Winner Winner, Chicken Dinner!

50 years ago today Toronto Maple Leafs captain Darryl Sittler set an NHL scoring record that has not been broken since.

That's right - on February 7th 1976 he collected 10 points in a game against the hated Boston Bruins.

What was his secret....?

Like a lot of athletes Sittler was a creature of habit, especially with his pregame meal. So what was the secret meal allowing him able to score 10 points. Quarter chicken dinner!

His wife was not around to cook his dinner so he went to Swiss Chalet for his pregame meal. And the rest is history.

50 years later, that's still a great meal. 

I've often said, what would be Canada's national dish? Poutine? Pancakes and maples syrup? Back bacon sandwich? 

No contest - quarter chicken dinner!

A Much Better Day To Remember In Leafs History

 

A Day That Will Live In Maple Leaf Infamy

34 years ago today the Toronto Maple Leafs traded Tom Kurvers to the Vancouver Canucks.  

That in itself doesn't seem particularly memorable, but it was the culmination of a horrible deal the Leafs made three years earlier when they traded their first round pick in 1989 to the New Jersey Devils for Kurvers, who turned out to be a complete bust (I'm sure he was a nice guy).

At one point the Leafs are doing so poorly that season that their first round pick could have been the #1 pick overall - landing the Devils Eric Lindros.  

They even failed to do a complete tank job right and instead gave up the #3 overall pick. This was even worse, as the Devils selected future Hall of Famer Scott Niedermayer!

Don't just believe me.....