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Last Game Recap: Gardens Party Spoiled
TORONTO; The Chicago Blackhawks
spoiled a gala goodbye party,
embarrassing the Toronto Maple
Leafs, 6-2, last night in the final NHL
game at historic Maple Leaf Gardens.
Unfazed by the nostalgic hoopla, the Blackhawks dominated all but
a few moments of the second period to break a seven-game losing
streak and subdue a celebrity-studded crowd.
There was symmetry to the victory, since it was the Blackhawks
who won the opening game in the Gardens back in November 1931,
beating the Maple Leafs, 2-1.
Though the Gardens will remain a venue for minor league hockey
and other events, the Maple Leafs will have a new home as of next
Saturday — the 18,800-seat Air Canada Centre. The game with
Chicago marked the NHL's departure from the last of the arenas
built in the 1920s and '30s for the league's original six franchises.
The Associated Press
Original Publication Date: 02/14/1999
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