text: Halte la, halte la, halte la, les Canadiens, sont la. Les Canadiens, les Canadiens sont la! Happy anniversary, yesterday, to the Canadiens, founded in December of 1909 by a clutch of wealthy Irish-Canadians from Renfrew and Cobalt, Ontario. Flash forward, above, to the fruit of that labour: Yvan Cournoyer and Serge Savard parade the Stanley Cup outside the Forum on May 26, 1978. (Photo: Réjean Martel, Archives de la Ville de Montréal