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It was to be the team of the francophone community in Montreal, composed of francophone players, and under francophone ownership as soon as possible.

The forerunner to the National Hockey League. Ambrose O'Brien on December 4, 1909, as a charter member of the National Hockey Association, Main article: History of the Montreal Canadiens Having won a total of 25 NHL championships, the Canadiens also had the most championships by a team of any of the four major North American sports leagues until the New York Yankees won their 26th World Series title in 2000. The Canadiens have won the Stanley Cup more times than any other franchise, having earned 24 championships, with 23 victories since the founding of the NHL, and 22 since 1927, when NHL teams became the only ones to compete for the Stanley Cup. The team's championship season in 1992–93 marked the last time a Canadian team won the Stanley Cup. The franchise is one of the " Original Six", the teams that made up the NHL from 1942 until the 1967 expansion. One of the oldest North American professional sports franchises, the Canadiens' history predates that of every other Canadian franchise outside the Toronto Argonauts, as well as every American franchise outside baseball and the National Football League's Arizona Cardinals. įounded in 1909, the Canadiens are the longest continuously operating professional ice hockey team worldwide, and the only existing NHL club to predate the founding of the NHL. The team previously played at the Montreal Forum, which housed the team for seven decades and all but their first two Stanley Cup championships.

Since 1996, the Canadiens have played their home games at Bell Centre, originally known as Molson Centre.

They compete in the National Hockey League (NHL) as a member of the Atlantic Division of the Eastern Conference.

The Canadian Hockey Club) and colloquially known as the Habs, are a professional ice hockey team based in Montreal. The Montreal Canadiens (French: Les Canadiens de Montréal), officially le Club de hockey Canadien ( lit.