The Verdun Maple Leafs was the name of three

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clubs that existed in

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, including a senior hockey team, and two junior teams. The Maple Leafs played home games at the

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History

The first club was a senior hockey team established in the early 1920s. They played in the Montreal City Hockey League until 1937, then switched to the Quebec Senior Hockey League. The team folded after 1942. This senior team coexisted with its farm club, a junior team from 1933 to 1950, also known as the Maple Leafs. Verdun was a finalist for the Eastern Canadian Championship and the

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in 1939 and 1940, but lost both times to the

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. The Verdun Maple Leafs were revived in 1963 playing in the Montreal Metropolitan Junior Hockey League. The team switched to the Quebec Junior Hockey League in 1965. Verdun challenged against for the Eastern Canadian Championship in 1968, but was defeated by the

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. The following season, Verdun was promoted to the

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, where it played from 1969 to 1972. Serge Martel won the

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as the league's rookie of the year, playing for Verdun in 1969–70. File:VerdunMapleLeafs-1957-58.jpg, 1957–1958 edition of the team File:Maple Leafs Verdun 1957-58.jpg, 1958-59 edition of the team

National Hockey League alumni

List of Maple Leafs alumni who also played in the

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. Two

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members played for the Maple Leafs. Emile Bouchard and

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were teammates during the 1939–40 season. ;Senior Verdun Maple Leafs (1924–1942) ;Junior Verdun Maple Leafs (1934–1950) ;Verdun Maple Leafs (1963–1972)

Season-by-season results

Season-by-season results for the Verdun Maple Leafs of the Quebec Junior Hockey League:

References

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