Why are the Canadiens nicknamed the Habs? What is a hab?

Answer 1

From the French word 'habitant', meaning resident or inhabitant.

Answer 2

It all begins in 1924 when Madison Square Garden owner Tex Rickard was wrongly 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". At the time, the Canadiens were recognized as the French Canadian team of Montreal as opposed to the Montreal Maroons, the English Canadian team. In reality, the team logo of the "C" wrapped around the "H" stands for Club de Hockey Canadien.
So there you go - the definition of the Habs, and what the H stands for in the Canadiens' logo! So there is your answer for your question.

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Why are the Canadiens nicknamed the Habs? What is a hab?

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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". At the time, the Canadiens were recognized as the French Canadian team of Montreal as opposed to the Montreal Maroons, the English Canadian team. In reality, the team logo of the "C" wrapped around the "H" stands for Club de Hockey Canadien. In 1917, at the founding of the NHL, the team changed its name to that from the previous Club Athlétique Canadien.

So there you go - the definition of the Habs, and what the H stands for in the Canadiens' logo!

Answer 5

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.

The franchise is officially known as Le Club de Hockey Canadien, but they are usually referred to as "Les Canadiens de Montréal" and their English name. Other French nicknames for the team include Le Canadien, Le Bleu-Blanc-et-Rouge, Le Tricolore, Les Glorieux, Les Habitants and Le Grand Club. In English, the main nickname is the Habs.

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What Is A Hab

Answer 7

I think Habitant answered your question. He knows his Canadiens.

Answer 8

Because they fly to all of their games in high altitude balloons (HABs)

Answer 9

habs is the french name for "habitant" which mean "home".

Answer 10

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Montreal_Canadiens