1975-76 – Two Solitudes

Game 570 – Maple Leafs 2, Canadiens 1

March 24, 1976March 28, 2025 Master Of This Domain

Game 570
Maple Leafs 2, Canadiens 1
Wednesday, March 24, 1976
Forum de Montréal, Montréal, Québec

Beating a team the calibre of the Montréal Canadiens, especially on its home ice, usually takes a lot of luck.
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Game 569 – Canadiens 7, Maple Leafs 5

February 18, 1976October 20, 2022 Master Of This Domain

Game 569
Canadiens 7, Maple Leafs 5
Wednesday, February 18, 1976
Maple Leaf Gardens, Toronto, Ontario

Goaltender Ken Dryden, the Montréal Canadiens’ dressing room prophet calls it a slump.

Coach Scotty Bowman calls it giving up a lot of goals and Toronto Maple Leafs coach Red Kelly tagged it coughing up the puck.
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Game 568 – Canadiens 2, Maple Leafs 0

January 11, 1976October 20, 2022 Master Of This Domain

Game 568
Canadiens 2, Maple Leafs 0
Sunday, January 11, 1976
Forum de Montréal, Montréal, Québec

The Toronto Maple Leafs, bolstered by young and untried minor leaguers, managed to out-daydream the Montréal Canadiens and wind up on the short end of a 2-0 score before 15,863 spectators at the Forum last night.
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Game 567 – Canadiens 3, Maple Leafs 3

December 10, 1975October 20, 2022 Master Of This Domain

Game 567
Canadiens 3, Maple Leafs 3
Wednesday, December 10, 1975
Forum de Montréal, Montréal, Québec

The Toronto Maple Leafs, responding to coach Red Kelly’s gentle prodding, played a whale of a hockey game for two periods last night at the Forum.
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Game 566 – Canadiens 4, Maple Leafs 2

November 22, 1975October 20, 2022 Master Of This Domain

Game 566
Canadiens 4, Maple Leafs 2
Saturday, November 22, 1975
Maple Leaf Gardens, Toronto, Ontario

It wasn’t so much playing against his former teammates as the over-protective Toronto defence that hampered Maple Leafs goalie Wayne Thomas in Saturday night’s National Hockey League 4-2 loss to the Montréal Canadiens.
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DECEMBER 13, 2025
Our condolences go out to the family, friends and fans of Bobby Rousseau, who passed away today at the age of 85. A veteran of fifteen NHL seasons, ten of them in Montréal, Rousseau would capture four Stanley Cups (1965, 1966, 1968 and 1969) and a Calder Trophy with his hometown Canadiens, notching 81 points in 111 career regular season games against Toronto, along with another 19 points in 28 playoff meetings between the rivals.

OCTOBER 14, 2025
After drawing in with a projected start for the Maple Leafs, Cayden Primeau has become the 113th player, and second active player (along with Max Domi) to have played with both the Maple Leafs and Canadiens. Primeau is just the tenth goalie to play for both clubs, the first goaltender to play for both since 2015, and the first to play for Toronto after Montréal since 1991.

SEPTEMBER 5, 2025
Our condolences go out to the family, friends and fans of Ken Dryden, who passed away today at the age of 78 from cancer. Despite a short career of just eight NHL seasons, Dryden amassed an astonishing record before hanging up his skates at just age 31, capturing six Stanley Cups (1971, 1973, 1976-79), five Vezina Trophies and five All-Star nods, including a staggering 22-2-9 record all-time against the Leafs, and a perfect 8-0 against Toronto in the playoffs, holding the record for Habs goaltenders for highest save percentage in the Two Solitudes rivalry. After his playing career Dryden embarked on a remarkable career in law, writing, broadcasting, education and government, including a post as President of the Maple Leafs from 1997-2003.