Habsfan24 Posted December 11, 2007 Share Posted December 11, 2007 (edited) After reading about it more on TSN this morning it sounds like Richards is okay to play tonight. They said he could have come back for the 3rd last night but since they were being blown out they didn't want to risk it. Edited December 11, 2007 by Habsfan24 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
simonus Posted December 11, 2007 Share Posted December 11, 2007 (edited) The H stands for habitant, which means home in french. please please please... can people stop saying this. This is simply wrong. H stands for "Hockey" the CH in the logo is actually to be read CHC as in "Club de Hockey Canadien" before it was "CHC" it was "CAC", which stood for "Club Athletique Canadien" sorry... pet peeve. NOW GO HABS GO Edited December 11, 2007 by simonus Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MAK Posted December 11, 2007 Share Posted December 11, 2007 it might used to be habitant but that was 70 years ago !! anyways whos cares what it really means. H should mean Home win !! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SAKS-AVENUE Posted December 11, 2007 Share Posted December 11, 2007 please please please... can people stop saying this. This is simply wrong. H stands for "Hockey" the CH in the logo is actually to be read CHC as in "Club de Hockey Canadien" before it was "CHC" it was "CAC", which stood for "Club Athletique Canadien" sorry... pet peeve. NOW GO HABS GO The new meaning should be 'H'urtin for the'C'ertain Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
kenadian Posted December 11, 2007 Share Posted December 11, 2007 Or as Harry would say: Holy Cow! I always Habitant was a soup.................. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
geolink Posted December 11, 2007 Share Posted December 11, 2007 While looking at the standings something hit me... We need a winning streak... BADLY!! All hail!!!! Captain Obvious. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Habsfan Posted December 11, 2007 Share Posted December 11, 2007 please please please... can people stop saying this. This is simply wrong. H stands for "Hockey" the CH in the logo is actually to be read CHC as in "Club de Hockey Canadien" before it was "CHC" it was "CAC", which stood for "Club Athletique Canadien" sorry... pet peeve. NOW GO HABS GO Simonus is right. the "H" in the "CH" is for Hockey, as in Club de HOCKEY Canadien. The H stands for habitant, which means home in french. Habitant is not french for home. Habitant is a term used to refer to the people of Québec way back in the day. (not the city folk!) Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
simonus Posted December 11, 2007 Share Posted December 11, 2007 (edited) Habitant is not french for home. Habitant is a term used to refer to the people of Québec way back in the day. (not the city folk!) I understood it to basically mean "pioneer", especially the coureur de bois. EDIT: according to Wiki (i know...), "habitant" referred to those who lived on the seigneur's land.... funnily enough it says that a lot of New Frenchmen rejected the term as belittling. Edited December 11, 2007 by simonus Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Athlétique.Canadien Posted December 11, 2007 Share Posted December 11, 2007 (edited) Look what I started? Question: Why are the Montreal Canadiens called the Habs? Answer: 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's a natural fit for the The Montreal Canadiens, established in 1909 and marketed as a French-Canadian hockey team. Having said that, the nickname was the result of an error. According to NHL.com, the first man to refer to the team as "the Habs" was Tex Rickard, owner of Madison Square Garden, in 1924. Rickard apparently told a reporter that the "H" on the Canadiens' sweaters was for "Habitants." Not true. The distinctive C-wrapped-around-H logo stands for "Club de Hockey Canadien." Edited December 11, 2007 by Athlétique.Canadien Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
simonus Posted December 11, 2007 Share Posted December 11, 2007 Look what I started? Question: Why are the Montreal Canadiens called the Habs? Answer: 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's a natural fit for the The Montreal Canadiens, established in 1909 and marketed as a French-Canadian hockey team. Having said that, the nickname was the result of an error. According to NHL.com, the first man to refer to the team as "the Habs" was Tex Rickard, owner of Madison Square Garden, in 1924. Rickard apparently told a reporter that the "H" on the Canadiens' sweaters was for "Habitants." Not true. The distinctive C-wrapped-around-H logo stands for "Club de Hockey Canadien." yeah, I had always thought that Rickard got his info from a dismissive answer Dandurand gave him... that is probably just lore (or bad memory on my part). Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Habsfan Posted December 11, 2007 Share Posted December 11, 2007 I understood it to basically mean "pioneer", especially the coureur de bois. EDIT: according to Wiki (i know...), "habitant" referred to those who lived on the seigneur's land.... funnily enough it says that a lot of New Frenchmen rejected the term as belittling. Not that I'm aware of. I was always told that it pretty much meant everyone who lived in the Province. EDIT: according to Wiki (i know...), "habitant" referred to those who lived on the seigneur's land.... funnily enough it says that a lot of New Frenchmen rejected the term as belittling. That is true. Alot of people thought it was a condescending term to use. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
KEEP26 Posted December 11, 2007 Share Posted December 11, 2007 Go habs Go Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Habsfan84 Posted December 11, 2007 Share Posted December 11, 2007 All that I can say is Go Habs Go. You need this game badly. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
johnnyhasbeen Posted December 12, 2007 Share Posted December 12, 2007 Seems awfully quiet here for a game night. The natives are restless. Here's to hoping the team shows up. GO HABS GO !!! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
habs rule Posted December 12, 2007 Share Posted December 12, 2007 (edited) The H stands for habitant, which means home in french. actually to clarify the h stands for hockey the name of the team is le club de hockey de canadiens hence ch Habitants is simply a fond term in french and became a popular nick name Edited December 12, 2007 by habs rule Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sir_Boagalott Posted December 12, 2007 Share Posted December 12, 2007 D'oh. That looked odd. Several times it looked like Kosto could have easily intercepted a pass on that PK but didnt really attempt to. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
lazy26 Posted December 12, 2007 Share Posted December 12, 2007 The Habs seem pretty tense. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
tokyohabs Posted December 12, 2007 Share Posted December 12, 2007 Because Kevin Lowe is in the building and no-one wants to play in Edmonton? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
kenadian Posted December 12, 2007 Share Posted December 12, 2007 Yup 2 habs on breakaways....................no goals Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RobRock Posted December 12, 2007 Share Posted December 12, 2007 Hey, he could be scouting the Lightning Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
kenadian Posted December 12, 2007 Share Posted December 12, 2007 Start the Ryder4Stoll rumors....................Calling EK Guy's got his lucky pink shirt on...... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
lazy26 Posted December 12, 2007 Share Posted December 12, 2007 Yup 2 habs on breakaways....................no goals To be fair, the puck was bouncing a fair bit on Higgins there. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JMMR Posted December 12, 2007 Share Posted December 12, 2007 2 mini breaks still nothing. To be fair, the puck was bouncing a fair bit on Higgins there. Oh well no excuses Higgins always says. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
KEEP26 Posted December 12, 2007 Share Posted December 12, 2007 The Habs seem pretty tense. i agree, i think this comes back to guy being called out in the media, i really think we are having major problems in the dressing room again this year..i hope iam wrong, but it dont look like the guys are having fun out there.. GO HABS GO Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
kenadian Posted December 12, 2007 Share Posted December 12, 2007 Yup, you said they looked tense.... and (when we were winning) 1 maybe both of those shot would have gone in....that was what I was saying Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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