2066: Habs: Montreal Canadiens (Hockey) Aug 11, 2020

The Montreal Canadiens hockey team logo is an H inside of a C. Many people falsely assume that the the H in the montreal hockey is for 'habs', one of the many nicknames for the team, itself short for 'habitants', who were early farmers in the Quebec area; the word today would be 'agriculteur' (farmer). Rather, the H in the name stands for 'hockey', with the official team name "le Club de hockey Canadien".

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