"Le" or "Les"?

[PricePkPatch*]

My source says it's Les Canadiens.

Gotta brainwash them early. Good thing.

 

[Hockey Joe]

"Canadiens jouzent ben à soir". There you go. That's the only sentence you need to know.

à souère, s'tie!

 

[FuzzyWuzzy]

Le Canadien is the proper way to call the team according to how the club's complete name plays out (Le club de hockey Canadien de Montréal). However most fans and especially anglophone fans, took to calling them Les Canadiens, wich is also fine.

 

[Jerk Store*]

Le Canadien is the proper way to call the team according to how the club's complete name plays out (Le club de hockey Canadien de Montréal). However most fans and especially anglophone fans, took to calling them Les Canadiens, wich is also fine.

Official team name is "Canadiens" though, so it implies "Les".

 

[ZARTONK]

IMO, Les Canadiens is the right way to say it, Le Canadien just sounds cool

"Les Canadiens sont fiers d'annoncer blablabla"

 

[bsl]

Legitimate question, I hear announcers, hosts etc. either call the Canadiens "Le Canadien(s?)" or "Les Canadiens". Just wondering why so many call them at the singular in french. Based on the website, the official name is "Les Canadiens", so I don't get why some call it differently. Is there a reason for it? Historical or other?

Le Club de Hockey Canadien

Why is this a topic?

 

[CN_paladin]

Now I think about it, I've mostly referred to the team as "Le Canadiens" but I'll try calling them "Les Canadiens" instead.