Playoff Game 40
Maple Leafs 5, Canadiens 0
Stanley Cup Semifinals, Game 5
Thursday, April 4, 1963
Maple Leaf Gardens, Toronto, Ontario
The Toronto Maple Leafs, launched once again by their brilliant young centre, Dave Keon, and sustained by their aging but agile goaltender John Bower, reached the Stanley Cup finals for the fourth time in five years, shutting out the Montréal Canadiens 5-0 last night in Maple Leaf Gardens.
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Playoff Game 39
Canadiens 3, Maple Leafs 1
Stanley Cup Semifinals, Game 4
Tuesday, April 2, 1963
Forum de Montréal, Montréal, Québec
The Montréal Canadiens emphatically ended their nine game winless skein against the Toronto Maple Leafs last night, out-checking, out-skating and out-hustling the Leafs for the 3-1 victory which prolonged the National Hockey League’s Stanley Cup semifinal series.
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Playoff Game 38
Maple Leafs 2, Canadiens 0
Stanley Cup Semifinals, Game 3
Saturday, March 30, 1963
Forum de Montréal, Montréal, Québec
The Toronto Maple Leafs shattered three playoff jinxes here Saturday night and the winning parlay convinced the 14,773 in the Forum that, for this National Hockey League season anyway, the Leafs are masters of the Montréal Canadiens.
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Playoff Game 37
Maple Leafs 3, Canadiens 2
Stanley Cup Semifinals, Game 2
Thursday, March 28, 1963
Maple Leaf Gardens, Toronto, Ontario
A combination of masterful puck manipulation by the Toronto Maple Leafs’ Dave Keon, and an unsuccessful gamble by Montréal Canadiens goalie Jacques Plante, added up to the Leafs’ 3-2 victory in the second game of the National Hockey League’s Stanley Cup semifinal series in Maple Leaf Gardens last night.
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Playoff Game 36
Maple Leafs 3, Canadiens 1
Stanley Cup Semifinals, Game 1
Tuesday, March 26, 1963
Maple Leaf Gardens, Toronto, Ontario
The Toronto Maple Leafs, three goals ahead early in the second period, easily defeated the Montréal Canadiens 3-1 last night as the National Hockey League’s Stanley Cup playoffs opened before the smallest crowd of the season in Maple Leaf Gardens, 13,800.
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Game 455
Maple Leafs 3, Canadiens 3
Wednesday, March 20, 1963
Maple Leaf Gardens, Toronto, Ontario
Dave Keon’s dramatic goal, with eight seconds of play left in the Gardens last night, gave the Toronto Maple Leafs their first National Hockey League championship in 15 years.
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Game 454
Canadiens 3, Maple Leafs 3
Thursday, March 14, 1963
Forum de Montréal, Montréal, Québec
The Toronto Maple Leafs relinquished a two goal lead, but later recovered to salvage a 3-3 tie with the Montréal Canadiens in a fast skating National Hockey League game here last night.
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Game 453
Maple Leafs 2, Canadiens 1
Wednesday, February 20, 1963
Maple Leaf Gardens, Toronto, Ontario
Johnny Bower’s superlative goaltending, plus a two-goal thrust by Bobby Pulford, enabled the Toronto Maple Leafs to regain second place in the National Hockey League last night.
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Game 452
Maple Leafs 3, Canadiens 3
Saturday, February 9, 1963
Maple Leaf Gardens, Toronto, Ontario
The return of Johnny Bower to the Toronto Maple Leaf net proved most trying for the venerable goalie in a 3-3 draw with the Montréal Canadiens Saturday night.
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Game 451
Maple Leafs 6, Canadiens 3
Thursday, January 31, 1963
Forum de Montréal, Montréal, Québec
Red Kelly scored three goals, his third on a penalty shot, to lead the Toronto Maple leafs to a 6-3 win over the Montréal Canadiens here tonight, in a National Hockey League game that provoked great indignation among Forum fans and on the Montréal bench.
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Game 450
Maple Leafs 5, Canadiens 1
Wednesday, January 23, 1963
Maple Leaf Gardens, Toronto, Ontario
The Toronto Maple Leafs, on the basis of a bountiful and most impressive opening period, crushed the Montréal Canadiens 5-1 in the Gardens last night.
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Game 449
Canadiens 6, Maple Leafs 4
Thursday, January 17, 1963
Forum de Montréal, Montréal, Québec
The Montréal Canadiens vaulted over the Toronto Maple Leafs into second place in the National Hockey League with a 6-4 win over the Leafs.
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Game 448
Canadiens 4, Maple Leafs 4
Thursday, December 20, 1962
Forum de Montréal, Montréal, Québec
Dickie Duff, ending a personal scoring drought, counted half of the Toronto Maple Leafs’ goals tonight in a 4-4 tie with the Montréal Canadiens.
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Game 447
Maple Leafs 2, Canadiens 1
Wednesday, December 5, 1962
Maple Leaf Gardens, Toronto, Ontario
The Toronto Maple Leafs broke a three way tie for second place by producing a 2-1 win over the Montréal Canadiens in a National Hockey League game in Maple Leaf Gardens last night.
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Game 446
Canadiens 4, Maple Leafs 4
Thursday, November 29, 1962
Forum de Montréal, Montréal, Québec
The Montréal Canadiens scored three goals during a three minute onslaught early in the third period here tonight to salvage a 4-4 tie with the Toronto Maple Leafs in a helter-skelter National Hockey League game.
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Game 445
Maple Leafs 4, Canadiens 2
Wednesday, November 14, 1962
Maple Leaf Gardens, Toronto, Ontario
The Toronto Maple Leafs squandered a two goal lead, but regained it with a strong skating performance in the third period to defeat the Montréal Canadiens 4-2 in a National Hockey League game here last night.
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Game 444
Maple Leafs 3, Canadiens 1
Thursday, November 1, 1962
Forum de Montréal, Montréal, Québec
The Toronto Maple Leafs emerged from a three game losing streak to defeat the Montréal Canadiens 3-1 in a fast skating National Hockey League game here tonight.
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Game 443
Canadiens 4, Maple Leafs 3
Wednesday, October 31, 1962
Maple Leaf Gardens, Toronto, Ontario
The Montréal Canadiens held off the Toronto Maple Leafs for a 4-3 victory last night in a game that had many dull moments and a maximum of Leaf futility around both nets.
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Game 442
Canadiens 4, Maple Leafs 2
Thursday, October 18, 1962
Forum de Montréal, Montréal, Québec
The Montréal Canadiens, not nearly as enfeebled as earlier reports had suggested, scored twice in the third period here tonight to produce a 4-2 win over the Toronto Maple Leafs in a National Hockey League game.
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Two Solitudes 