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The Cleveland Barons opened their first NHL campaign with a Saturday night special against the Montreal Canadiens at the Arena in Cleveland on October 4, regionally broadcast in parts of Canada on CBC radio.

10/4: MTL 9, CLE 6; Goals- MTL: Richard (1), Blake 3 (3), Klukay (1), Locas 2 (2), Peters (1), Lach (1); CLE: DeMarco (1), Leswick (1, PP), Bouchard (1), Kuusela (1), Colville (1), Simpson (1); A- 8,499

The Canadiens won a crazy game where the first period ended at 5-4, as two goals were scored in the first two minutes of the game. Ab DeMarco scored the first for the Barons, as the 5 goal first period for Montreal held up.

10/6: MTL 4, CLE 1; Goals- MTL: Brodeur (1), Richard (2), Reardon (1, PP), Lach (2); CLE: Leswick (2); A- 14,011

A back breaker for the Barons as they started the game up 1-0 with Leswick's goal, but Rocket Richard scored with just :04 in the 1st period and Montreal never gave the lead back.

10/9: NYR 6, CLE 2; Goals- NYR: Gardner 2 (3), O'Connor 2 (3, PP), Laprade (1), Warwick (1); CLE- Bauer (1), Fashoway (1); A- 8,078

A dominant win for the Rangers as they got out to a 2-0 lead and never held back.