafs that year, only Sittler himself was there....what's up with that??

[@bmoshareholderappleshareho855]

That's sounds strange.

[@extremelycareless2541]

The joke was Reese tried committ suicide. But the train went between his legs.

[@001spring]

Lame how this team has so little to celebrate.

[@001spring]

+That Leafs Fan Next Door It did 30yrs ago. Lame organization

[@Jack-kf5dz]

+Jeff Brisson I guess those 13 cups don't mean much...

[@001spring]

+Jack S In a 6 team league when 4 teams make the playoffs. Doesn't impress me. What have they done after the league expanded?

[@iFinlander]

Go back 10 years and you could say the exact same thing about Chicago.

[@stamaport3377]

+Jeff Brisson ya who would want to celebrate the greatest individual performance of all time???

[@matts9064]

Over rated. Shows you how easy it was to get in the HOF back in the day. He got in having never won anything. He had one good night.

[@4orrcountry]

Ding-ding-ding...YOU just won KZbin's Dumbest HOCKEY Comment Award.

[@3985uprr]

Darryl, how about releasing the HNIC broadcast to the world??! I know you have it. So so so many people including this Leaf loving American would love to have this complete game broadcast Blu-ray.

[@davidlofdahl2875]

having watched that game in awe then.my admiration for the man and the achievement has just continued to grow.what a year. this game plus the 5 goal night in philly.winning the nhl shootout contest and then capping it all off with the canada cup winning goal in overtime. all in all.. wow.

[@thomastherriault6199]

I recall Lanny said in an interview one time how he and Darryl offered to carry the sticks for Team Canada 76.

[@leemeakins2713]

Very classy done by the leafs

[@jeffreykaufmann2867]

I'm amazed that Gretzky never got 10 points in one game

[@joer8854]

He registered 8 points twice, nobody ever scored 9 and only Darrel has 10. Never ever going to be beaten.

[@altqq1755]

@@joer8854 “never” it can though

[@bmoshareholderappleshareho855]

If Gretzky couldn't break that record, then nobody can.

[@oldredbarnman]

2 months after the Red Wings moved to Joe Louis, I attended a game vs. the Leafs. Darryl had 1 assist in each of the first two periods. Down 3-2 early in the 3rd, he scored at 5:08 and 11:55. He assisted on Wilf Paiment's 2nd goal of the game at 14:32, and completed his hattrick (and 30th goal of the season) with an empty net goal at 19:42 for a modest 6 point game.

[@bmoshareholderappleshareho855]

Half of those goals Reece should have stopped. The other half, he had no chance. The last goal was pure luck for Sittler and very unlucky for Reece.

[@basilsmith104]

Great maple leaf

[@streetcarjay]

Why do more Canadians shop at Dominion than any other store? "It's mainly because of the meat!"

[@thomastherriault6199]

There was also the $2.00 Baseball tickets to the North Grandstand. You had to go early, like 5:30 to get a good spot close to the foul pole. The beer vending usually opened at 6 so by the 3rd it was a lot of fun.

[@robrick9361]

It's great and all but some of those goals were weak, if those went in today that goalie would get sent down. I know it was 40 years ago and equipment/goaltending wasn't the same but it's still rough to look out. You can argue all you want about difficulty but we're not playing, we're watching. That's were the entertainment comes from. And 70s hockey is not something I would watch.