Game 639
Canadiens 2, Maple Leafs 1
Saturday, March 13, 1999
Centre Molson, Montréal, Québec
This was one night the man in the mask couldn’t mask the Maple Leafs’ problems.
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Game 638 – Maple Leafs 3, Canadiens 2 (OT)
Game 638
Maple Leafs 3, Canadiens 2 (OT)
Saturday, February 20, 1999
Air Canada Centre, Toronto, Ontario
New building; familiar hero.
On a night in which choppy ice, an oddly disconnected crowd and a continuing Maple Leafs lethargy threatened to ruin the opening of the Air Canada Centre, it was veteran Steve Thomas who salvaged what could have been a disheartening and unsteady step into history for Toronto.
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Game 637 – Canadiens 2, Maple Leafs 1
Game 637
Canadiens 2, Maple Leafs 1
Saturday, December 26, 1998
Maple Leaf Gardens, Toronto, Ontario
Stéphane Quintal ensured the Montréal Canadiens’ final game at Maple Leaf Gardens last night was not a low point for the franchise.
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Game 636 – Maple Leafs 4, Canadiens 3 (OT)
Game 636
Maple Leafs 4, Canadiens 3 (OT)
Saturday, December 5, 1998
Centre Molson, Montréal, Québec
Alain Vigneault stood there, his face drained of colour, trying to say all of the right things – but what was he really thinking?
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Preseason Game 38 – Maple Leafs 4, Canadiens 3 (OT)
Preseason Game 38
Maple Leafs 4, Canadiens 3 (OT)
Wednesday, September 30, 1998
Maple Leaf Gardens, Toronto, Ontario
Instead of a revival of hockey’s greatest rivalry, last night’s tilt between the Leafs and Canadiens was like a visit to a discount department store.
It was mostly about seconds.
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Preseason Game 37 – Maple Leafs 2, Canadiens 1
Preseason Game 37
Maple Leafs 2, Canadiens 1
Saturday, September 26, 1998
Centre Molson, Montréal, Québec
Mats Sundin will have to get plenty of sleep at night, judging by how much work he’s going to do carrying the Leafs’ offence.
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Game 635 – Maple Leafs 4, Canadiens 0
Game 635
Maple Leafs 4, Canadiens 0
Saturday, February 28, 1998
Maple Leaf Gardens, Toronto, Ontario
The Toronto Maple Leafs gave their fans a glimpse of the future last week. And it was a tantalizing glimpse indeed.
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Game 634 – Canadiens 5, Maple Leafs 1
Game 634
Canadiens 5, Maple Leafs 1
Saturday, November 1, 1997
Centre Molson, Montréal, Québec
When the Montréal Canadiens play the Toronto Maple Leafs, the winners smile a little broader and defeat cuts a little deeper.
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Preseason Game 36 – Canadiens 2, Maple Leafs 1 (OT)
Preseason Game 36
Canadiens 2, Maple Leafs 1 (OT)
Tuesday, September 16, 1997
Maple Leaf Gardens, Toronto, Ontario
Mike Murphy has changed his mind. He isn’t in the cutting mood just yet.
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Preseason Game 35 – Canadiens 5, Maple Leafs 5
Preseason Game 35
Canadiens 5, Maple Leafs 5
Saturday, September 13, 1997
Centre Molson, Montréal, Québec
New look Maple Leafs. Same old defensive problems.
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Game 633 – Maple Leafs 5, Canadiens 1
Game 633
Maple Leafs 5, Canadiens 1
Saturday, February 22, 1997
Centre Molson, Montréal, Québec
A revival of the over-hyped NHL “rivalry,” between the Maple Leafs and Montréal Canadiens not only would be good hockey, it would be good business.
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Game 632 – Canadiens 4, Maple Leafs 3
Game 632
Canadiens 4, Maple Leafs 3
Saturday, November 23, 1996
Maple Leaf Gardens, Toronto, Ontario
At this point in hockey history, the battle in the great rivalry was not for first place or anything truly important, other than a couple of fair teams trying to be good.
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Preseason Game 34 – Canadiens 6, Maple Leafs 4
Preseason Game 34
Canadiens 6, Maple Leafs 4
Thursday, September 26, 1996
Maple Leaf Gardens, Toronto, Ontario
Perhaps, in their minds, there’s some redeeming qualities to the effort put forth last night by the Toronto Maple Leafs.
