Game 329
Maple Leafs 3, Canadiens 1
Wednesday, March 17, 1954
Maple Leaf Gardens, Toronto, Ontario
The Maple Leafs lowered the boom on the Montréal Canadiens last night, then stepped over it and into the NHL’s second place on a 3-1 decision.
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Game 328
Maple Leafs 3, Canadiens 0
Thursday, March 11, 1954
Forum de Montréal, Montréal, Québec
Harry Lumley set a Maple Leaf record for goalkeepers tonight, and Jimmy Thomson scored his first goal in three seasons, as Toronto handed the Montréal Canadiens a 3-0 setback in front of 14,516 Forum customers.
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Game 327
Canadiens 0, Maple Leafs 0
Thursday, February 25, 1954
Forum de Montréal, Montréal, Québec
The Maple Leafs and the Canadiens failed to find a goal labeled puck that would settle their second place tie tonight – and wound up in a 0-0 deadlock.
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Game 326
Maple Leafs 2, Canadiens 2
Saturday, February 13, 1954
Maple Leaf Gardens, Toronto, Ontario
Sabotaged for the second time this season by a first year rule, the Maple Leafs were forced to accept a 2-2 division of points with the Montréal Canadiens at the Gardens Saturday night, after fondling a 2-0 lead into the final 15 minutes.
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Game 325
Maple Leafs 4, Canadiens 2
Thursday, February 4, 1954
Forum de Montréal, Montréal, Québec
The Toronto Maple Leafs finally reached an objective that has been eluding them all season when they defeated the Montréal Canadiens 4-2 here tonight to move into second place in the NHL standings.
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Game 324
Canadiens 2, Maple Leafs 0
Wednesday, January 27, 1954
Maple Leaf Gardens, Toronto, Ontario
The Flying Frenchmen from Montréal knocked off a Toronto hoodoo and the Maple Leafs last night on a richly deserved 2-0 shutout.
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Game 323
Canadiens 7, Maple Leafs 3
Thursday, January 7, 1954
Forum de Montréal, Montréal, Québec
The fabulous “Rocket” Richard hit for the hat trick tonight amid a 7-3 smashing of the Maple Leafs by the suddenly dazzling Montréal Canadiens.
“Boom Boom” Geoffrion added another two goals in the worst Leaf defeat of the NHL season that continued their winless jinx on Montréal ice.
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Game 322
Maple Leafs 2, Canadiens 2
Wednesday, December 30, 1953
Maple Leaf Gardens, Toronto, Ontario
The Maple Leafs spotted the Montréal Canadiens two goals last night, then surged to a 2-2 tie with the world champions on the tingling brilliance of a last period comeback.
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Game 321
Maple Leafs 3, Canadiens 0
Wednesday, December 9, 1953
Maple Leaf Gardens, Toronto, Ontario
Amid a last minute shamble of penalties and bench clearing by the referee following a mass outbreak on the ice, the Maple Leafs trounced the Montréal Canadiens 3-0 at the Gardens last night.
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Game 320
Canadiens 5, Maple Leafs 1
Thursday, December 3, 1953
Forum de Montréal, Montréal, Québec
Tagged by coach Dick Irvin as “a nothing team” ripped apart by injuries, the Montréal Canadiens humiliated the crippled Maple Leafs with a 5-1 licking tonight. It was Toronto’s worst beating of the NHL season, and it came before 14,443 partisan fans who couldn’t have enjoyed the carnage more.
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Game 319
Maple Leafs 3, Canadiens 1
Saturday, November 28, 1953
Maple Leaf Gardens, Toronto, Ontario
Wrapping two early goals into a 60 second power play package, the Maple Leafs knocked off the world champion Montréal Canadiens 3-1 at the Gardens Saturday night.
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Game 318
Canadiens 1, Maple Leafs 0
Thursday, November 19, 1953
Forum de Montréal, Montréal, Québec
Montréal’s “Boom Boom” Geoffrion shattered the Maple Leafs’ unbeaten string tonight with a second period snipe shot that lasted for a 1-0 victory.
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Game 317
Maple Leafs 4, Canadiens 1
Wednesday, November 11, 1953
Maple Leaf Gardens, Toronto, Ontario
Backed up by some glittering guards who were two-way terrors, the Maple Leafs mauled the world champion Montréal Canadiens 4-1 last night – and were as superior as that.
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Game 316
Canadiens 3, Maple Leafs 1
Thursday, October 29, 1953
Forum de Montréal, Montréal, Québec
Montréal’s Elmer Lach stick-swung himself out of the game with a match penalty tonight, but the Canadiens still had enough power to whip the Toronto Maple Leafs 3-1.
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Two Solitudes 