Updated: October 02, 2025 at 5:30PM EDT
Published: September 25, 2025 at 11:54AM EDT
The history of the Montreal Canadiens is about more than just hockey. It’s also the story of how hockey’s most winning team has always skated hand-in-hand with its home province of Quebec.
HABS NATION takes a fresh look at the team’s ups and downs since the heyday of the “Flying Frenchmen” in the 50s, 60s and 70s, and shows how the history of the team mirrors the tumultuous changes in Quebec over the past decades. Why was it that from 1955, year of the “Rocket Richard Riot,” until 1995, year of Quebec’s second referendum, the Canadiens won 17 Stanley Cups?
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