{"id":163700,"date":"2025-08-19T13:09:12","date_gmt":"2025-08-19T13:09:12","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nhl\/163700\/"},"modified":"2025-08-19T13:09:12","modified_gmt":"2025-08-19T13:09:12","slug":"former-maple-leafs-center-doug-gilmour-celebrates-31st-anniversary-of-being-named-a-franchise-captain-nhl-news","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nhl\/163700\/","title":{"rendered":"Former Maple Leafs center Doug Gilmour celebrates 31st anniversary of being named a franchise captain | NHL News"},"content":{"rendered":"

\"Former(Image via Getty: Doug Gilmour) Doug Gilmour was called the \u201cKiller\u201d not for his altercation with Tomas Sandstrom, but for having a resemblance to that of serial killer, Charlie Manson. The ice hockey center played for seven NHL<\/a> teams, but the Toronto Maple Leafs seem to be his favorite team! Why do we say that? The answer is in the headline! On August 19, Doug Gilmour shared a tweet on X: \u201cOne of the biggest days in my hockey career and one of the greatest honours 31 years ago today. \ud83d\udc99 #leafsforever #goleafsgo #ripburnsy,\u201d with the 31-year-old image of Pat Burns, the then head coach of the Maple Leafs handing over the jersey to him.<\/p>\n

Fans recall Doug Gilmour as a warrior, a leader, and favorite Maple Leafs player of all time<\/p>\n

Reacting to this nostalgic moment shared by Doug Gilmour, fans went back in time and reminisced about the center\u2019s playing days. One fan recalled the exact day when Gilmour was named franchise captain, \u201cOne of the best days in Leafs history for many of us fans.\u201d Another compared him to the recent Maple Leafs players, \u201cYou were an amazing Captain for the Leafs. Pure grit & heart, something the Leafs have been sorely lacking.\u201d A third fan wanted to relive those days, \u201cIt was the beginning of a great run for the Leafs and us fans, Killer! Wish we could do it all over again!\u201dOne fan said that Gilmour came to Toronto when they needed him the most, \u201cMaple Leafs were a team searching for identity. What they got with Gilmour was a warrior, a leader, a legend. Forever my favorite Captain. \ud83d\udc10.\u201d\"NHL-LEAFS-FANS\"<\/p>\n

(Comments via Doug Gilmour’s X post)<\/p>\n

Another fan thanked the captain, saying, \u201cIt was a great time to be a Leaf fan. Thanks for the memories Killer.\u201d A third fan mentioned the 1993 Stanley Cup playoffs between the Los Angeles Kings and the Toronto Maple Leafs, \u201cas a kid I have learned hockey by watching the epic series LA vs Toronto in 93. You were amazing! Best Leafs playoff of my lifetime.\u201d But a fourth fan mentioned a heartbreaking fact, \u201cExcept you let Wayne Gretzky and his LA Kings get to you in 93 and that’s what destroyed the Leafs back then.\u201d What was the incident? What really happened between Doug Gilmour and The Great One? Let\u2019s find out. <\/p>\n

Doug Gilmour became a captain after LA Kings’ Wayne Gretzky eliminated Toronto Maple Leafs in 1993 playoffs<\/p>\n

‘The High Stick’ – Kings vs Leafs ’93 – Game 6 – TSN Feature 2017 (HD)<\/p>\n

In Game 6 of the 1993 playoffs, the Toronto Maple Leafs and the Los Angeles Kings had tied 4-4. In the first minute of overtime, the LA Kings\u2019 ice hockey center Wayne Gretzky high-sticked the Maple Leafs’ ice hockey center Doug Gilmour, causing Gilmour to fall to the ground after Gretzky had shot the puck. TSN Hockey Analyst Jeff O\u2019Neil reached out to the then-NHL referee Mike Fraser and Doug Gilmour regarding this incident in 2017.The NHL referee at the time, Kerry Fraser, asked Gilmour about the incident. The center said at the time, \u201cGretz took a shot and his follow-through hit me in the chin.\u201d The referee replied to him, \u201cWell, if that\u2019s the case, the follow-through of a shot is not a penalty.\u201dFraser noted his suspicion at the time, \u201cBut something just didn\u2019t add up. Wayne Gretzky was always a guy who would be there pleading his case. He kinda moved off to the sidewalk. He wasn\u2019t there to try and make sure there wasn\u2019t anything going against him.\u201d Fraser later reflected on the incident and confessed, \u201cIt was a reach, then clip. It was not a follow-through shot. It was a missed call.\u201dWith ten seconds left on the clock in Game 6, Gretzky scored an overtime goal and eliminated Doug\u2019s team from the 1993 playoffs. However, Gilmore had an excellent 1992-1993 season, winning many accolades\u20131993 All-Star Game, NHL\u2019s top defensive forward, and Frank J. Selke Trophy. The following season, he was named franchise captain! To this day, Gilmour celebrates the anniversary of being named franchise captain\u201331 years since that glory. Also Read: Wayne Gretzky becomes a grandfather for the sixth time to daughter Emma\u2019s son Walter Boone-Gretzky Eby | NHL News – Times of India<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"(Image via Getty: Doug Gilmour) Doug Gilmour was called the \u201cKiller\u201d not for his altercation with Tomas Sandstrom,…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":163701,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[5106],"tags":[28387,4925,28388,5,5905,6,28389,20,5172,4,66,31,5171,279],"class_list":{"0":"post-163700","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-toronto-maple-leafs","8":"tag-1993-stanley-cup-playoffs","9":"tag-doug-gilmour","10":"tag-franchise-captain","11":"tag-hockey","12":"tag-hockey-career","13":"tag-ice-hockey","14":"tag-killer","15":"tag-maple-leafs","16":"tag-mapleleafs","17":"tag-nhl","18":"tag-toronto","19":"tag-toronto-maple-leafs","20":"tag-torontomapleleafs","21":"tag-wayne-gretzky"},"share_on_mastodon":{"url":"https:\/\/channels.im\/@nhl\/115055595607885091","error":""},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nhl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/163700","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nhl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nhl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nhl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nhl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=163700"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nhl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/163700\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nhl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/163701"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nhl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=163700"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nhl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=163700"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nhl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=163700"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}