Game 105
Canadiens 2, Maple Leafs 0 (OT)
Saturday, December 26, 1931
Maple Leaf Gardens, Toronto, Ontario
On the race courses it is said that a thoroughbred generally “comes through.” In hockey it is just the same. After sixty two minutes of play on Saturday evening at Maple Leaf Gardens, during which the Canadiens and Maple Leafs battled desperately to break a goalless tie, Howie Morenz, a real thoroughbred of the hockey game took advantage of the shorthandedness of the locals and drilled a shot past Lorne Chabot to give the Canadiens the margin and the encouragement they needed, and, with the Leafs battling hard, every man up on the line in a desperate effort to score the equalizer, Joliat and Lépine broke away to again beat Chabot and take the decision 2 to 0.
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