Darryl Sittler has the only tape from 10-point game
bootlegga @ Wed Feb 13, 2013 9:47 am
Darryl Sittler has the only Hockey Night tape from 10-point game, and you can’t have it
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Last week marked the 37th anniversary of Darryl Sittler's remarkable, unmatched 10-point game, a February 7, 1976 thumping of the Boston Bruins in which Sittler dropped a staggering 6 goals and 4 assists as a member of the Toronto Maple Leafs. It's a record that may never be broken, especially the way the game is played nowadays.
You can find highlights of the game on YouTube. But if you're hoping to see the entirety of the most impressive sixty minutes of hockey one man has ever played, you're out of luck.
Sittler has the only tape, and he intends to keep it that way.
According to the Toronto Star, someone at Hockey Night in Canada gave Sittler the tape -- and with it, all the power -- some time ago, and now that he has it, he's not giving it up.
“I got this as a gift and it’s mine to do what I want with it,” Sittler said, when pressed by the paper.
Mine, mine, mine. He's like the seagulls in Finding Nemo.
Sittler clearly relishes the tape, as well as the fact that he's the only one who has it. Not only is he unwilling to relinquish the tape -- he's unwilling to make a copy. His response to being asked if he's duplicate the tape so the world could see it:
"I don't want to go there."
But the best part of this story is the nonchalance with which Sittler discusses this priceless and coveted piece of hockey history. While the Star reports on it at the level of a scandal (and it sort of is, considering the way Canada regards its hockey history), Sittler casually drops that he's not even sure where it is right now. “It could be here or at my cottage in a box,” he told the paper. Or between the seats of my car or maybe under the couch or maybe the dog has it. I don't know. It's somewhere.
Either way, let this be a lesson to everyone involved: don't give anything to Darryl Sittler, unless you never want to see it again.
In the meantime, I guess we'll have to settle for Don Cherry talking about the game. Unsurprisingly, he didn't like the disrespectful way Sittler and the Leafs ran up the score. Of course, he was coaching the Bruins at the time:
No one give this to Sittler.
You can find highlights of the game on YouTube. But if you're hoping to see the entirety of the most impressive sixty minutes of hockey one man has ever played, you're out of luck.
Sittler has the only tape, and he intends to keep it that way.
According to the Toronto Star, someone at Hockey Night in Canada gave Sittler the tape -- and with it, all the power -- some time ago, and now that he has it, he's not giving it up.
“I got this as a gift and it’s mine to do what I want with it,” Sittler said, when pressed by the paper.
Mine, mine, mine. He's like the seagulls in Finding Nemo.
Sittler clearly relishes the tape, as well as the fact that he's the only one who has it. Not only is he unwilling to relinquish the tape -- he's unwilling to make a copy. His response to being asked if he's duplicate the tape so the world could see it:
"I don't want to go there."
But the best part of this story is the nonchalance with which Sittler discusses this priceless and coveted piece of hockey history. While the Star reports on it at the level of a scandal (and it sort of is, considering the way Canada regards its hockey history), Sittler casually drops that he's not even sure where it is right now. “It could be here or at my cottage in a box,” he told the paper. Or between the seats of my car or maybe under the couch or maybe the dog has it. I don't know. It's somewhere.
Either way, let this be a lesson to everyone involved: don't give anything to Darryl Sittler, unless you never want to see it again.
In the meantime, I guess we'll have to settle for Don Cherry talking about the game. Unsurprisingly, he didn't like the disrespectful way Sittler and the Leafs ran up the score. Of course, he was coaching the Bruins at the time:
No one give this to Sittler.
http://ca.sports.yahoo.com/blogs/nhl-pu ... --nhl.html
Freakinoldguy @ Wed Feb 13, 2013 12:18 pm
I remember that night clear as a bell and to be honest it's no less impressive today than it was 36 years ago, even for an old Hab's fan. ![[B-o]](./images/smilies/drinkup.gif "Drink up")
Strutz @ Wed Feb 13, 2013 12:25 pm
Always cool to watch older NHL game footage.
Awesome that this record has not yet been broken.
QBC @ Wed Feb 13, 2013 4:30 pm
Freakinoldguy Freakinoldguy:
I remember that night clear as a bell and to be honest it's no less impressive today than it was 36 years ago, even for an old Hab's fan.
I remember that game too. I was an amazing event.
raydan @ Wed Feb 13, 2013 4:43 pm
Strutz Strutz:
Always cool to watch older NHL game footage.
Awesome that this record has not yet been broken.
Awesome that this record has not yet been broken.
How many NHL games does a team score at least 10 goals these days?
Strutz @ Wed Feb 13, 2013 4:51 pm
raydan raydan:
Strutz Strutz:
Always cool to watch older NHL game footage.
Awesome that this record has not yet been broken.
Awesome that this record has not yet been broken.
How many NHL games does a team score at least 10 goals these days?
No doubt. It's very much a rarity now.
I thought it was neat to see in that clip NO distracting advertising on the boards or ice, no helmets, no names on the players backs and goaltenders without the gigantic equipment. Unless you watch this older footage you almost forget how it used to be.