Game 537
Canadiens 5, Maple Leafs 2
Wednesday, March 25, 1970
Forum de Montréal, Montréal, Québec
The mass anxiety neurosis which has infected the greater Montréal area recently was partially received here last night.
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Game 536
Maple Leafs 3, Canadiens 3
Sunday, March 15, 1970
Maple Leaf Gardens, Toronto, Ontario
The Leafs may be all but mathematically out of the playoffs, but if they continue to play out their schedule as they did over the weekend they could be the spoilers in determining the finish of the close NHL championship race.
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Game 535
Maple Leafs 5, Canadiens 3
Wednesday, February 18, 1970
Maple Leaf Gardens, Toronto, Ontario
George Armstrong wasn’t fussy about playing this National Hockey League season but the Maple Leafs lured him out of his second retirement with a lucrative salary.
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Game 534
Canadiens 3, Maple Leafs 3
Wednesday, February 11, 1970
Forum de Montréal, Montréal, Québec
Mike Walton’s last-minute score last night gave the Toronto Maple Leafs a 3-3 tie with the Montréal Canadiens.
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Game 533
Canadiens 6, Maple Leafs 3
Wednesday, December 10, 1969
Forum de Montréal, Montréal, Québec
For the longest while it seemed that Toronto Maple Leaf coach John McLellan’s hunch was going to work.
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Game 532
Canadiens 3, Maple Leafs 1
Wednesday, November 26, 1969
Maple Leaf Gardens, Toronto, Ontario
Ralph Backstrom’s 200th goal of his National Hockey League career completed the formalities of the Montréal Canadiens’ 3-1 win over the Toronto Maple Leafs last night, but the real damage had been inflicted earlier.
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Game 531
Canadiens 6, Maple Leafs 3
Saturday, November 8, 1969
Forum de Montréal, Montréal, Québec
The 19 hours the Toronto Maple Leafs spent reaching this city were bad enough, but the worst came when the Leafs finally arrived at Chicago Stadium last night. They spent 2 ½ hours watching goals pour into their net.
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Game 530
Maple Leafs 2, Canadiens 2
Wednesday, October 15, 1969
Maple Leaf Gardens, Toronto, Ontario
Nobody was really disappointed except perhaps those speculators who had the Maple Leafs in the office hockey pool.
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Preseason Game 03
Maple Leafs 3, Canadiens 3
Wednesday, October 1, 1969
Maple Leaf Gardens, Toronto, Ontario
After 2½ periods of sputtering ineffectiveness, the Toronto Maple Leafs finally produced enough functional play-making in time for a 3-3 tie last night with the Montréal Canadiens on goals by Terry Clancy and Murray Oliver.
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Two Solitudes 