Game 195
Canadiens 7, Maple Leafs 2
Saturday, November 20, 1943
Maple Leaf Gardens, Toronto, Ontario
Hap Day’s hapless Toronto Leafs stayed 20 minutes with the Montréal Canadiens at Maple Leaf Gardens Saturday night, then dropped out of the running as Dick Irvin’s rampaging leaders of the National Hockey League galloped off by themselves for a 7-2 decision.
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Game 194
Canadiens 5, Maple Leafs 2
Thursday, November 18, 1943
Forum de Montréal, Montréal, Québec
The Leafs failed to halt the Canadiens’ unbroken streak of wins or ties here tonight, succumbing 5-2 to the more experienced Habitants before a crowd of 11,161, which is something of a record for a midweek game.
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Game 193
Maple Leafs 2, Canadiens 2
Saturday, March 6, 1943
Maple Leaf Gardens, Toronto, Ontario
While the Detroit Red Wings were dusting off the Chicago Black Hawks Saturday night at the Detroit Olympia and increasing the playoff worries of Major Frederick McLaughlin’s hopefuls, the Toronto Leafs and Montréal Canadiens put on their “Snow Special” at Maple Leaf Gardens.
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Game 192
Maple Leafs 4, Canadiens 2
Sunday, February 28, 1943
Forum de Montréal, Montréal, Québec
The Toronto Maple Leafs wound up their scheduled National Hockey League visits to Montréal by outscoring the Canadiens 4-2 tonight, before a gathering of 11,880 paid admissions.
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Game 191
Canadiens 2, Maple Leafs 0
Sunday, January 17, 1943
Forum de Montréal, Montréal, Québec
Defenceman Butch Bouchard paced the Montréal Canadiens to a 2-0 shutout over the Toronto Maple Leafs in a rugged National Hockey League match here tonight, scoring both goals for Montréal and assisting dramatically in blocking attempts by the Leafs to reach the Canadiens’ net.
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Game 190
Maple Leafs 8, Canadiens 4
Saturday, January 16, 1943
Maple Leaf Gardens, Toronto, Ontario
Just doesn’t seem to be any way of laughing off the fellow who referred to Dick Irvin’s Montréal Canadiens after Saturday night’s game at Maple Leaf Gardens as the club “with the frozen assets.”
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Game 189
Canadiens 4, Maple Leafs 4
Sunday, January 3, 1943
Forum de Montréal, Montréal, Québec
The Montréal Canadiens took a peg from under the Toronto Maple Leafs tonight, when they battled the Queen City pucksters to a 4-4 draw before a capacity house, with the result that Toronto tied with Boston on top of the National Hockey League standings, while Montréal continued in a cellar deadlock with New York.
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Game 188
Maple Leafs 6, Canadiens 3
Saturday, January 2, 1943
Maple Leaf Gardens, Toronto, Ontario
Although the spirit was willing, the Montréal Canadiens couldn’t muster enough puck chasing finesse to deal effectively with the speed and passing attacked tossed at them by the Toronto Leafs at the Gardens Saturday night.
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Game 187
Maple Leafs 8, Canadiens 1
Thursday, December 17, 1942
Forum de Montréal, Montréal, Québec
The Toronto Maple Leafs added another shellacking to their series with the Montréal Canadiens when they turned back the Habitants 8-1 in a National Hockey League game here tonight.
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Game 186
Maple Leafs 9, Canadiens 1
Saturday, December 5, 1942
Maple Leaf Gardens, Toronto, Ontario
Apparently inspired by football men who talked of a high scoring Canadian gridiron final, but failed to produce the predicted point orgy, the Toronto Maple Leafs went riding to a 9-1 decision over the Montréal Canadiens at the Gardens Saturday night.
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Game 185
Canadiens 4, Maple Leafs 2
Thursday, December 3, 1942
Forum de Montréal, Montréal, Québec
The Montréal Canadiens broke their losing streak tonight when they turned back the Toronto Maple Leafs 4-2 in a rugged National Hockey League fixture here.
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Game 184
Maple Leafs 8, Canadiens 0
Saturday, November 21, 1942
Maple Leaf Gardens, Toronto, Ontario
Although coach Dick Irvin tossed out decoy formations in a studied effort to provide a smoke screen for Gordie Drillon at Maple Leaf Gardens Saturday night, the Toronto Maple Leafs refused to be lured into any trap.
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Game 183
Canadiens 7, Maple Leafs 3
Thursday, March 19, 1942
Forum de Montréal, Montréal, Québec
The Canadiens marked the finish to their regular National Hockey League schedule for this season by handing the Toronto Maple Leafs a 7-3 lacing, in a game which resembled nothing more than a workout for both clubs in preparation for their forthcoming Stanley Cup playoff games, which open this weekend.
