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Can you please tell me why the Montreal Canadiens are called the Habs? I always felt bad asking.
- Ofer Erenfeld
Habs is an abbreviation of "les habitants," the informal name given to the original settlers of New France, dating back to the 17th Century. So it seems a natural nickname for the Montreal Canadiens, established in 1909 as a French-Canadian hockey team appealing to the city's Francophone community.
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