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04 May 2009, 01:24 AM
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Montreal Canadiens
Comment: I had recently heard that the Montreal Canadiens are called "The
Habs" after the H on their jerseys, because "hab" is short for "les habitants", which are the original settlers of New France. But then I had also heard that the C and H on their jerseys stood for "Club de Hockey Canadien." 
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#3
04 May 2009, 01:29 AM
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In French the H is silent...
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#4
04 May 2009, 02:13 AM
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http://www.nhl.com/ice/news.htm?id=370513
Scroll down almost to the middle, or ctrl+f for habitant
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#5
04 May 2009, 02:21 AM
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From the historical jersey section of the official Montreal Canadiens website:
http://ourhistory.canadiens.com/jers...ogos/1909-1946 The 1916-17 entry records the first appearance of the letter "H" on the jersey and says it indeed stands for "hockey".
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#6
04 May 2009, 05:22 AM
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In 1946, Charlie Hudson bought up the struggling Calgary Habitants and Halifax Canadiens franchises, moved them to Montreal, and combined them into a single team called the Canadiens (whose jerseys bore the letters CH for obvious reasons).
The new Montreal Canadiens struggled to a 8-46 record, playing most of the season shorthanded after Hudson discovered that the Halifax franchise was actually a lacrosse team.
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#7
05 May 2009, 12:05 AM
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Quote:
 Oh, she's good.
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#8
05 May 2009, 02:07 AM
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Well, I picked up my first Montreal Canadiens $1 coin yesterday.
It looks good.  H and all!http://img1.classistatic.com/cps/l/k...080dgi_20.jpeg
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#9
05 May 2009, 06:13 AM
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Have to get my hands on one of those, I do.
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