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The Last Of The Great Underdogs
by George Malik on 02/17/07 at 09:06 AM ET
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from Roy MacGregor of the Globe and Mail:
They have made movies of the life of Rocket Richard and of the 1972 Summit Series, but there may be no richer material for a hockey drama than what took place in Toronto and Montreal that improbable spring of 40 years ago.
It was Centennial Year, and the Maple Leafs and the Canadiens — the sole Canadian franchises in the National Hockey League — were playing the national game for the most revered Canadian trophy, the Stanley Cup.
The powerful Canadiens — two-time defending champions, the bleu, blanc et rouge of Jean Béliveau, Henri Richard, Yvan Cournoyer — were hoping to display the prized Cup at Expo 67, which had opened only five days earlier in Montreal.
The ‘67 Leafs — now all in their 60s, 70s and 80s — somehow denied Montreal that glory and, Saturday, will themselves be honoured at the Air Canada Centre as the ‘07 Leafs take on the Edmonton Oilers.
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