Game 532
Canadiens 3, Maple Leafs 1
Wednesday, November 26, 1969
Maple Leaf Gardens, Toronto, Ontario
Ralph Backstrom’s 200th goal of his National Hockey League career completed the formalities of the Montréal Canadiens’ 3-1 win over the Toronto Maple Leafs last night, but the real damage had been inflicted earlier.
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Game 531
Canadiens 6, Maple Leafs 3
Saturday, November 8, 1969
Forum de Montréal, Montréal, Québec
The 19 hours the Toronto Maple Leafs spent reaching this city were bad enough, but the worst came when the Leafs finally arrived at Chicago Stadium last night. They spent 2 ½ hours watching goals pour into their net.
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Game 530
Maple Leafs 2, Canadiens 2
Wednesday, October 15, 1969
Maple Leaf Gardens, Toronto, Ontario
Nobody was really disappointed except perhaps those speculators who had the Maple Leafs in the office hockey pool.
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Preseason Game 03
Maple Leafs 3, Canadiens 3
Wednesday, October 1, 1969
Maple Leaf Gardens, Toronto, Ontario
After 2½ periods of sputtering ineffectiveness, the Toronto Maple Leafs finally produced enough functional play-making in time for a 3-3 tie last night with the Montréal Canadiens on goals by Terry Clancy and Murray Oliver.
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Game 529
Maple Leafs 6, Canadiens 4
Wednesday, March 26, 1969
Maple Leaf Gardens, Toronto, Ontario
Normally, if you give the Montréal Canadiens a three-goal lead in the first period, it’s like leaking a little blood in front of a shark.
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Game 528
Canadiens 5, Maple Leafs 3
Thursday, March 6, 1969
Forum de Montréal, Montréal, Québec
The Toronto Maple Leafs might have had a chance if one of the Montréal Canadiens had been confined to the penalty box for the entire game.
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Game 527
Canadiens 2, Maple Leafs 1
Thursday, February 20, 1969
Forum de Montréal, Montréal, Québec
Punch Imlach paced back and forth in the hallway adjacent to the Maple Leaf dressing room. His club had just been beaten 2-1 by the first-place Montréal Canadiens, but his thoughts were on other things.
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Game 526
Maple Leafs 5, Canadiens 1
Wednesday, February 19, 1969
Maple Leaf Gardens, Toronto, Ontario
The Montréal Canadiens blamed the referee but they conceded, grudgingly, that Maple Leafs goaltender Bruce Gamble had something to do with it.
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Game 525
Canadiens 4, Maple Leafs 2
Thursday, December 26, 1968
Forum de Montréal, Montréal, Québec
It was difficult to tell whether the Toronto Maple Leafs ran out of stamina or players.
It may have been a combination of both here last night when they dropped a 4-2 decision to the Montréal Canadiens.
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Game 524
Maple Leafs 4, Canadiens 4
Wednesday, December 11, 1968
Maple Leaf Gardens, Toronto, Ontario
John Ferguson has conceded from time to time that he accomplishes more as a hockey player with his fists than he does with his shooting stick.
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Game 523
Maple Leafs 5, Canadiens 3
Thursday, November 14, 1968
Forum de Montréal, Montréal, Québec
Five goals!
The fans back home wouldn’t believe it possible of the scoreless wonders.
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Game 522
Canadiens 5, Maple Leafs 0
Wednesday, October 30, 1968
Maple Leaf Gardens, Toronto, Ontario
The Toronto Maple Leafs gave the puck away in their own zone five times in the first 90 seconds at Maple Leaf Gardens last night.
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Game 521
Maple Leafs 6, Canadiens 0
Wednesday, March 27, 1968
Maple Leaf Gardens, Toronto, Ontario
The Maple Leafs, throughout the National Hockey League schedule, have found their proper level – fifth place – through a haphazard team effort.
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Game 520
Canadiens 3, Maple Leafs 2
Wednesday, March 20, 1968
Forum de Montréal, Montréal, Québec
Manager-coach Punch Imlach will have to admit it now. His Maple Leafs are dead.
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Game 519
Canadiens 4, Maple Leafs 2
Wednesday, February 14, 1968
Maple Leaf Gardens, Toronto, Ontario
The Montréal Canadiens won a hockey game at the Gardens last night because of their superior body attack.
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Game 518
Canadiens 3, Maple Leafs 0
Tuesday, January 30, 1968
Forum de Montréal, Montréal, Québec
Mention the Montréal Canadiens and the average hockey fan thinks of speed, colour and volatile action.
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Game 517
Canadiens 1, Maple Leafs 1
Wednesday, January 3, 1968
Forum de Montréal, Montréal, Québec
The Maple Leafs finally scored a goal in the Forum this National Hockey League season and it almost was enough to give them a victory over the Canadiens.
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Game 516
Maple Leafs 2, Canadiens 2
Wednesday, December 27, 1967
Maple Leaf Gardens, Toronto, Ontario
It took Jean Béliveau and Danny Grant 91 seconds to undo something the Maple Leafs needed almost 52 minutes to accomplish.
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Game 515
Canadiens 5, Maple Leafs 0
Wednesday, December 20, 1967
Forum de Montréal, Montréal, Québec
Before last night’s 5-0 victory by Montréal over the Maple Leafs, the gossip around the Forum was that Dick Duff was fighting for his job with the Canadiens.
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Game 514
Maple Leafs 2, Canadiens 1
Wednesday, November 29, 1967
Maple Leaf Gardens, Toronto, Ontario
The crowd came to pay homage to Frank Mahovlich at the Gardens last night and “The Big M” didn’t let them down.
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Game 513
Maple Leafs 5, Canadiens 0
Wednesday, November 1, 1967
Maple Leaf Gardens, Toronto, Ontario
There was some speculation earlier this year that Johnny Bower was becoming so decrepit that he should totter creakily to the CNE grounds and donate himself to the Hockey Hall of Fame.
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Game 512
Canadiens 1, Maple Leafs 0
Thursday, October 19, 1967
Forum de Montréal, Montréal, Québec
Your Uncle Charley could have shut out the Maple Leafs last night the way they timidly challenged Gump Worsley in the Montréal Canadiens’ goal.
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Preseason Game 02
Canadiens 5, Maple Leafs 4
Saturday, October 7, 1967
Forum de Montréal, Montréal, Québec
The Toronto Maple Leafs’ 5-4 defeat at the hands of the Montréal Canadiens last night was not a complete loss. Not as far as coach Punch Imlach was concerned.
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Preseason Game 01
Maple Leafs 5, Canadiens 1
Wednesday, October 4, 1967
Maple Leaf Gardens, Toronto, Ontario
Frank Mahovlich finished off two of the niftiest scoring plays you will ever see last night when the Maple Leafs drubbed the Montréal Canadiens 6-1 in an exhibition hockey game at the Gardens.
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Playoff Game 63
Maple Leafs 3, Canadiens 1
Stanley Cup Finals, Game 6
Tuesday, May 2, 1967
Maple Leaf Gardens, Toronto, Ontario
No team in hockey has done more to improve the status of old players than the Toronto Maple Leafs.
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Two Solitudes 