Playoff Game 57 – Canadiens 4, Maple Leafs 1

Playoff Game 57
Canadiens 4, Maple Leafs 1
Stanley Cup Semifinals, Game 4
Thursday, April 14, 1966
Maple Leaf Gardens, Toronto, Ontario

It will long be remembered as the night they smashed most of the National Hockey League’s Stanley Cup penalty records, but last night’s game at the Gardens may have had an even more significant meaning.

It may have been the end of an era.
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Playoff Game 54 – Canadiens 4, Maple Leafs 3

Playoff Game 54
Canadiens 4, Maple Leafs 3
Stanley Cup Semifinals, Game 1
Thursday, April 7, 1966
Forum de Montréal, Montréal, Québec

Before last night’s hockey game at The Forum, George Imlach came out of dressing room number 7, grinned and pointed to a photographer’s badge he was wearing on his lapel.
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Game 497 – Canadiens 3, Maple Leafs 1

Game 497
Canadiens 3, Maple Leafs 1
Wednesday, March 30, 1966
Maple Leaf Gardens, Toronto, Ontario

The Montréal Canadiens made a heartening discovery at Maple Leaf Gardens last night.

They discovered goalkeeper Johnny Bower was human, and they pounced on his human errors for the third-period goals that gave them a 3-1 victory over the Toronto Maple Leafs in the National Hockey League.
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