As a young hockey fan growing up in Canada in the 70's, you were usually either a Leafs fan or a Habs fan. Kids would argue about Darryl Sittler vs. Guy Lafleur. I was a Bruins/Bobby Orr fan, and the Canadiens were my favourite team not to like, so I couldn't go for anything Habs. I always chose Sittler. In 1976, I was nine, and totally immersed in hockey. This was the winter that Darryl Sittler became a legend to all of us young Canadian hockey kids, whether you were a Leafs fan or a Canadiens fan. In February he set an unbelievable scoring record of 10 points in one game. Then in April he scored 5 goals in a single playoff game. But it was in September when he truly became a household name and a true Canadian Icon. The 1976 Canada Cup tournament was the world's first best-on-best multi-nation event that included professional players. Sittler scored the Canada Cup Championship game winning goal in overtime for Canada that beat Czechoslovakia, that set off a wild celebration in the Montreal Forum and all across Canada. When we played street or pond hockey we would claim what NHL star we wanted to play like, and from then on, every kid wanted to be Darryl Sittler, including myself, and probably most adults too. Darryl Sittler was The Captain of the Maple Leafs and of The Cathedral of Hockey's Maple Leaf Gardens. His rookie card is iconic, simply because he is an icon, and I remember when he became one. It was a joy to paint and to remember the days when he was the Canadian Hockey King, and of when I was nine, playing pond hockey with frost bite on my toes, I scored the Championship game winning goal in overtime, and I raised my arms over my head with joy, just like Darryl Sittler did.