EclecticLip

Returning from Boston, I picked up a copy of La Presse, to keep my French limber — at least on the reading side of things.

I was surprised that the Montreal Canadiens were always referred to in the singular: as le Canadien.  Indeed, in La Presse’s sports section, the hockey tabs are for Canadien (no “s”) and Senateurs.

Wikipedia confirms that this is a common Francophone designation for the Habs.  Strangely, les Nordiques de Quebec was always conjugated in the plural.

Sadly, the Nordiques’ season-by-season NHL record doesn’t appear to be in Francophone Wikipedia — perhaps someone will put that right.  Even me.  Given enough time.