Preseason Game 19
Maple Leafs 5, Canadiens 1
Wednesday, September 24, 1980
Forum de Montréal, Montréal, Québec
The Toronto Maple Leafs got a long look at the Nova Scotia Voyageurs and a new rule aimed at preventing multiplayer brawls last night.
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Preseason Game 18
Maple Leafs 5, Canadiens 3
Saturday, September 20, 1980
Maple Leaf Gardens, Toronto, Ontario
“What really pleased me was the movement in our back end,” said Toronto Maple Leafs coach Joe Crozier.
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Preseason Game 17
Maple Leafs 3, Canadiens 1
Saturday, October 6, 1979
Maple Leaf Gardens, Toronto, Ontario
The Toronto Maple Leafs achieved their first objective by winning more games than they lost during the exhibition schedule.
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Preseason Game 16
Canadiens 5, Maple Leafs 3
Wednesday, September 26, 1979
Maple Leaf Gardens, Toronto, Ontario
The Montréal Canadiens played 20 minutes of inspired hockey, the last 20 minutes, and that was all they needed last night at Maple Leaf Gardens.
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Preseason Game 15
Maple Leafs 2, Canadiens 2
Saturday, October 7, 1978
Maple Leaf Gardens, Toronto, Ontario
It took until the end of the National Hockey League exhibition schedule, but the Toronto Maple Leafs finally have their act together.
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Preseason Game 14
Canadiens 9, Maple Leafs 3
Wednesday, September 27, 1978
Maple Leaf Gardens, Toronto, Ontario
The Montréal Canadiens are such a complete hockey machine that coach Scotty Bowman will have trouble deciding which players are the spare parts before the National Hockey League waiver draft early in October.
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Preseason Game 13
Canadiens 4, Maple Leafs 2
Monday, October 3, 1977
Maple Leaf Gardens, Toronto, Ontario
Seven games into the National Hockey League exhibition schedule, the Toronto Maple Leafs still have not figured out their lineup.
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Preseason Game 12
Canadiens 3, Maple Leafs 0
Wednesday, September 28, 1977
Maple Leaf Gardens, Toronto, Ontario
The Montréal Canadiens, looking like the Habs who asconded with the Stanley Cup last season, won their first game in five exhibition starts last night, blanking the Toronto Maple Leafs 3-0.
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Preseason Game 11
Maple Leafs 3, Canadiens 3
Saturday, October 2, 1976
Maple Leaf Gardens, Toronto, Ontario
What is a distressing situation for several gifted hockey players has been a perennial blessing for Montréal Canadiens coach Scotty Bowman.
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Preseason Game 10
Canadiens 6, Maple Leafs 4
Friday, October 1, 1976
Maple Leaf Gardens, Toronto, Ontario
The big difference in last night’s National Hockey League exhibition game at Maple Leaf Gardens, in which the Montréal Canadiens defeated the Toronto Maple Leafs 6-4, was the attendance of 14,006.
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Preseason Game 09
Canadiens 5, Maple Leafs 4
Wednesday, October 4, 1972
Forum de Montréal, Montréal, Québec
Exhibition hockey games rarely show anything to management of which they are not already aware and last night’s encounter between the Montréal Canadiens and Toronto Maple Leafs at the Forum was no different.
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Preseason Game 08
Maple Leafs 5, Canadiens 0
Saturday, September 23, 1972
Maple Leaf Gardens, Toronto, Ontario
The Toronto Maple Leafs carefully camouflaged their National Hockey League intentions in two games at the Gardens on the weekend.
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Preseason Game 07
Canadiens 5, Maple Leafs 3
Tuesday, September 28, 1971
Halifax Forum, Halifax, Nova Scotia
The Montréal Canadiens ran their unbeaten streak to five games in National Hockey League preseason play last night, defeating the Toronto Maple Leafs 5-3.
It was the first loss for the Leafs in six exhibition games.
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Preseason Game 06
Maple Leafs 2, Canadiens 2
Saturday, September 25, 1971
Maple Leaf Gardens, Toronto, Ontario
Bernie Parent missed the first week of the Toronto Maple Leafs’ training camp with high intensity contract haggling, but through it all his lawyer insisted the goaltender was “in the best shape he has ever been in.”
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Preseason Game 05
Canadiens 1, Maple Leafs 1
Friday, October 2, 1970
Halifax Forum, Halifax, Nova Scotia
The Toronto Maple Leafs and Montréal Canadiens traded a pair of third period goals to finish in a 1-1 stalemate before 6,000 fans at the Halifax Forum last night.
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Preseason Game 04
Canadiens 4, Maple Leafs 3
Wednesday, September 30, 1970
Maple Leaf Gardens, Toronto, Ontario
The Montréal Canadiens scored three goals in less than seven minutes last night but had to hang on for a 4-3 win over the Toronto Maple Leafs in their exhibition game.
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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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Preseason Game 02
Canadiens 5, Maple Leafs 4
Saturday, October 7, 1967
Forum de Montréal, Montréal, Québec
The Toronto Maple Leafs’ 5-4 defeat at the hands of the Montréal Canadiens last night was not a complete loss. Not as far as coach Punch Imlach was concerned.
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Preseason Game 01
Maple Leafs 5, Canadiens 1
Wednesday, October 4, 1967
Maple Leaf Gardens, Toronto, Ontario
Frank Mahovlich finished off two of the niftiest scoring plays you will ever see last night when the Maple Leafs drubbed the Montréal Canadiens 6-1 in an exhibition hockey game at the Gardens.
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Two Solitudes 