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Preseason Game 33 – Canadiens 8, Maple Leafs 3
Preseason Game 33
Canadiens 8, Maple Leafs 3
Sunday, September 22, 1996
Centre Molson, Montréal, Québec
Maple Leaf coach Mike Murphy will today perform the difficult task of separating the wheat from the chaff on his hockey club.
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Game 631 – Canadiens 4, Maple Leafs 1
Game 631
Canadiens 4, Maple Leafs 1
Saturday, February 3, 1996
Maple Leaf Gardens, Toronto, Ontario
It takes true ingenuity to make a sure-fire model for hockey success and then convert it to a convincing defeat.
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Game 630 – Canadiens 4, Maple Leafs 3
Game 630
Canadiens 4, Maple Leafs 3
Saturday, October 21, 1995
Forum de Montréal, Montréal, Québec
Wonderful things can happen when a hockey club can score more than once a game.
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Preseason Game 32 – Canadiens 7, Maple Leafs 6 (OT)
Preseason Game 32
Canadiens 7, Maple Leafs 6 (OT)
Saturday, September 23, 1995
Forum de Montréal, Montréal, Québec
It was a game, though only an exhibition, that acted as a reminder of how entertaining, and intense, the Maple Leafs and Canadiens’ rivalry can be.
That was the upside.
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Preseason Game 31 – Maple Leafs 6, Canadiens 0
Preseason Game 31
Maple Leafs 6, Canadiens 0
Friday, September 22, 1995
Maple Leaf Gardens, Toronto, Ontario
The Toronto Maple Leafs and the Montréal Canadiens showed surprising restraint last night at Maple Leaf Gardens.
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Preseason Game 30 – Canadiens 5, Maple Leafs 3
Preseason Game 30
Canadiens 5, Maple Leafs 3
Wednesday, September 21, 1994
Forum de Montréal, Montréal, Québec
Five Montréal Canadien rookies were put under the gun yesterday, and all five responded.
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Preseason Game 29 – Maple Leafs 4, Canadiens 2
Preseason Game 29
Maple Leafs 4, Canadiens 2
Monday, September 12, 1994
Maple Leaf Gardens, Toronto, Ontario
They came mostly for their first look at Mats Sundin, the Maple Leafs’ Swedish saviour.
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Game 629 – Canadiens 3, Maple Leafs 0
Game 629
Canadiens 3, Maple Leafs 0
Saturday, February 26, 1994
Maple Leaf Gardens, Toronto, Ontario
There’s a reason a generation of outstanding Québec-born goaltenders, including Maple Leaf sophomore Félix Potvin, have tried to emulate Patrick Roy.
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Game 628 – Canadiens 5, Maple Leafs 2
Game 628
Canadiens 5, Maple Leafs 2
Saturday, October 30, 1993
Forum de Montréal, Montréal, Québec
The Maple Leafs came up with a unique Halloween costume idea this year.
They arrived at the Forum for the season’s premiere hockey soirée disguised as an undefeated team.
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Preseason Game 28 – Canadiens 4, Maple Leafs 2
Preseason Game 28
Canadiens 4, Maple Leafs 2
Sunday, September 26, 1993
Forum de Montréal, Montréal, Québec
Team captain Guy Carbonneau said the Montréal Canadiens have settled down to business now that nearly all the rookies have cleared out of camp.
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Preseason Game 27 – Maple Leafs 6, Canadiens 2
Preseason Game 27
Maple Leafs 6, Canadiens 2
Friday, September 17, 1993
Maple Leaf Gardens, Toronto, Ontario
Judging from their performance last night, several of the Toronto Maple Leafs’ hopefuls were reading the newspapers while the veterans of the team were enjoying a week in England.
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Game 627 – Maple Leafs 4, Canadiens 0
Game 627
Maple Leafs 4, Canadiens 0
Saturday, January 23, 1993
Maple Leaf Gardens, Toronto, Ontario
Félix Potvin admitted that sometime last night or today he likely would shake a fist and say to himself: “Geez! I shut out the Montréal Canadiens.”
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Two Solitudes 