Playoff Game 62
Maple Leafs 4, Canadiens 1
Stanley Cup Finals, Game 5
Saturday, April 29, 1967
Forum de Montréal, Montréal, Québec
The Montréal Canadiens might have expected more charitable donations from Terry Sawchuk in the Forum Saturday afternoon but he advised them early: “I only give at home.”
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Playoff Game 61
Canadiens 6, Maple Leafs 2
Stanley Cup Finals, Game 4
Thursday, April 27, 1967
Maple Leaf Gardens, Toronto, Ontario
Terry Sawchuk didn’t get the message to play until a few minutes before game time last night.
The rest of the Maple Leafs never got the message.
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Playoff Game 60
Maple Leafs 3, Canadiens 2 (2OT)
Stanley Cup Finals, Game 3
Tuesday, April 25, 1967
Maple Leaf Gardens, Toronto, Ontario
Bob Pulford has been one of the Maple Leafs’ most industrious players in the Stanley Cup playoffs but he hasn’t been scoring goals.
He made up for that little oversight at the Gardens last night.
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Playoff Game 59
Maple Leafs 3, Canadiens 0
Stanley Cup Finals, Game 2
Saturday, April 22, 1967
Forum de Montréal, Montréal, Québec
The Toronto Maple Leafs unleashed an obstinate and abrasive defence to demoralize the Canadiens’ swift skaters and tie the Stanley Cup final series at one win apiece in the Forum Saturday afternoon.
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Playoff Game 58
Canadiens 6, Maple Leafs 2
Stanley Cup Finals, Game 1
Thursday, April 20, 1967
Forum de Montréal, Montréal, Québec
The elusive Henri Richard and Yvan “The Terrible” Cournoyer had a hypnotic effect on the Toronto defence last night as Montréal swept to an authoritative victory in the opening game of the Stanley Cup final.
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Game 511
Canadiens 5, Maple Leafs 3
Wednesday, March 29, 1967
Forum de Montréal, Montréal, Québec
When it comes to winning their big games this season, the Toronto Maple Leafs have had a habit of falling flat on their faces.
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Game 510
Canadiens 5, Maple Leafs 3
Wednesday, March 22, 1967
Maple Leaf Gardens, Toronto, Ontario
The Montréal Canadiens, who have been impersonating a fourth-place team in recent weeks, are starting to return to championship character in time for the playoffs.
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Game 509
Canadiens 6, Maple Leafs 4
Wednesday, March 8, 1967
Maple Leaf Gardens, Toronto, Ontario
Rogatien Vachon, a 21-year-old goalie from the small northern Québec community of Palmarolle, was almost invincible the last time he faced the Toronto Maple Leafs.
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Game 508
Canadiens 1, Maple Leafs 1
Wednesday, March 1, 1967
Forum de Montréal, Montréal, Québec
Jim Pappin, a winning goal specialist, came through with one of his biggest goals of the National Hockey League season last night. It saved the Maple Leafs from defeat.
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Game 507
Maple Leafs 5, Canadiens 2
Wednesday, February 22, 1967
Maple Leaf Gardens, Toronto, Ontario
If there is any medicinal value to be obtained from a winning team, Maple Leafs manager-coach George Imlach should soon be restored to robust health in Toronto General Hospital.
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Game 506
Canadiens 7, Maple Leafs 1
Wednesday, February 1, 1967
Forum de Montréal, Montréal, Québec
A two-inch-wide goalpost set the stage for the Toronto Maple Leafs’ 7-1 loss to the Montréal Canadiens last night at The Forum.
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Game 505
Canadiens 3, Maple Leafs 1
Wednesday, January 25, 1967
Maple Leaf Gardens, Toronto, Ontario
Now that the Toronto Maple Leafs have lost five games in a row, maybe coach Punch Imlach will finally get rid of that white fur fedora he has been wearing.
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Game 504
Maple Leafs 2, Canadiens 1
Wednesday, January 11, 1967
Forum de Montréal, Montréal, Québec
The Toronto Maple Leafs played for a tie but instead wound up with a 2-1 victory over the Montréal Canadiens in a National Hockey League game last night at the Forum.
