Word: toronto
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Dates: during 1940-1949
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...Toronto 8, Boston...
Boston 7, Toronto...
...right time. It also helps to have perfect balance, knowledge of the tactics of the opponent streaking down-ice toward the net and a thoughtfully padded uniform. In the National Hockey League, the man who seemed to combine the necessary qualities better than anybody else this season was Toronto-born William Ronald ("Big Bill") Durnan, 34-year-old veteran of the Montreal Canadiens...
...moving fast, Big Bill had won the Vezina Trophy (for the goalie playing the most games on the team which allows the fewest goals) for four straight years. Last year he lost the trophy to Turk Broda, rough-&-tumble goalie of the Toronto Maple Leafs, but had cinched it again this season. On top of that, last week he set a modern record for consecutive minutes of play (309 min. 20 sec.) without allowing a score, beating Boston Bruin Frankie Brimsek's old mark by 77 min. 26 sec. and topping by 19 min. 8 sec. the standard...
Montreal 3, Toronto...