The Montreal Canadiens (French: Les Canadiens de Montréal) are a professional ice hockey team based in Montreal.
They have won the Stanley Cup 24 times, once under the NHA and 23 times since the founding of the NHL, and have also won 11 O'Brien Cup titles, 24 division championships, and eight conference championships.
Overall they have the most games played, most wins, most ties, most points, most years in the playoffs, most division championships, and most Stanley Cup championships of any team in the NHL.
[4] From 1909–10 until 1916–17 the Canadiens played 8 seasons in the National Hockey Association (NHA).
They qualified for the postseason three times and won two NHA championships as well as their first Stanley Cup title.