A question for you hockey fans....

[irishkb]

I was just wondering why they the Montreal Canadiens the Habs... where the fuck did they come up with that nickname....

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[Gvac]

It's an abbreviation for "Habitants" which was how the French farmers of the province of Quebec were referred to. The Canadiens were proud that they were primarily a French-Canadian team, as opposed to the English-Canadian Montreal Maroons, another team that was in existence at the time.


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[irishkb]

ok...sure why not... thank's gvac...

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[Fallon]

I hate the Canadians, pussys get all excited by a CLEAN hit.

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