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Game 182
Canadiens 5, Maple Leafs 2
Thursday, March 5, 1942
Maple Leaf Gardens, Toronto, Ontario
Those Reardon-ized Montréal Canadiens, outplayed but not out-gamed for the better part of two periods, struck with unexpected fury to bowl over the Toronto Leafs in electrifying manner at Maple Leaf Gardens last night by a 5-2 count.
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Game 181
Maple Leafs 6, Canadiens 4
Thursday, February 12, 1942
Forum de Montréal, Montréal, Québec
The Toronto Maple Leafs had to check a third period, four goal Canadien rally to pull off a 6-4 National Hockey League victory here tonight before a crowd of 7,036.
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Game 180
Maple Leafs 7, Canadiens 3
Thursday, January 29, 1942
Maple Leaf Gardens, Toronto, Ontario
What coach Dick Irvin of the Montréal Canadiens wanted the general public to believe was Hap Day’s “Mosquito Fleet” of the Toronto Leafs was good enough to torpedo Richard’s self styled “Battleship Flotilla” at Maple Leaf Gardens last night.
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Game 179
Maple Leafs 3, Canadiens 2 (OT)
Thursday, January 15, 1942
Forum de Montréal, Montréal, Québec
Nick Metz potted an overtime goal after thirty one seconds of play to give the Toronto Leafs a 3-2 victory over the scrappy Montréal Canadiens here Thursday night. The win sent the Leafs into a second place tie with the rampaging New York Rangers.
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Game 178
Canadiens 2, Maple Leafs 1 (OT)
Thursday, December 11, 1941
Forum de Montréal, Montréal, Québec
Gerry Heffernan’s overtime goal ended the Canadiens’ National Hockey League losing streak here tonight, when the Habitants defeated the second place Toronto Maple Leafs 2 to 1 before a crowd estimated at more than 7,000.
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Game 177
Maple Leafs 3, Canadiens 1
Saturday, December 6, 1941
Maple Leaf Gardens, Toronto, Ontario
Rookie Paul Bibeault didn’t lead the Montréal Canadiens out of the hockey wilderness Saturday night at Maple Leaf Gardens, but he provided a solid netminding background for the hard-pressed Irvinites.
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Game 176
Maple Leafs 4, Canadiens 2
Thursday, November 13, 1941
Maple Leaf Gardens, Toronto, Ontario
Old Man Jinx waved his vicious “hoodoo” sign over the Toronto Leafs again at Maple Leaf Gardens last night. The Leafs breezed through and around a disjointed band of Montréal Canadiens for a 4-2 National Hockey League victory, but added another casualty to their hospital list along the way.
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Game 175
Canadiens 4, Maple Leafs 3
Thursday, March 6, 1941
Forum de Montréal, Montréal, Québec
Rookie goalie Paul Bibeault, signed from the amateur ranks just a few hours earlier, made his first National Hockey League start a winning one here tonight, as the sixth place Canadiens fought to a 4-3 victory over the Toronto Maple Leafs before a crowd of 9,533.
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Game 174
Maple Leafs 2, Canadiens 1
Thursday, February 20, 1941
Maple Leaf Gardens, Toronto, Ontario
After sessions of science, speed and skill against the New York Rangers and Boston Bruins in recent dates, the Toronto Leafs ran the gauntlet of scrambled ears, sharp elbows, robust slashing and old fashioned shinny to regain the National Hockey League leadership here Thursday night. A 2-1 win over the Montréal Canadiens turned the trick.
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Game 173
Maple Leafs 2, Canadiens 2
Saturday, January 25, 1941
Maple Leaf Gardens, Toronto, Ontario
Answering the challenge of a victory hungry band of Montréal Canadiens with one of the most courageous displays of dogged determination mustered by a Toronto team in many seasons, the limping Leafs rallied to gain a 2-2 overtime tie with the Montréalers at Maple Leaf Gardens Saturday night.
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Game 172
Maple Leafs 3, Canadiens 2
Thursday, January 23, 1941
Forum de Montréal, Montréal, Québec
The Toronto Maple Leafs, gaining strength as the game went on, came from behind to defeat the sixth place Canadiens 3-2 here tonight, and improve their position at the top of the National Hockey League standing.
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Game 171
Maple Leafs 4, Canadiens 3 (OT)
Tuesday, January 7, 1941
Forum de Montréal, Montréal, Québec
Your Leafs eked out – and I mean one of those skin of the teeth things – a 4-3 win over the careening Canadiens last night. They conducted this handsome affair before a crowd as flattering as any we turn out at home.
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Two Solitudes 