On This Day March 16th.

March 16: On this day in 1952, The Toronto Maple Leafs became the first team in NHL history to record 750 wins in a 4-2 victory over the New York Rangers.

March 16: On this day in 1957, the Leafs set a team record for most goals in one game as they white-washed Gump Worsley and the New York Rangers 14-1 at Maple Leaf Gardens. Sid Smith and Brian Cullen each recorded hat tricks. The Leafs racked up a total of 37 individual scoring points. Only a couple of Leaf players, namely goalie Ed Chadwick and defenseman Jim Thomson failed to make the scoring sheet. Ironically, the Leafs would finish the season with a record of 21-34-15 and miss the playoffs while the Rangers finished ahead of the Leafs and did qualify for the playoffs.

March 16: On this day in 1957, No. 9 Ted "Teeder" Kennedy played his last game for the Toronto Maple Leafs. In 15 seasons with the Maple Leafs, Kennedy's Hall of Fame career was marked by 694 GP, 231 goals (10th all-time among Leafs), 328 assists (8th), and 559 points (9th). He captained the team for eight seasons and led the team during three of the five championship seasons he played making him the first player in NHL history to win that many Cups. He won the Leafs' final Hart Trophy in 1955 beating out a bevy of legends and was the recipient of a specially created team MVP award, the J.P. Bickell Trophy, because of Conn Smythe's frustration with the lack of recognition for his talents.

On This Day January 26th.

Alf "Dutch" Skinner

January 26:  On this day in 1896, Alf Skinner was born in Toronto, Ontario. Skinner was an original member of the Toronto Arenas when Toronto was granted an NHL franchise in 1917. During the new league's first playoff season, Skinner became the first player in NHL history to record a hat trick in the Stanley Cup Finals. Skinner was a natural choice for his hometown team, Skinner had a good year, scoring 13 goals, but he was overshadowed on the championship team by such standouts as Reg Noble and Corb Denneny.

Vic Lynn

January 26:  On this day in 1925, Vic Lynn was born in Saskatoon, Saskatchewan. Lynn has the distinction of being the only player to suit up for at least one game with each of the Original Six teams. Most of his 327 total career games were with the Leafs between 1946 and 1950 where he got his name carved into Lord Stanley's Mug three years in a row. During his years as a Leaf, Vic Lynn played on a line known as the "K-L-M line" along with Ted Kennedy and Howie Meeker. In 1950, Lynn was traded to the Boston Bruins where he played for a short time before heading to the minors with the Cleveland Barons of the AHL. Then, in 1953, he got one more kick at the top with the Chicago Blackhawks where he played his final NHL games near the end of the year. From then on, Lynn embarked on a lengthy career as a minor-league and amateur player/coach with such clubs as the Saskatoon Quakers, Brandon Regals, and Prince Albert Mintos.

Darryl Sittler

January 26:  On this day in 1978, Leaf captain Darryl Sittler began an 18 consecutive point-scoring streak that remains tied as the longest in Maple Leaf team history. The Leaf streak of 18 games in a row with at least one point was duplicated by Ed Olczyk in 1989. As at the end of the 2005-06 season, the NHL record for the longest consecutive point-scoring streak is 51 games set by Wayne Gretzky in 1983-84. Mats Sundin had a 30 game point-scoring streak with the Quebec Nordiques in 1992-93.

January 26:  On this day in 1987, the Calgary Flames rallied from a 5-0 deficit at 6:02 of the third period to beat the Leafs 6-5 in overtime. The game tied an NHL record for the biggest comeback in NHL history.

Allan Bester

Calgary defenseman Al MacInnis recorded a hat trick for the Flames. The game winning goal at 1:30 of overtime was scored by Colin Patterson. In the end, the Flames had scored six goals in just 15 minutes and 28 seconds, all on Toronto goalie Alan Bester. As at the end of the 2007-08 season the Leafs have an all-time winning record against the Atlanta/Calgary Flames of W-51, L-50, T-12, O/L-3 in 116 games played. In the only ever playoff encounter between the two franchises in 1979, the Leafs defeated the Atlanta Flames 2 games to nil in a best-of-three preliminary round.

On This Day January 10th.

Don Metz

January 10:   On this day in 1916, Leaf right-winger Don Metz was born in Wilcox, Saskatchewan. Don and his brother Nick played their entire NHL careers as Leafs of the 1930's and 40's. Don's first game as a Leaf was on November 19, 1939. He is one of only three Leafs in team history to play on five Stanley Cup winning teams. The other two are Turk Broda and Ted Kennedy. In 172 games as a Leaf, Metz had 55 points. He went out a winner, retiring in 1949 after the Leafs' third consecutive Stanley Cup victory.

1919/20 - 1920/21 Montreal Canadiens

January 10:  On this day in 1920, the Montreal Canadiens defeated the Toronto St. Patricks by a score of two converted touchdowns to one (14-7). Newsy Lalonde of the Canadiens became the first player in NHL history to score 6 goals in one game. As of 2008, the 21 goals scored in one game remains an NHL record that has been tied once, but never surpassed.

Frank Mahovlich

January 10:  On this day in 1938, Hall-of-Fame left-winger Frank Mahovlich was born in Timmins, Ontario. The "Big M's first game in the NHL was with the Leafs on March 20, 1957. The next season, he won the Calder trophy as rookie of the year, edging out Bobby Hull. Mahovlich played almost 11 full seaons in Toronto where he won four Stanley Cups and led the Leafs in goal scoring for 6 consecutive seasons between 1960-61 and 1965-66. With the Leafs, Mahovlich scored 296 regular season goals and had 597 points. The biggest milestone that narrowly evaded Mahovlich in his NHL career was a 50-goal season. Frank Mahovlich was the centerpiece of a massive trade by the Leafs with the Red Wings on March 3, 1968. In Detroit, he got to play on a line with fellow Hall-of-Famers, Gordie Howe and Alex Delvecchio. In 1971, Mahovlich was again the prize in a trade between the Red Wings and the Montreal Canadiens where the Big M went on to become the 5th player in NHL history to score 500 goals and the 8th player to record 1,000 points. He would go on to win two more Cups with the Habs. He was inducted into the Hall-of-Fame in 1981.

1972/73 - 1994/95 New York Islanders Logo

January 10:  On this day in 1973, the Leafs played the New York Islanders for the first time ever and came out on top 4-2. The 1972-73 season was the Islanders' first in the NHL. They finished in last place in the 8-team East Division but went on to assemble a dynasty that won four straight Cups between 1980-83. As of 2006-07, the Leafs have an all-time losing record against the Islanders of W-52, L-54, T-7, OL-3 in 116 games. In the times the two teams have met in the playoffs, the Leafs won 2 series and lost 1.

Pat Ribble

January 10:  On this day in 1980, the Leafs traded defensemen with the Chicago Black Hawks when they acquired Pat Ribble from Chicago in exchange for Dave Hutchison. Pat Ribble played his junior hockey for the Oshawa Generals of the OHA from 1972 to 1975. It was there that he established himself as a big, crease-clearing rearguard who could move the puck although rarely as far as the opposition's net, but unfortunately Ribble lasted just 13 games in Toronto and was traded to Washington a month later.