Game 439
Canadiens 1, Maple Leafs 1
Thursday, March 8, 1962
Forum de Montréal, Montréal, Québec
The Toronto Maple Leafs almost abandoned all hopes of finishing in first place, when they settled for a 1-1 tie with the relaxed Montréal Canadiens in a National Hockey League game here tonight.
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Game 438
Canadiens 4, Maple Leafs 2
Wednesday, February 21, 1962
Maple Leaf Gardens, Toronto, Ontario
The Montréal Canadiens, who skated and checked with a dedicated thoroughness, defeated the Toronto Maple Leafs 4-2 in an undistinguished National Hockey League game in the Gardens last night.
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Game 437
Canadiens 4, Maple Leafs 2
Saturday, February 10, 1962
Maple Leaf Gardens, Toronto, Ontario
Seldom has the depth of the Montréal hockey task force shown to better advantage than Saturday evening, when the Canadiens defeated the Toronto Maple Leafs 4-2.
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Game 436
Canadiens 5, Maple Leafs 2
Thursday, February 1, 1962
Forum de Montréal, Montréal, Québec
The Montréal Canadiens, who gave the impression that they could summon more power if necessary, defeated the Toronto Maple Leafs 5-2 in a brisk National Hockey League game here tonight.
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Game 435
Canadiens 4, Maple Leafs 2
Thursday, January 11, 1962
Forum de Montréal, Montréal, Québec
Jacques Plante’s superlative netminding carried the Montréal Canadiens back into first place in the National Hoceky League here tonight, as a result of a 4-2 victory over the Toronto Maple Leafs.
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Game 434
Maple Leafs 3, Canadiens 1
Wednesday, January 3, 1962
Maple Leaf Gardens, Toronto, Ontario
Dave Keon, a non practicing centreman, scored two goals but missed on a penalty shot as the Maple Leafs defeated the Montréal Canadiens 3-1 in a sedate National Hockey League game at the Gardens last night.
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Game 433
Canadiens 4, Maple Leafs 1
Thursday, December 7, 1961
Forum de Montréal, Montréal, Québec
The Montréal Canadiens struck for three goals in two minutes and 17 seconds early in the third period to set up a 4-1 National Hockey League victory over the Toronto Maple Leafs here tonight.
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Game 432
Canadiens 1, Maple Leafs 1
Thursday, November 30, 1961
Forum de Montréal, Montréal, Québec
The Montréal Canadiens and Toronto Maple Leafs, for the second night in a row, preserved the status quo in the National Hockey League when they fought to a 1-1 tie.
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Game 431
Maple Leafs 2, Canadiens 2
Wednesday, November 29, 1961
Maple Leaf Gardens, Toronto, Ontario
The Montréal Canadiens and Toronto Maple Leafs will meet again tonight in the Montréal Forum in an effort to disrupt the strange togetherness that envelops them at the top of the National Hockey League.
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Game 430
Maple Leafs 3, Canadiens 2
Wednesday, November 15, 1961
Maple Leaf Gardens, Toronto, Ontario
The Toronto Maple Leafs scored two goals in 17 seconds early in the third period at Maple Leaf Gardens last night for a 3-2 win over the Montréal Canadiens in a vigorous National Hockey League tussle.
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Game 429
Canadiens 5, Maple Leafs 2
Thursday, November 9, 1961
Forum de Montréal, Montréal, Québec
Claude Provost continued his implausible scoring habits here tonight as the Canadiens improved their first place position with a 5-2 win over the Toronto Maple Leafs.
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Game 428
Maple Leafs 3, Canadiens 2
Wednesday, November 1, 1961
Maple Leaf Gardens, Toronto, Ontario
Those fearsome stories that preceded the Montréal Canadiens into town about their brutal, overpowering strength were exposed as bald exaggerations in the Gardens last night.
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Game 427
Canadiens 5, Maple Leafs 2
Thursday, March 16, 1961
Forum de Montréal, Montréal, Québec
Bernie Geoffrion scored his 50th goal of the season here tonight as the Montréal Canadiens virtually clinched their fourth successive National Hockey League championship with a 5-2 win over the determined Toronto Maple Leafs.
