Hockey Playoffs

[Albertan mom]

GO OILERS GO!!!!

 

[angelgurl]

YEAAAAAAAAAAAAA !!! GO OILERS GO!!!!!!!!!!!!!

 

[CharlesTD]

Nice to see Philly tie their series hopefully the HABS can go up 3-2 in Carolina tomorrow night as this seems to be a series of the road team winning.

 

[maddhatir]

OK all you Montreal fans.....this is a very dumb question......

just wondering....WHY are they called the HABS????

 

[Albertan mom]

Ya OILERS!!! One step closer to the cup with todays win!!

 

[mickey65]

Taking a mini depart from my Montreal status

GO SENS GO!!!

Now I go back to regular HABS cheering

 

[pooksma]

WOOHOO FLAMES

And while I LOVE my Flames (Yeah JAROME Im talking about YOU)I want to see all the Canadian teams move on. (Yes honey, even those Habitants)

 

[pooksma]

CharlesTD-it must have been a Leafs fan that made your pic go away. Thats the only thing that makes sense.

 

[CharlesTD]

CharlesTD-it must have been a Leafs fan that made your pic go away. Thats the only thing that makes sense.

Yep a spoiled rotten disgruntled Leaf fan they are all whiners and cry babies LOL... What is even funnier is that it had been there for months and no one said a word then it gets mentioned on here by a poster and voila it is all of a sudden deemed to large what a joke.

As for the HABS question that was asked here is what I know on the situation... this is a cut and paste from another post about the playoffs on another board...

Habitants is the name used to referred to both the French settlers and the America-born inhabitants of French origin who farmed the land along the two shores of the St. Lawrence waterway in what is the present-day Province of Quebec in Canada. The term was used by the inhabitants themselves and the other classes of French Canadian society from 17th century up until the early 20th century when the usage of the word declined in favor of the modern agriculteur (farmer) or producteur agricole (agricultural producer).

Unwilling to accept subordination to anyone but the Governor of New France himself, the inhabitants refused to be called censitaire, a designation they judged equivalent to paysan, who were the servile peasants in France's feudal system.

The communities of habitants were largely agricultural until the beginning of the 19th Century when the trend towards urban living escalated rapidly as a result of industrialization. Seigneurs would give long, narrow strips of land to these habitants for free, but in exchange for the land, the habitants would have to either give produce or, rarely, money to the seigneurs, OR they'd perform unpaid labour (also known as corvée) for the seigneurs.

In 1924, Madison Square Garden owner Tex Rickard was falsely told by someone that the "H" in the logo of the Montreal Canadiens hockey team stood for "habitant", a French word that in those days was used to denote the farmers of Quebec. Rickard was told that the French players on the team came from the farms and that they were therefore "habitants" or "habs". At the time, the Canadiens were recognized as the French Canadian team of Montreal as opposed to the Montreal Maroons, the English Canadian team. In reality, the team logo of the "C" wrapped around the "H" stands for Club de Hockey Canadien. In 1917, at the founding of the NHL, the team changed its name to that from the previous Club Athlétique Canadien.

 

[maddhatir]

As for the HABS question that was asked here is what I know on the situation... this is a cut and paste from another post about the playoffs on another board...

Habitants is the name used to referred to both the French settlers and the America-born inhabitants of French origin who farmed the land along the two shores of the St. Lawrence waterway in what is the present-day Province of Quebec in Canada. The term was used by the inhabitants themselves and the other classes of French Canadian society from 17th century up until the early 20th century when the usage of the word declined in favor of the modern agriculteur (farmer) or producteur agricole (agricultural producer).

Unwilling to accept subordination to anyone but the Governor of New France himself, the inhabitants refused to be called censitaire, a designation they judged equivalent to paysan, who were the servile peasants in France's feudal system.

The communities of habitants were largely agricultural until the beginning of the 19th Century when the trend towards urban living escalated rapidly as a result of industrialization. Seigneurs would give long, narrow strips of land to these habitants for free, but in exchange for the land, the habitants would have to either give produce or, rarely, money to the seigneurs, OR they'd perform unpaid labour (also known as corvée) for the seigneurs.

In 1924, Madison Square Garden owner Tex Rickard was falsely told by someone that the "H" in the logo of the Montreal Canadiens hockey team stood for "habitant", a French word that in those days was used to denote the farmers of Quebec. Rickard was told that the French players on the team came from the farms and that they were therefore "habitants" or "habs". At the time, the Canadiens were recognized as the French Canadian team of Montreal as opposed to the Montreal Maroons, the English Canadian team. In reality, the team logo of the "C" wrapped around the "H" stands for Club de Hockey Canadien. In 1917, at the founding of the NHL, the team changed its name to that from the previous Club Athlétique Canadien.

I thank you very much for the explanation!

 

[Hockeychic]

Hey not all of us are crybabies and whiners, no need to get nasty, I actually thought it was pretty funny....your jersey picture that is.

I will always be a leaf fan but I am also know the leafs have a long way to go before they will ever be a competitor, so I have the team where my heart is "leafs" and my favorite team which is Calgary.....go flames go.

Kim

 

[CharlesTD]

I thank you very much for the explanation!

You are very welcome...

This is for Mickey2905.....

 

[Albertan mom]

A few more hours until Edmonton knocks the Wings out!!!

GO Oilers!!!

 

[almacdonald]

Well, Edmonton is in. Jerome's PO'ed..... things are not looking good for the Ducks. 1 game away from the battle of Alberta.


GO FLAMES GO!!!!

 

[Albertan mom]

Whooohoooo OILERS!!! What a comeback!!

 

[almacdonald]

That was a weak goal by Yelle.... but i'll take it!

 

[almacdonald]

Yikes! 1-1

McCarty better be ok after getting a puck to the face

 

[Mickey Fanatic]

I can't believe that I am going to say this but....

Go Habs Go!

Just so the series will end early and my DH, who works for HNIC, can come home sooner!

I grew up in a family of Die Hard Leafs fans! My sister, cousin and uncle would kill me if they read this and my grandmother would be rolling in her grave. She is probably cursing me from up there as we speak.

I have changed my views completely and now have to say...

Go Canes Go!

Please don't take away my Canadian citizenship!

That will mean that DH will be home on Wednesday!

 

[Hockeychic]

Great comeback Oilers!!!!!

Wahoo!!!!!!

Gotta love Stevie Wonder, what a outstanding player!!!!! Wish him all the best.

Charles: Any word on Koiuvu???? I haven't heard much here lately, just curious if you have any info?

Kim

 

[almacdonald]

The flames had better step it up for game 7.