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We need a win tonight !
Go Habs Go.
See you all in Montreal tonight
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Nope.
Habs? I'm not familiar with this nickname.
I think Carolina is pretty unstoppable. I don't closely watch the sport but they do seem pretty confidently in control of all their games.
The Montreal Canadiens are often called Habs for the French word Habitants …
The Montreal Canadiens are called the "Habs" as a shortened nickname for les Habitants, which was the term given to the original 17th-century French settlers of Quebec.
The nickname was popularized by an amusing misunderstanding in 1924:
The Logo: The team’s famous logo features a large "C" wrapped around a smaller "H".
The "H" actually stands for "Hockey" from their official French name, Le Club de Hockey Canadien.
The Misinterpretation: Tex Rickard, the owner of Madison Square Garden at the time, mistakenly told a reporter that the "H" stood for Habitants.
The Tradition:
Even though the "H" doesn't actually stand for Habitants, the reporter printed the quote and the catchy nickname stuck, becoming a staple of the team's French-Canadian heritage.
that was very thorough... nice one