2006-11-23 08:23:39 · 11 answers · asked by rjames32661 2 in Sports ➔ Hockey
They were not called Les Habitant!
Someone mistakenly told the owner of Madison Square Gardens way back in the day that the H in their logo stood for habitants. When in fact it had nothing to do with that. The C surounding the H stood for Club de Hockey Canadien. (Prior to 1917 they had a C surounding an A which stood for le Club Athletique Canadien.) Anyways it's just a nick name that stuck.
2006-11-23 08:37:26 · answer #1 · answered by Bianca 3 · 5⤊ 0⤋
When created a second time, quebec owner (speaks french.) Told English speaking Montreall owner that an h in the middle meant "cool." (Or something like that) But the h made Fans give the team a nick name starting with H. Thus the Habs.
P.S. Montreal may change its name to the Habs as the teams full name.
2006-11-23 12:22:06 · answer #2 · answered by Dawn S 2 · 0⤊ 3⤋
It's a nickname that comes from the french word Habitant, which means inhabitant - or settler, or small community...along that vein.
try this link: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Habitants
Go Leafs! Habs suck!
Doh!
2006-11-23 08:28:18 · answer #3 · answered by Mr X 2 · 2⤊ 0⤋
It's short for Habitants, which is what early French farmers in British North America were called.
2006-11-23 13:20:22 · answer #4 · answered by hockey craze99 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
It's short for Les Habitants.
2006-11-23 08:56:12 · answer #5 · answered by Awesome Bill 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋
what Bianca said is true, but the Habs is a short way of saying Habitants and its said by English speaking people.
GO HABS GO!!!!!!!!!!!!!!1
2006-11-23 09:03:28 · answer #6 · answered by Anonymous · 1⤊ 1⤋
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Les_Habitants
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Montreal_Canadiens
The key part of this is that the Canadiens were the "French" hockey club, as opposed to the Montreal Maroons, which were the "English" speaking hockey team at the time (early 1900's).
The "Habs" was a way to say "We are the originals, the Real team."
2006-11-23 08:33:53 · answer #7 · answered by Polymath 5 · 1⤊ 2⤋
Les Habitants...The CH on the jersey actually stands for Center Hice..Canadian History..
2006-11-23 13:32:28 · answer #8 · answered by Anonymous · 2⤊ 2⤋
They were originally called Les Habitants
2006-11-23 08:27:06 · answer #9 · answered by Anonymous · 1⤊ 2⤋
Bianca has it right
2006-11-24 10:36:41 · answer #10 · answered by geobert24 5 · 0⤊ 0⤋