Wednesday, April 30, 2008

Canadiens: Canada's Team

A Canadian Press Harris/Decima survey indicates that the Montreal Canadiens have overtaken the Toronto Maple Leafs as Canada's team.

The Habs, who were the only Canadian team to advance to the second round of the NHL playoffs this season, were the team of choice for 40 per cent of Canadians asked.

Toronto missed the playoffs for a third straight season in 2007-08, yet finished second among those surveyed at 24 per cent.

Last season, it was the Leafs on top with 24 per cent while the Canadiens finished a close second at 22 per cent.

More than 1,000 people across Canada were surveyed April 24-28 - after the Ottawa Senators and Calgary Flames had been eliminated from the playoffs.

With files from the Canadian Press

1 comment:

x-ine said...

This is interesting ... what happens when the playoffs are over?

I'm glad that 40% of a random sample thinks that the Habs are Canada's team ... however, I highly doubt that this survey speaks for all Canadians... I'm taking these results with a grain of salt.