Game 148 – Canadiens 6, Maple Leafs 1

Game 148
Canadiens 6, Maple Leafs 1
Tuesday, February 1, 1938
Forum de Montréal, Montréal, Québec

The birthday of Conn Smythe, the Toronto Maple Leafs’ manager, was turned into a Habitant, if not Roman, holiday here tonight, when Les Canadiens trimmed the Leafs by 6 to 1 in an NHL fixture that was almost as one-sided as the score would indicate.
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Game 147 – Maple Leafs 6, Canadiens 4

Game 147
Maple Leafs 6, Canadiens 4
Saturday, January 1, 1938
Maple Leaf Gardens, Toronto, Ontario

Professional hockey at its crowd-pleasing best – fast, open and outwardly clean – was the New Year treat provided for 13,488 cash customers in Maple Leaf Gardens Saturday night, as the Toronto Maple Leafs strengthened their hold on first place in the NHL’s Canadian section by outscoring Les Canadiens of Montréal 6 to 4.
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Game 145 – Maple Leafs 3, Canadiens 3

Game 145
Maple Leafs 3, Canadiens 3
Saturday, December 4, 1937
Maple Leaf Gardens, Toronto, Ontario

Workmen at Maple Leaf Gardens this morning probably are inspecting and repairing the side boards or the dasher, as some United States hockey scribes term it.

A lot of hockey players’ bodies were dashed into the dasher Saturday night, when Les Canadiens of Montréal held the Toronto Maple Leafs to a 3 to 3 tie in an overtime battle that was featured by a wild and woolly second period.
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Game 143 – Maple Leafs 2, Canadiens 1

Game 143
Maple Leafs 2, Canadiens 1
Thursday, March 18, 1937
Forum de Montréal, Montréal, Québec

Gordon Drillon’s third period goal gave the Toronto Maple Leafs a 2-1 victory over the Canadiens here tonight. The win gave the Leafs the necessary points to finish the season with a better record than the New York Rangers, whom they will meet in the playoffs.
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Game 142 – Maple Leafs 3, Canadiens 1 (OT)

Game 142
Maple Leafs 3, Canadiens 1 (OT)
Saturday, March 6, 1937
Maple Leaf Gardens, Toronto, Ontario

Throw up the caution signals – here comes the Maple Leafs’ NHL playoff special.

Dick Irvin and his puck engineers roared along to their third straight victory – the longest run of the season – as they vanquished the sectional leading Canadiens by 3 to 1 in overtime Saturday night.
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Game 141 – Maple Leafs 3, Canadiens 1

Game 141
Maple Leafs 3, Canadiens 1
Thursday, February 25, 1937
Forum de Montréal, Montréal, Québec

Two first period goals provided the Toronto Leafs enough margin for a 3-1 National Hockey League triumph tonight over the section leading Montréal Canadiens. The victory brought the Leafs within three points of second place.
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Game 140 – Canadiens 3, Maple Leafs 1

Game 140
Canadiens 3, Maple Leafs 1
Tuesday, January 26, 1937
Maple Leaf Gardens, Toronto, Ontario

Les Canadiens increased their lead in the international section of the NHL here tonight by registering their first victory of the season on local ice. The score was three to one in a cleanly played contest before about 11,167 fans, who saw play veer from wide open to strictly defensive tactics by the Habitants.
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Game 135 – Maple Leafs 6, Canadiens 3

Game 135
Maple Leafs 6, Canadiens 3
Thursday, March 12, 1936
Forum de Montréal, Montréal, Québec

The Toronto Maple Leafs, with curly haired Bill Thoms playing the star role, staged a six goal scoring outburst in the third period here tonight to defeat the Montréal Canadiens 6 to 3, and end virtually all hopes of the French team entering the National Hockey League playoffs.
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Game 133 – Maple Leafs 2, Canadiens 1

Game 133
Maple Leafs 2, Canadiens 1
Thursday, February 20, 1936
Maple Leaf Gardens, Toronto, Ontario

It was “Shareholders’ Night” at Maple Leaf Gardens last evening, and Conn Smythe’s hired help gladdened the hearts of 8,727 “pew holders” by handing the Montréal Canadiens and their fond playoff hopes to a 2 to 1 setback.
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Game 132 – Canadiens 3, Maple Leafs 0

Game 132
Canadiens 3, Maple Leafs 0
Thursday, January 30, 1936
Forum de Montréal, Montréal, Québec

The bid of the Toronto Maple Leafs for first place in the National Hockey League’s Canadian section was shattered by the brilliance of slim Wilf Cude tonight, as the Canadiens protected him faultlessly to give the Welshman his fifth shutout victory of the season – a 3-0 triumph that enabled the Habitants to keep pace with the New York Americans in the battle for third place.
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Game 130 – Maple Leafs 2, Canadiens 0

Game 130
Maple Leafs 2, Canadiens 0
Thursday, December 26, 1935
Forum de Montréal, Montréal, Québec

A brilliant exhibition by George Hainsworth in goal carried the Toronto Maple Leafs to a 2-0 shutout victory over the Canadiens tonight in a turbulent National Hockey League game that saw an uproarious demonstration by the rush-end crowd, which held up play for more than twenty minutes in the third period, as the ice was littered with coppers, half a dozen empty bottles, and papers.
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Game 128 – Maple Leafs 7, Canadiens 2

Game 128
Maple Leafs 7, Canadiens 2
Tuesday, November 19, 1935
Forum de Montréal, Montréal, Québec

A four goal scoring splurge in the second period was the finishing blow as the Toronto Maple Leafs sped to a 7 to 2 triumph over the Canadiens here tonight in their first National Hockey League meeting of the season, in a game that was fast and wide open most of the way.
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Game 127 – Maple Leafs 5, Canadiens 3

Game 127
Maple Leafs 5, Canadiens 3
Saturday, March 16, 1935
Maple Leaf Gardens, Toronto, Ontario

The evening was not officially dedicated to him, but Charlie Conacher, the Maple Leafs’ brilliant right winger, convinced the crowd of over 10,000 spectators, including 9,540 cash customers, that it was his night when he and his teammates beat the Montréal Canadiens at the Gardens on Saturday evening by 5 to 3.
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Game 126 – Maple Leafs 10, Canadiens 3

Game 126
Maple Leafs 10, Canadiens 3
Tuesday, March 5, 1935
Forum de Montréal, Montréal, Québec

The Toronto Maple Leafs turned on all their power tonight to swap the Montréal Canadiens under a 10-3 score for the highest total in the National Hockey League since Detroit scored 11 goals against St. Louis’ 2 on December 13.
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Game 125 – Canadiens 4, Maple Leafs 3

Game 125
Canadiens 4, Maple Leafs 3
Thursday, January 17, 1935
Forum de Montréal, Montréal, Québec

In a high speed encounter, the Montréal Canadiens nosed out the Toronto Maple Leafs 4 to 3 at the Forum here tonight, before a crowd of approximately 7,500 wildly excited spectators in a regular National Hockey League game.
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Game 124 – Maple Leafs 3, Canadiens 1

Game 124
Maple Leafs 3, Canadiens 1
Saturday, January 5, 1935
Maple Leaf Gardens, Toronto, Ontario

With all the scoring confined to the third period, the Maple Leafs registered their sixteenth victory of the season at Maple Leaf Gardens on Saturday night, when they inflicted a 3 to 1 defeat on the Montréal Canadiens. The official attendance was 8,742.
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