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Montreal Canadiens Founded: 1909 Team Owner: Molson family Head Coach: Martin St. Louis Captain: Shea Weber Team Icon: Maurice 'The Rocket' Richard Overall Record: 3,495-2,351-837 Minor League Affiliate: Laval Rocket (AHL), Trois-Rivières Lions (ECHL) Stanley Cup Championships: 24 (1915–16, 1923–24, 1929–30, 1930–31, 1943–44, 1945–46, 1952–53, 1955–56, 1956–57, 1957–58, 1958–59, 1959–60, 1964–65, 1965–66, 1967–68, 1968–69, 1970–71, 1972–73, 1975–76, 1976–77, 1977–78, 1978–79, 1985–86, 1992–93) Arena: Bell Centre Arena Capacity: 21,105 City: Montreal, Quebec Website: www.nhl.com/canadiens Montreal Canadiens

John Ambrose O'Brien formed this hockey team in 1909, and called it the Club de Hockey Canadien which is where the current incarnation gets the Canadien nickname. Any real hockey fan also knows that the team is affectionately referred to as "The Habs", or "Les Habs" if you're a true French Canadian. This is an abbreviation of "Les Habitants", a name for the early Canadian settlers of New France in the 1600s.

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