Game 273 – Canadiens 2, Maple Leafs 1

Game 273
Canadiens 2, Maple Leafs 1
Wednesday, March 22, 1950
Maple Leaf Gardens, Toronto, Ontario

The tiniest fellow on the ice broke up a drama packed display of terrific hockey with just 61 seconds remaining last night – and handed the Montréal Canadiens a 2-1 triumph over the Maple Leafs.
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Game 271 – Canadiens 3, Maple Leafs 3

Game 271
Canadiens 3, Maple Leafs 3
Thursday, February 16, 1950
Forum de Montréal, Montréal, Québec

The crowd booed when Turk Broda stayed in his net after the final scene tonight for the benefit of a photographer who wanted an action shot. That was a sure sign in this partisan-minded Canadien town that the Turk had done another swell job in holding the Habitants to a 3-3 tie with his Toronto Maple Leafs.
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Game 267 – Maple Leafs 1, Canadiens 1

Game 267
Maple Leafs 1, Canadiens 1
Wednesday, December 28, 1949
Maple Leaf Gardens, Toronto, Ontario

A breathtaking scoring play by Harry Watson with less than four minutes remaining enabled the Maple Leafs to tie the Montréal Canadiens 1-1 last night and retain a piece of fourth place in the National League puck derby.
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Game 265 – Maple Leafs 2, Canadiens 2

Game 265
Maple Leafs 2, Canadiens 2
Wednesday, December 14, 1949
Maple Leaf Gardens, Toronto, Ontario

Hockey’s invisible gremlins snuck up on old Turk Broda at the Gardens last night. They dealt the former fat boy a mean kick in the right ankle in the final minute of the game, just enough to force him to move ever so slightly out of position, and let the puck trickle into the net with the tying goal with only 35 seconds left in the game.
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Game 264 – Canadiens 5, Maple Leafs 3

Game 264
Canadiens 5, Maple Leafs 3
Thursday, November 24, 1949
Forum de Montréal, Montréal, Québec

A two goal Leaf lead at the halfway mark faded under Canadien pressure tonight, and the Flying Frenchmen sped to a 5-3 triumph. Two Habitant tallies in the final frame before an all-time Forum hockey record crowd of 13,805 vaulted the winners over the Leafs in second place.
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Game 262 – Canadiens 4, Maple Leafs 2

Game 262
Canadiens 4, Maple Leafs 2
Thursday, November 10, 1949
Forum de Montréal, Montréal, Québec

Les Canadiens took the Maple Leafs on with skates, sticks and fists here tonight, and won on all counts. While a sellout crowd of 12,833 customers – only 117 short of an all time record crowd for hockey in this city – looked on, Dick Irvin’s flying red shirts outscored the Leafs 4-2 to climb into a second place tie with them.
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Game 260 – Canadiens 3, Maple Leafs 1

Game 260
Canadiens 3, Maple Leafs 1
Wednesday, October 19, 1949
Maple Leaf Gardens, Toronto, Ontario

The Leafs made the game last night, but the Canadiens won it 3-1. Far superior in territorial play before a sellout Gardens gathering, the Stanley Cuppers did everything but score goals in absorbing their first loss of the young season.
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