Toronto, Feb. 4.
Stung to the quick by the defeat handed them two days ago by the "Flying Frenchmen," the Maple Leafs turned savagely on their conquerors and blanked the Canadiens, 3-0, tonight to draw further away in the race for the championship in the Canadian Division of the National Ice Hockey League.
Cutting through the Montreal team's defence with knife-like thrusts, the Leafs revealed the championship form as they rammed the puck past (he goalie on three occasions to gain another two valuable points.
Sharing honours with the brilliant performance of the league leading Leafs, were the two cellar teams of the Canadian and American Divisions The Red Wings, mightest team in either loop for the last two seasons but a basement favourite this year, bristled with strength tonight at New York and walloped the No. 3 leam of the Canadian category, the Americans, by 6 to 1
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