Playoff Game 15
Maple Leafs 3, Canadiens 2
Stanley Cup Semifinals, Game 6
Saturday, March 31, 1945
Maple Leaf Gardens, Toronto, Ontario
The Toronto Maple Leafs hauled themselves into another Stanley Cup championship series by conquering the Montréal Canadiens 3-2 at Maple Leaf Gardens Saturday night in the sixth game of their see-saw playoff set.
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Playoff Game 14
Canadiens 10, Maple Leafs 3
Stanley Cup Semifinals, Game 5
Thursday, March 29, 1945
Forum de Montréal, Montréal, Québec
Maurice Richard and Elmer Lach rolled the Montréal Canadiens back into the Stanley Cup playoff hunt before a crowd of 12,333 customers here tonight. The score, which should be whispered, was 10 to 3.
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Playoff Game 13
Maple Leafs 4, Canadiens 3 (OT)
Stanley Cup Semifinals, Game 4
Tuesday, March 27, 1945
Maple Leaf Gardens, Toronto, Ontario
Gus Bodnar’s overtime goal – it defeated the Canadiens 4-3 – put the challengers up three games to one over the champions, sent a capacity crowd noisily off into the night.
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Playoff Game 12
Canadiens 4, Maple Leafs 1
Stanley Cup Semifinals, Game 3
Saturday, March 24, 1945
Maple Leaf Gardens, Toronto, Ontario
That first goal continues to be the solar plexus punch of Stanley Cup playoff hockey. Dick Irvin’s Montréal Canadiens proved it Saturday night at Maple Leaf Gardens, by riding to a decisive 4-1 win over the Leafs after Bill Durnan had provided his mates with just the spark they needed by beating off a sustained Toronto ganging attack early in the first period.
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Playoff Game 11
Maple Leafs 3, Canadiens 2
Stanley Cup Semifinals, Game 2
Thursday, March 22, 1945
Forum de Montréal, Montréal, Québec
The old champion shook tousled locks, heaved a sigh, looked at the troubled faces of his handlers, and sank dismayedly into his corner, beaten but unafraid.
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Playoff Game 10
Maple Leafs 1, Canadiens 0
Stanley Cup Semifinals, Game 1
Tuesday, March 20, 1945
Forum de Montréal, Montréal, Québec
Ted Kennedy swung the most potent early spring golf shot of the 1945 season as the Toronto Leafs stepped into a one game lead in the Stanley Cup playoff series against the Montréal Canadiens here tonight.
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Game 213
Maple Leafs 3, Canadiens 2
Saturday, March 3, 1945
Maple Leaf Gardens, Toronto, Ontario
Operating from a script that had “You Can’t Fence Me In” as the theme, the Toronto Leafs put on their greatest puck chasing show of the season to conquer the Montréal Canadiens 3-2 at Maple Leaf Gardens Saturday night.
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Game 212
Canadiens 5, Maple Leafs 2
Sunday, February 25, 1945
Forum de Montréal, Montréal, Québec
The Montréal Canadiens defeated a rejuvenated Maple Leaf team 5 to 2 here Sunday night, and Maurice Richard set an all time professional scoring record before a hysterical crowd in a roaring, brawling game.
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Game 211
Canadiens 4, Maple Leafs 3
Saturday, February 17, 1945
Maple Leaf Gardens, Toronto, Ontario
Getting the full benefit of an unusual sequence of hockey situations, the Montréal Canadiens finally pinned the jinx of Maple Leaf Gardens here Saturday night before 14,922 eyewitnesses.
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Game 210
Canadiens 7, Maple Leafs 4
Thursday, January 11, 1945
Forum de Montréal, Montréal, Québec
The Montréal Canadiens did an effective smashing job on the jinx the Toronto Maple Leafs have held over them most of this season when they whipped the Leafs 7-4 tonight before a capacity 13,071 fans.
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Game 209
Maple Leafs 4, Canadiens 2
Thursday, January 4, 1945
Maple Leaf Gardens, Toronto, Ontario
An inspired dozen blue shirted Toronto Leafs chewed to ribbons the manuscript prepared by Maurice Richard’s press agents, and left the Rocket floundering along the side boards at Maple Leaf Gardens last night.
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Game 208
Canadiens 2, Maple Leafs 2
Thursday, December 14, 1944
Forum de Montréal, Montréal, Québec
With three of their stars missing, the Toronto Maple Leafs showed enough power in all departments Thursday night to hold the Montréal Canadiens to a 2-2 deadlock before a capacity crowd at the Forum.
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Game 207
Canadiens 4, Maple Leafs 1
Sunday, November 26, 1944
Forum de Montréal, Montréal, Québec
The Montréal Canadiens made their fourth game of the season against the Toronto Maple Leafs a winning one Sunday night, when they came through with a 4-1 victory for a capacity crowd of more than 12,000.
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Game 206
Maple Leafs 2, Canadiens 0
Saturday, November 25, 1944
Maple Leaf Gardens, Toronto, Ontario
Short on manpower but strong on quality all along a 12 man front, the Toronto Leafs hauled themselves back into the leadership spot in the National Hockey League Saturday night at the Gardens.
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Game 205
Maple Leafs 3, Canadiens 1
Saturday, November 11, 1944
Maple Leaf Gardens, Toronto, Ontario
The Toronto Leafs were monarchs of all they surveyed, as they bowled over the Stanley Cup champion Montréal Canadiens at Maple Leaf Gardens Saturday night by a 3-1 count.
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Game 204
Maple Leafs 4, Canadiens 1
Thursday, November 2, 1944
Forum de Montréal, Montréal, Québec
The Toronto Maple Leafs, who pinned the only home ice defeat of the season on the Canadiens last spring, gave the Canucks their first whipping of the young National Hockey League season tonight by a 4-1 count.
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Two Solitudes 