This extract carries with it the mythical dimension of the team in Montreal. At one time in Quebec, the Catholic religion and the Montreal Canadiens were the common ground that the Nation welding French Canadian. If religious practice has dissipated over time, the Canadian is always present.


But the world of professional sport has undergone such changes as the torch has become a heavy one to bear. The players no longer have that sense of belonging that could weld unity of a team. Witness to radical changes in the NHL, Toe Blake observed this phenomenon on page 33:

I may be wrong […] but it seems that the players seem to say: "If I do not play in your team, I play for someone else. "It is no longer so hard to become a member of a team than it was in the past, when there were only six. That is natural. But their attitude… Finally, some players have changed.



All and all, we are aware of this fact. However, the Bell Centre is still open and the odds listening hockey on television are on the rise in recent years. How do you explain this phenomenon? Although hockey is not what it was, the public responded positively to the call. But the company itself is no longer the same and hockey, like all other sports, moreover, has changed. Why? Because the sport is a reflection of our society!

This is an essential starting point for the understanding of society through sports history. The sport is evolving at the same pace as society. What we observe in the field of sport, the same principles prevailing in our society.


To conclude this post, I leave the floor to Toe Blake, on page 35:


Hockey has been my life. I never had the chance to win one of these contracts of one million dollars, but hockey was worth more than a million for me, and in many ways.



Ulmer, Michael. Captains. Nine of the great legends of Canadian. Your Thoughts Publishing, 1996, 183 pages.

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Friday, November 30, 2007
The Montreal Canadiens, the origins of the term CAPITA
Hello, everybody!


The season of Canadian Club of Montreal is underway for several weeks now. This team of the National Hockey League is preparing feverishly to celebrate its one hundredth anniversary. Today, I want to talk of the history of St. Flannel.

Long considered a Canadian french club, the word "Living" is attached to Canadians since 1914.


Indeed, in Montreal in 1914, two professional hockey clubs, Wanderers and Canadians moving in the same league (the National Hockey Association) and they play at the same venue, the Montreal Arena. For spectators, it is particularly difficult to display the colors of the team favorite when the two clubs play against one another. To remedy this, several French fans come to the Arena partly clad in the costume of former Canadians: Hats wool, multicolored belts and moccasins Indian beadwork. Covering proudly costume of the inhabitants, French-speaking viewers can clearly indicate their preference.


From that moment, the word "Living" appears in the sports pages. Let's take a closer in an article published in the newspaper Le Devoir, on February 9, 1914: "The Canadian administered the most comprehensive defeat to the Toronto teammates Saturday night before a monster assistance as only know our team bring to the 'Arena, final result 9 to 3. Without contradicting the "Inhabitants" took advantage… continuously. "


On February 16, in the same newspaper, the phrase is used again in the subtitle of the article: "At PART SENSATIONNELLE MONTREAL SATURDAY." Inhabitants "launder Senators team after six minutes of play overtime. "


For a long time, the audience punctuated the legendary "Go Habs Go" to encourage Canadians. Too bad they no longer carry the costume of the living, as we called him ancestors at the time.