<P> Many Leafs fans live outside the Greater Toronto Area (GTA), and throughout Ontario, including the Ottawa Valley, the Niagara Region, and Southwestern Ontario . As a result, Leafs--Senators games at the Canadian Tire Centre in Ottawa, and Leafs--Sabres games at the KeyBank Center in Buffalo, host a more neutral attendance, due in part to the Leafs fans in those areas, and to those cities' proximity to the GTA and the relative ease in getting tickets to those teams' games . </P> <P> The Leafs are also a popular team in Atlantic Canada . In November 2016, a survey was conducted that found 20 percent of respondents from Atlantic Canada viewed the Leafs as their favourite team; second only to the Montreal Canadiens at 26 percent . The Leafs were found to be the most favoured team in Prince Edward Island, with 24 percent of respondents favouring the Leafs; and the second favourite team in Nova Scotia, and Newfoundland and Labrador (19 and 24 percent respectively, both trailing respondents who favoured the Canadiens by one percent). </P> <P>--Bob Nevin </P> <P> During the 25 years of the Original Six - era (1942--67), teams played each other 14 times during the regular season, and with only four teams continuing into the playoffs, rivalries were intense . As one of this era's most successful teams, the Maple Leafs established historic rivalries with the two other most successful teams at the time, the Montreal Canadiens and the Detroit Red Wings . In addition to the Canadiens and Red Wings, the Maple Leafs have also developed a rivalry with the Ottawa Senators . </P>

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