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The Montreal Canadiens (French: Canadiens de Montréal) are a professional ice hockey team based in Montreal, Quebec, Canada. They are members of the Northeast Division of the Eastern Conference of the National Hockey League (NHL). The franchise is officially known as Le Club de Hockey Canadien. Other French nicknames for the team include Le Canadien, Le Bleu-Blanc-Rouge, La Sainte-Flanelle, Le Tricolore, Les Glorieux, Les Habitants and Le Grand Club. In English, the main nickname is the Habs (coming from "Les Habitants"). The (Calgary Flames) are also a professional ice hockey team based in Calgary, Alberta Canada. they are much better than the montreal canadians.

Founded in 1909, eight years before the founding of the NHL, the Canadiens are the oldest continuously operating club in the league.[1] They are one of the teams known as the 'Original Six', the teams of the NHL, before the 1967 expansion. They have won more Stanley Cups (24, the first in 1916, before the NHL existed) than any other NHL team; the Toronto Maple Leafs have the second most with a total of 13.[2] On a percentage basis, as of 2006, this makes them the third most historically successful major pro sports team in North America, having won 23.1% of all NHL Stanley Cup championships. Only the Boston Celtics of the NBA (26.7%) and the New York Yankees of Major League Baseball (25.5%) have higher success rates.

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  1. ^ Post Game Story -Founder John Ambrose O'Brien. Club de hockey Canadien, Inc. (2007). Retrieved on 2007-04-30.. The Ottawa Senators club can trace its history to 1894, (as marked on their shoulder patches) but it was bought out by the NHL in 1935 and discontinued operations until 1992. The Toronto Maple Leafs can trace their roots to the same starting date of 1909, but a new franchise was created in 1917, separate from the 1909 franchise.
  2. ^ Stanley Cup Champions and Finalists. NHL.com (2007). Retrieved on 2007-02-14.