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Ever since the NHL has added a franchise in Toronto in 1917, the race between the two cities in Canada has not waned. The Maple Leafs and Canadiens met inside the postseason initially towards the bottom for the inaugural National Hockey League, though it was Blueshirts - as they simply said, because he had an official name yet - that was released a success, finally winning the Stanley Cup the identical year. Strangely, except once in 1925, competitors are not addressed around the playoffs in the slightest degree between 1918 and 1940.
The Montreal Canadiens may have tied at top, relating to the Northeast Division earlier this week. A loss of revenue of 1 on the worst clubs on the league was not not surprisingly to handle. Montreal, now looks to stop its first four series defeats of year Saturday night when his six rivalry when using the Toronto Maple Leafs continues in the Bell Centre.
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The Maple Leafs are very well better known for their long and bitter rivalry aided by the Montreal Canadiens and Ottawa Senators. Franchising 13 championships are second simply to the Canadiens, which is 24 11:00 Toronto won the Stanley Cup as the Maple Leafs, simply because the cup was only competed during the NHL in 1927, and also cups, before that: one, because of St. Patrick, and a second of Arenas. However, the Leafs haven't much won the Cup in 1967, after getting in the longest Cup drought within the NHL, and are generally therefore only Original Six team that's not won a football from the 1967 NHL expansion.
After meeting in your playoffs triple in the 1940's, the rivalry relating to the two teams erupted in mid-1950. From 1956 to 1960, Canadians were the category with the NHL, winning an increasing five consecutive Stanley Cups, the third two have come from the Maple Leafs. After a season who has seen abnormal Blackhawks crowned champion in 1961, the Maple Leafs did their finest impression of Canadians, lifting the Cup for three consecutive years. In 13 seasons between 1956 and 1969, Montreal and Toronto combined for 12 for the 13 Stanley Cups, which can be distributed. The Maple Leafs did not reached the Stanley Cup final since 1967, the longest drought of your team in the NHL.
Montreal-Toronto rivalry is exacerbated by the fact that a number of the superstars on teams to sort through the other side sooner or later in their careers, outraging fans on the clubs most fervent and passionate. Since 1920, Sprague Cleghorn, Dick Duff, George Hainsworth, Frank Mahovlich, Dickie Moore, Bert Olmstead, Jacques Plante and Marcel Pronovost has acted on their Blue-White-Red, maple leaf blue and white.
The Maple Leafs is about to address the Canadiens on Saturday, February 11, 2011 at 2:00 PM ET at Bell Centre, Montreal, Quebec, Canada.
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