Montreal Shamrocks

The Canadiens played their first game on January 5, 1910, coached by Jack Laviolette. Before a sellout crowd of 3,000, they defeated Cobalt 7–6 in overtime.[13] The victory was erased from the history books shortly after, as the CHA collapsed after only two weeks of play, and the NHA chose to restart the season after absorbing the CHA's Ottawa Senators and the Montreal Shamrocks.[14] The Canadiens' first game of the new season was played January 19, a 9–4 loss to the Renfrew Creamery Kings.[15] They lost three more games before finally recording their first victory of the new season on February 7, when they defeated the Haileybury Hockey Club by a score of 9–7.[16] They won only two of their 12 games that season, and finished last in the eight-team league.[17]

George Kennedy, owner of the Club Athlétique Canadien (CAC), claimed rights to the "Canadiens" team name following the season.[18] He settled the dispute by buying the team from O'Brien for $7,500.[19] That same year, the team adopted its now-famous red sweater with a blue stripe across the front. In the middle of the stripe was an elongated red C encompassing a red A to represent the CAC.[20]



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