Word: toronto
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Dates: during 1960-1969
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...Toronto Maple Leafs, in the thick of the race for most of the season, are now hopelessly mired in fourth, the last position that qualifies for the post-season Stanley Cup play-offs. As usual, New York and Boston are looking up at the rest of the league...
Chicago has only five games left, four of them on the road, and won't be able to hang on to second place. Montreal, with one more game to play than Chicago, will overtake the Hawks, leaving Toronto to finish fourth...
...Stanley Cups will be a different story. I lot the ECAC Tournament last weekend, and I'm getting it back by putting my money on long-shot Toronto in the post-season play-offs...
...Besides, Toronto is in fourth place only because it has lost its season series with lowly New York. Against the other teams that will play in the Stanley Cups, the Leafs have done better than Montreal, and nearly as well as Detroit and Chicago...
During the regular season, Toronto's offense has been plagued by injuries, with the result that leading scorer Frank Mahovlich has only 46 points. But its veteran defense, with old timers Terry Sawchuch and Johnny Bower alternating in the goal, is one of the best in the league, and it's usually the defensive teams that win the Stanley...