On this day, in 1994, in Maple Leafs history, Doug Gilmour was named captain, becoming the fifteenth player to don the C for the blue and white.

Gilmour joined the Leafs on 2 January 1992 when he was acquired from Calgary in a blockbuster deal that included Jamie Macoun, Ric Nattress, Rick Wamsley, and Kent Manderville, with Gary Leeman, Michel Petit, Jeff Reese, Craig Berube, and Alexander Godynyuk going to the Flames.

In his first full campaign (1992-93) with Toronto, Gilmour crushed franchise records for the most assists and points in a season. He notched 95 helpers en route to 127 points, eclipsing the previous benchmarks (72 and 117) set by Darryl Sittler in 1978. At the end of the season Gilmour placed second in Hart Memorial Trophy voting (behind Lemieux) and won the Frank J. Selke Memorial Trophy, awarded annually to the league’s best defensive forward, an impressive feat given his incredible numbers. He remains the only Maple Leaf to earn this distinction.

The following season Gilmour continued to score at a productive clip, putting up 111 points and breaking the team record for the most playoff points in a postseason (30) as the Leafs advanced to the Conference Final.

During the 1996-97 season the Leafs sent Gilmour to New Jersey Devils, ending his six-year tenure with the team. In 393 games with the Buds, he scored 131 goals and 452 total points. His 321 assists with the Leafs are good enough for ninth on the all-time assist list. Following stints with the Devils, Chicago, Buffalo, and Montreal, Gilmour retired with the Leafs in 2002. On 31 January 2009, the Leafs honoured his number 93 at the Air Canada Centre and in 2011 he was inducted into the Hockey Hall of Fame. In 1,474 regular season games, Gilmour tallied 1,414 points (450-964) and was more than a point-per-game player in the postseason, scoring 188 points (60-128) in 182 games.