ok...don't get mad at me....i'm a long time hockey fan, i play and i know basically everything there is to know about the sport. i was born in canada and my grandpa was born in canada but i'm not a fan of canadian teams...i've always wondered why they call the montreal canadians HABS??? if it's not them the please tell me who...and don't get mad....
2007-01-08 04:29:31 · 9 answers · asked by Anonymous in Sports ➔ Hockey
the "H" in the middle of the "C" emblem stands for 'les habitants'. which basically is the french version of 'canadiens'. they wanted to keep the "H" there since montreal has such a huge french heritage.
a canuck is a canadien also...so basically, 2 nhl teams have the same name, jsut a different way of saying them.
2007-01-08 05:42:40 · answer #1 · answered by runforrest212 2 · 1⤊ 2⤋
most people believe that the H stands for the Habitant, Habs in English. but its not the CH stand for Le Club de Hockey Canadien, C for Canadien and H for Hockey. Habitants is the name used to refer to both the French settlers and the America-born inhabitants of French origin who farmed the land along the two shores of the St. Lawrence waterway in what is the present-day Province of Quebec in Canada. and that's where the name Habitant comes from and Habs for English.
they use to be called le Club Athletique-Canadien, it use to be a CA, C stands for Canadien and the A stands for Athletique. here are their logo's throughout the years.
Logo appearing on 1909-12 Habs jersey.http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/4/4f/Canadiens_1910.gif
Logo worn from 1913-17.http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/8/83/Canadiens_1913.gif
Logo used (1917-19, 1921-22)http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/a/a2/Montrealcanadienslogo1918.gif
Logo used (1919-21)http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/8/8d/Montrealcanadienslogo1920.gif
Logo used (1926-53)http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/7/77/Canadiens_1926.gif
Logo used (1953-Present)http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/9/99/Montreal_Canadiens.gif
The Montreal Canadiens unveiled this 100th anniversary logo to be used in 2008-09.http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/d/d7/CentennialCanadiens.jpg
THE H STANDS FOR HOCKEY.
runforres...>>>>it never or ever will stand for Habitant. its Hockey.
GO HABS GO!!!!!!!!!!!!!!1
2007-01-08 10:31:36 · answer #2 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
In 1924, Madison Square Garden owner Tex Rickard was falsely told by someone that the "H" in the logo of the Montreal Canadiens hockey team stood for "habitant", a French word that in those days was used to denote the farmers of Quebec. Rickard was told that the French players on the team came from the farms and that they were therefore "habitants" or "habs".
2007-01-08 04:50:26 · answer #3 · answered by Anonymous · 4⤊ 2⤋
The CH on the face off stands for Centre Hice..of course. When there were only two Canadian teams. Montreal were the habs..Toronto were the hab-nots..
2007-01-08 09:18:19 · answer #4 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 1⤋
If you have seen the Canadiens logo, it has an H in the C. The Canadiens are also referred to Les Habitants in French.
2007-01-10 12:05:53 · answer #5 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
An Urban Legend that the "H" in the middle of the Canadiens logo stood for "Les Habitants".
2007-01-08 04:46:44 · answer #6 · answered by H_A_V_0_C 5 · 1⤊ 1⤋
Club de Hockey Canadien
It does NOT stand for les habitants.
2007-01-08 05:57:51 · answer #7 · answered by gebobs 6 · 4⤊ 0⤋
I have no idea about the HABS, i am also a hockey fan and player and i dont get it either. as for canucks, they are whales
2007-01-08 04:38:56 · answer #8 · answered by floyd_fan82 1 · 1⤊ 2⤋
good question and what is a Canuck
2007-01-08 04:36:18 · answer #9 · answered by barry m 6 · 1⤊ 1⤋