Game 223
Canadiens 2, Maple Leafs 2
Thursday, March 14, 1946
Forum de Montréal, Montréal, Québec
Toe Blake banged in a third period goal tonight to give the Montréal Canadiens a 2-2 tie with the Toronto Maple Leafs in the Leafs’ last appearance on Montréal ice.
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Game 222
Canadiens 2, Maple Leafs 1
Saturday, March 9, 1946
Maple Leaf Gardens, Toronto, Ontario
Digging in as if elimination of the Toronto Leafs was the most important assignment of the 1945-46 campaign, the Montréal Canadiens accomplished the “blot-out” trick with a 2-1 victory at Maple Leaf Gardens Saturday night.
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Game 221
Canadiens 6, Maple Leafs 2
Sunday, February 24, 1946
Forum de Montréal, Montréal, Québec
Breaking through for a four goal splurge in the third period, the pace-setting Montréal Canadiens turned back the Toronto Maple Leafs 6-2, before a capacity crowd of 13,581 fans here Sunday night, to leave the Leafs on the brink of elimination from the National Hockey League four-team playoffs.
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Game 220
Canadiens 4, Maple Leafs 2
Saturday, February 16, 1946
Maple Leaf Gardens, Toronto, Ontario
Three first period Habitant goals deprived Walter “Babe” Pratt of an opportunity to enact a Merriwell role Saturday night at the Gardens, as the Leafs dropped a 4-2 decision to the Canadiens, and lost further ground to the Detroit Red Wings, who garnered a point by virtue of their 3-3 tie with Chicago.
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Game 219
Maple Leafs 5, Canadiens 4
Thursday, January 10, 1946
Forum de Montréal, Montréal, Québec
Paul Bibeault, back with his parent National Hockey League club, tonight saw the Montréal Canadiens come out on the short end of a 5-4 score against the Toronto Maple Leafs before 12,431 fans.
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Game 218
Canadiens 4, Maple Leafs 2
Wednesday, December 26, 1945
Maple Leaf Gardens, Toronto, Ontario
With a background provided by Bill Durnan’s brilliant goaltending, the Montréal Canadiens had a little bit too much of everything as they defeated the Toronto Leafs at the Gardens last night, 4-2. The crowd was 13,264.
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Game 217
Maple Leafs 4, Canadiens 3
Thursday, December 13, 1945
Forum de Montréal, Montréal, Québec
Dave “Sweeney” Scrhiner continues to haunt the Montréal Canadiens and his former coach, Dick Irvin. It was Schriner’s third period goal off a rebound of Billy Taylor’s shot that gave the Toronto Leafs a 4-3 win over the league leading Habitants here tonight.
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Game 216
Canadiens 1, Maple Leafs 0
Saturday, December 8, 1945
Maple Leaf Gardens, Toronto, Ontario
Leo Lamoureux, a strong armed marksman who moved into the National Hockey League as a wartime fugitive from the minors and stuck around to develop into a better than ordinary defenceman, fired the shot that broke up a sizzling hockey game at the Gardens Saturday night.
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Game 215
Canadiens 6, Maple Leafs 1
Wednesday, November 14, 1945
Maple Leaf Gardens, Toronto, Ontario
It’s come to the point where saliva tests and X-ray pictures seem to be necessary to get a scientific answer to “what’s wrong with the Leafs?”
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Game 214
Canadiens 4, Maple Leafs 2
Thursday, November 1, 1945
Forum de Montréal, Montréal, Québec
The Montréal Canadiens displayed too much power and speed for the Toronto Maple Leafs here tonight, and turned back the Stanley Cup holders 4-2 before a capacity crowd of 12,763.
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Two Solitudes 