Playoff Game 21
Maple Leafs 2, Canadiens 1
Stanley Cup Finals, Game 6
Saturday, April 19, 1947
Maple Leaf Gardens, Toronto, Ontario
A modern hockey miracle was written into the record books as the Toronto Maple Leafs defeated the Montréal Canadiens 2-1 at Maple Leaf Gardens Saturday night.
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Playoff Game 20
Canadiens 3, Maple Leafs 1
Stanley Cup Finals, Game 5
Thursday, April 17, 1947
Forum de Montréal, Montréal, Québec
The overconfidence bug once again enveloped the youthful Toronto Maple Leafs here tonight, with disastrous results. The Torontonians, only 60 playing minutes away from the Stanley Cup when they started the game, succumbed weakly to a 3-1 defeat from the hands of the Montréal Canadiens.
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Playoff Game 19
Maple Leafs 2, Canadiens 1 (OT)
Stanley Cup Finals, Game 4
Tuesday, April 15, 1947
Maple Leaf Gardens, Toronto, Ontario
Veteran team captain Syl Apps and his husky linemate, newcomer Harry Watson, proved a sensational winning combination which spelled doom to the Montréal Canadiens. The up and coming Toronto Maple Leafs downed the defending world champions 2-1 in a thrilling overtime exhibition of playoff hockey at Maple Leaf Gardens.
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Playoff Game 18
Maple Leafs 4, Canadiens 2
Stanley Cup Finals, Game 3
Saturday, April 12, 1947
Maple Leaf Gardens, Toronto, Ontario
Running up an early lead and then hanging on with fine defensive hockey, the Toronto Maple Leafs edged the Montréal Canadiens 4-2 at Maple Leaf Gardens Saturday night.
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Playoff Game 17
Maple Leafs 4, Canadiens 0
Stanley Cup Finals, Game 2
Thursday, April 10, 1947
Forum de Montréal, Montréal, Québec
The unpredictable Toronto Maple Leafs chose the hottest night of the young spring season to unleash a torrid comeback attack and blast the Montréal Canadiens 4-0, before a record breaking crowd of 12,915 sweltering fans here tonight.
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Playoff Game 16
Canadiens 6, Maple Leafs 0
Stanley Cup Finals, Game 1
Tuesday, April 8, 1947
Forum de Montréal, Montréal, Québec
Commanding play in every period, the Montréal Canadiens served impressive notice that they are still worthy defending world champions, as they smothered the Toronto Maple Leafs 6-0 before 12,320 fans here tonight.
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Game 235
Maple Leafs 5, Canadiens 4
Wednesday, March 19, 1947
Maple Leaf Gardens, Toronto, Ontario
In a game that meant absolutely nothing to either team from a standpoint of post position for the Stanley Cup playoffs, the awakened Maple Leafs took a popular 5-4 decision from their bitter rivals, the Montréal Canadiens, before another sellout crowd of 13,164 at Maple Leaf Gardens last night.
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Game 234
Canadiens 1, Maple Leafs 0
Wednesday, February 26, 1947
Maple Leaf Gardens, Toronto, Ontario
A first period goal by hardworking Jimmy Peters, scored on a breakaway at a time when the Toronto Maple Leafs had the opposition backed into their own end of the rink, gave the defending world champion Montréal Canadiens a 1-0 victory in a close checking game before 14,280 fans at Maple Leaf Gardens last night.
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Game 233
Canadiens 2, Maple Leafs 2
Sunday, February 23, 1947
Forum de Montréal, Montréal, Québec
A goal by big Ken Reardon with exactly seven seconds to go gave the Montréal Canadiens a 2-2 draw with their bitter rivals, the Toronto Maple Leafs, here tonight, and sent a seasonal record crowd of 12,764 highly partisan fans into paroxysms of joy.
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Game 232
Maple Leafs 4, Canadiens 4
Saturday, February 15, 1947
Maple Leaf Gardens, Toronto, Ontario
Fighting to the final whistle and favoured by a late period smile from Lady Luck, the Toronto Maple Leafs overcame a two goal deficit to tie the more experienced defending world champion Montréal Canadiens 4-4 at Maple Leaf Gardens Saturday night.
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Game 231
Canadiens 8, Maple Leafs 2
Thursday, February 6, 1947
Forum de Montréal, Montréal, Québec
Apparently angered by a first period injury to star centre player Elmer Lach, the high flying Montréal Canadiens set the Toronto Maple Leafs back on their heels 8-2 tonight before 12,341 screaming fans in the Montréal Forum.
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Game 230
Canadiens 2, Maple Leafs 0
Thursday, January 30, 1947
Forum de Montréal, Montréal, Québec
Paced by the sensational performance of their renowned “Punch Line,” the defending world champion Montréal Canadiens defeated the league leading Toronto Maple Leafs 2-0 in a bitterly fought contest here tonight.
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Game 229
Canadiens 1, Maple Leafs 1
Thursday, January 16, 1947
Forum de Montréal, Montréal, Québec
Toronto’s weary but ever-fighting Maple Leafs battled the world champion Montréal Canadiens to a 1-1 stalemate before a roaring, record crowd for the season at the Forum tonight.
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Game 228
Maple Leafs 2, Canadiens 1
Wednesday, January 15, 1947
Maple Leaf Gardens, Toronto, Ontario
The two teams considered most likely to clash in the final round of the postseason Stanley Cup playoff series will be hard put to provide more exciting action than their 60 minute preview of things to come at Maple Leaf Gardens last night, which ended in rousing fashion with the loop leading Toronto Maple Leafs edging the defending world champion Montréal Canadiens 2-1.
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Game 227
Canadiens 4, Maple Leafs 1
Thursday, December 26, 1946
Forum de Montréal, Montréal, Québec
The Montréal Canadiens performed like the Flying Frenchmen of a decade ago, as they played brilliantly tonight to defeat the National League-leading Toronto Maple Leafs 4-1 before 11,756 happy customers, the largest crowd of the season.
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Game 226
Canadiens 3, Maple Leafs 2
Wednesday, December 11, 1946
Maple Leaf Gardens, Toronto, Ontario
The hockey wise Montréal Canadiens discarded their badman tactics at the end of a murderous first period last night, to come up with a fine exhibition of the professional puck pastime and defeat the Toronto Maple Leafs 3-2, before 13,815 cash customers at Maple Leaf Gardens.
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Game 225
Maple Leafs 3, Canadiens 0
Saturday, November 16, 1946
Maple Leaf Gardens, Toronto, Ontario
Canada’s largest ever hockey crowd – 16,315 paid – jam packed Maple Leaf Gardens Saturday night, where the amazing Maple Leafs outfought their arch-rivals, the Montréal Canadiens, for a decided 3-0 decision under probably the most dramatic circumstances in the modern history of the National League.
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Game 224
Canadiens 1, Maple Leafs 1
Friday, November 1, 1946
Forum de Montréal, Montréal, Québec
The Toronto Maple Leafs and Montréal Canadiens fought to a 1-1 tie here tonight in a thrilling, bone cracking struggle.
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Two Solitudes 