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Game 426
Maple Leafs 3, Canadiens 1
Wednesday, March 1, 1961
Maple Leaf Gardens, Toronto, Ontario
The Maple Leafs scored an emphatic 3-1 win over the Montréal Canadiens in the Gardens last night, and in the process, the Leafs created the indelible impression that nobody is going to knock them out of first place.
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Game 425
Maple Leafs 4, Canadiens 2
Thursday, February 23, 1961
Forum de Montréal, Montréal, Québec
The Toronto Maple Leafs scored two goals in the final three minutes here tonight for a controversial 4-2 win over the Montréal Canadiens, and the decision moved the Leafs back into first place in the National Hockey League.
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Game 424
Canadiens 3, Maple Leafs 1
Wednesday, February 15, 1961
Maple Leaf Gardens, Toronto, Ontario
Recent reports that the Montréal Canadiens and goalkeeper Jacques Plante especially were approaching shinny senility failed to find confirmation in the Gardens last night.
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Game 423
Maple Leafs 5, Canadiens 3
Wednesday, January 25, 1961
Maple Leaf Gardens, Toronto, Ontario
Frank Mahovlich created a Toronto club scoring record last night by shooting two goals for the Maple Leafs in a 5-3 edge over the Montréal Canadiens.
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Game 422
Canadiens 6, Maple Leafs 2
Thursday, January 12, 1961
Forum de Montréal, Montréal, Québec
The Montréal Canadiens, invariably at their best when other teams get delusions of catching them, jolted the Toronto Maple Leafs, 6-2, in a National Hockey League game here tonight.
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Game 421
Canadiens 4, Maple Leafs 1
Wednesday, December 28, 1960
Maple Leaf Gardens, Toronto, Ontario
The Montréal Canadiens, without seeming to extend themselves, skated to a 4-1 win over the Maple Leafs in a National Hockey League game at the Gardens last night.
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Game 420
Maple Leafs 4, Canadiens 2
Thursday, December 15, 1960
Forum de Montréal, Montréal, Québec
The Toronto Maple Leafs, a determined collection of invalids, scored two goals in less than a minute in the third period here tonight to earn an unexpected 4-2 win over the stunned Montréal Canadiens.
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Game 419
Canadiens 6, Maple Leafs 2
Wednesday, December 7, 1960
Maple Leaf Gardens, Toronto, Ontario
The Montréal Canadiens concentrated on an artistic first period offensive to overwhelm the Maple Leafs, 6-2 in a vigorous National Hockey League game at the Gardens last night.
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Game 418
Canadiens 6, Maple Leafs 3
Thursday, December 1, 1960
Forum de Montréal, Montréal, Québec
The Montréal Canadiens, guided by their remorseless power play, jumped back into first place in the National Hockey League with a 6-3 win over the determined Toronto Maple Leafs here tonight.
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Game 417
Maple Leafs 6, Canadiens 3
Saturday, November 19, 1960
Maple Leaf Gardens, Toronto, Ontario
Toe Blake, who has been insisting that the Montréal Canadiens he coaches have returned to the pack as mere mortals, Saturday night deemed them the worst team in the National Hockey League.
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Game 416
Canadiens 3, Maple Leafs 1
Thursday, November 3, 1960
Forum de Montréal, Montréal, Québec
All star centre Jean Béliveau supervised the scoring as the Montréal Canadiens, not nearly as enfeebled as some reports suggest, defeated the Toronto Maple Leafs, 3-1, in a decorous National Hockey League game here tonight.
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Game 415
Maple Leafs 3, Canadiens 1
Wednesday, October 19, 1960
Maple Leaf Gardens, Toronto, Ontario
Left winger Frank Mahovlich of the Maple Leafs was accused of deliberately trying to injure a Montréal player, as the Maple Leafs defeated the Montréal Canadiens, 3-1, in an incandescent National Hockey League game in the Gardens last night.
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