1981-82 – Two Solitudes

Game 595 – Canadiens 6, Maple Leafs 1

March 6, 1982May 1, 2021 Master Of This Domain

Game 595
Canadiens 6, Maple Leafs 1
Saturday, March 6, 1982
Maple Leaf Gardens, Toronto, Ontario

Rookie goaltender Bob Parent may be just the first of a few farmhands to play for the Maple Leafs in their remaining 11 games of a disastrous National Hockey League schedule.
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Game 594 – Canadiens 3, Maple Leafs 3

February 27, 1982May 1, 2021 Master Of This Domain

Game 594
Canadiens 3, Maple Leafs 3
Saturday, February 27, 1982
Forum de Montréal, Montréal, Québec

After a season of floating through the schedule, the Toronto Maple Leafs have suddenly come to life.
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Game 593 – Canadiens 6, Maple Leafs 2

December 12, 1981December 24, 2023 Master Of This Domain

Game 593
Canadiens 6, Maple Leafs 2
Saturday, December 12, 1981
Maple Leaf Gardens, Toronto, Ontario

One of the most remarkable things about Mike Nykoluk’s tenure as coach of the Toronto Maple Leafs is that he never made an excuse for one of his team’s dreadful performances.
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Preseason Game 21 – Canadiens 3, Maple Leafs 1

October 3, 1981January 19, 2022 Master Of This Domain

Preseason Game 21
Canadiens 3, Maple Leafs 1
Saturday, October 3, 1981
Maple Leaf Gardens, Toronto, Ontario

There is, according to Johnny Bower, a little of the late Terry Sawchuk in Vincent Tremblay.
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Preseason Game 20 – Maple Leafs 4, Canadiens 3

September 23, 1981February 6, 2021 Master Of This Domain

Preseason Game 20
Maple Leafs 4, Canadiens 3
Wednesday, September 23, 1981
Maple Leaf Gardens, Toronto, Ontario

Stewart Gavin couldn’t have wiped the smile off his face if he had tried.
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JANUARY 18, 2025
Our condolences go out to the family, friends and fans of Phil Goyette, who passed away today at the age of 92. A veteran of sixteen NHL seasons, seven of them in Montréal, Rousseau would capture four consecutive Stanley Cups (1957-60) with his hometown Canadiens, notching 24 points in 75 career regular season games against Toronto, along with another 4 points in 11 playoff meetings between the rivals.

JANUARY 5, 2026
Our condolences go out to the family, friends and fans of Hockey Hall of Famer Bob Pulford, who passed away today at the age of 89. A player for sixteen NHL seasons, and then a coach and manager for another 34 seasons, Pulford was best known for his fourteen seasons in Toronto, where he would capture four Stanley Cups (1962, 1963, 1964, 1967) with the Maple Leafs, amassing 91 points in 173 career games against Montreal between 1956-70, also notching 21 points in 37 career playoff games against the Canadiens, tied for the most playoff games played alongside George Armstrong, Tim Horton and Frank Mahovlich.

DECEMBER 21, 2025
After drawing into the Canadiens starting lineup, Sammy Blais has become the 114th player, and second active player (along with Max Domi) to have played with both the Maple Leafs and Canadiens. Blais, who was waived by Montréal to start the season, then played eight games with Toronto before being reclaimed by the Canadiens after Toronto waived him, would become the first player to play for both clubs in the same season (but not as part of a trade) since Chad Kilger suited up for both teams non-consecutively in 2003-04.