Game 367 – Maple Leafs 1, Canadiens 1

Game 367
Maple Leafs 1, Canadiens 1
Wednesday, February 6, 1957
Maple Leaf Gardens, Toronto, Ontario

In any other circumstances, it might have been considered a moral victory when the Maple Leafs tied the Canadiens 1-1 at the Gardens last night.

After all, the Flying Frenchmen had won seven and lost a mere two of the nine previous games between the teams.
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Game 365 – Canadiens 2, Maple Leafs 1

Game 365
Canadiens 2, Maple Leafs 1
Thursday, January 10, 1957
Forum de Montréal, Montréal, Québec

Don Marshall scored with six seconds of playing time remaining here tonight, to give the Montréal Canadiens a 2-1 win over the Toronto Maple Leafs, in a turbulent National Hockey League game that threatened to overflow with nastiness in the final few minutes.
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Game 363 – Canadiens 4, Maple Leafs 2

Game 363
Canadiens 4, Maple Leafs 2
Thursday, December 20, 1956
Forum de Montréal, Montréal, Québec

The venerable Maurice Richard, who can’t get out of his customary rut of scoring goals, popped in another pair here tonight to lead the poised Montréal Canadiens to a 4-2 win over Toronto’s helter-skelter Maple Leafs.
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Game 359 – Canadiens 4, Maple Leafs 3

Game 359
Canadiens 4, Maple Leafs 3
Wednesday, November 7, 1956
Maple Leaf Gardens, Toronto, Ontario

Winger Dickie Moore, with the Maple Leafs shorthanded through a penalty each time, shot the three goal hat trick last night in a 4-3 edge by the Montréal Canadiens. Such deadly proof of penalties’ punitive power pulled down the Leafs into the National Hockey League’s fourth slot.
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