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Game 503
Canadiens 6, Maple Leafs 2
Wednesday, December 21, 1966
Forum de Montréal, Montréal, Québec
Ignited by fist-swinging John Ferguson and Yvan Cournoyer’s three power play goals, the Montréal Canadiens overwhelmed the Toronto Maple Leafs 6-2 in a wild, brawling contest in the Montréal Forum last night before a crowd of 13,829.
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Game 502
Canadiens 6, Maple Leafs 3
Wednesday, December 7, 1966
Forum de Montréal, Montréal, Québec
Eddie Shack was knocked unconscious, with a deep gash over his right eye, as the Montréal Canadiens outhit and outscored the Toronto Maple Leafs before 14,722 fans here last night.
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Game 501
Maple Leafs 3, Canadiens 2
Wednesday, November 30, 1966
Maple Leaf Gardens, Toronto, Ontario
Brian Conacher, who forechecks tenaciously, turned this skill into the winning goal at Maple Leaf Gardens last night when the Leafs defeated the Montréal Canadiens 3-2 before a crowd of 15,665.
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Game 500
Maple Leafs 5, Canadiens 1
Saturday, November 19, 1966
Maple Leaf Gardens, Toronto, Ontario
The goal meant little to most people as it came when the verdict was clearly decided.
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Game 499
Maple Leafs 3, Canadiens 2
Wednesday, November 9, 1966
Forum de Montréal, Montréal, Québec
Brian Conacher, a member of the new breed of athlete, feels that sport is not the be-all and the end-all of his existence.
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Game 498
Maple Leafs 2, Canadiens 2
Wednesday, November 2, 1966
Maple Leaf Gardens, Toronto, Ontario
The Maple Leafs, the worst third-period team in the National Hockey League, blew a two-goal margin last night and then were forced to hold on to gain a 2-2 tie with the Montréal Canadiens.
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Playoff Game 57
Canadiens 4, Maple Leafs 1
Stanley Cup Semifinals, Game 4
Thursday, April 14, 1966
Maple Leaf Gardens, Toronto, Ontario
It will long be remembered as the night they smashed most of the National Hockey League’s Stanley Cup penalty records, but last night’s game at the Gardens may have had an even more significant meaning.
It may have been the end of an era.
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Playoff Game 56
Canadiens 5, Maple Leafs 2
Stanley Cup Semifinals, Game 3
Tuesday, April 12, 1966
Maple Leaf Gardens, Toronto, Ontario
The Maple Leafs today are faced with the humiliating possibility that they will be eliminated from this year’s Stanley Cup playoffs without winning a game.
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Playoff Game 55
Canadiens 2, Maple Leafs 0
Stanley Cup Semifinals, Game 2
Saturday, April 9, 1966
Forum de Montréal, Montréal, Québec
Somebody once called hockey “Murder On The Rocks.” The ingredients are simple: just pour the Toronto Maple Leafs and Montréal Canadiens over ice.
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Playoff Game 54
Canadiens 4, Maple Leafs 3
Stanley Cup Semifinals, Game 1
Thursday, April 7, 1966
Forum de Montréal, Montréal, Québec
Before last night’s hockey game at The Forum, George Imlach came out of dressing room number 7, grinned and pointed to a photographer’s badge he was wearing on his lapel.
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Game 497
Canadiens 3, Maple Leafs 1
Wednesday, March 30, 1966
Maple Leaf Gardens, Toronto, Ontario
The Montréal Canadiens made a heartening discovery at Maple Leaf Gardens last night.
They discovered goalkeeper Johnny Bower was human, and they pounced on his human errors for the third-period goals that gave them a 3-1 victory over the Toronto Maple Leafs in the National Hockey League.
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Game 496
Maple Leafs 2, Canadiens 0
Thursday, March 24, 1966
Forum de Montréal, Montréal, Québec
There is more money for the team that finishes first in the National Hockey League, but this season there is also a drawback.
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Two Solitudes 