for hardcore Canadiens fans -- Why the HABS ?

Habs is short for habitants. Thats the name given to the settlers in Quebec who played hockey in the very cruel conditions in Canada. They were sorta trying to play the game they learned back in britian but made skates from bones and nets from sticks and etc to play hockey. Eventually these settlers got noticed and the game kept growing in Canada to eventually Nhl. They are called habs because the "Habitants" invented the game of ice hockey in Quebec.

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Habs actually goes back to before the NHL. It's short for Habitant. The teams were basically divided in two..the english and the french. The english used it as a chant to insult the french. Eventually the teams united, but the nickname remained

This is what I was told by the Bell center tour guide

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we call them the habs short for habitants....that was what the people used to call the team a long time ago....the named changed over the years to habs.

Tex Richard in 1926 had trouble saying Club de Hockey Canadien

HABS also can be interpreted as a short form of < HABITANTS >

H-having

A-a

B-bad

S-season