Montreal Mission | |
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2016-17 National Ringette League season | |
City | Montreal |
League | National Ringette League |
Founded | 2004 |
Home arena | Centre Étienne Desmarteau |
Colours | |
General manager | France Levert |
Head coach | Daniel Dussault |
Affiliates | Montréal Mission Under-19 (Ligue Élite de Ringuette du Québec (LERQ)) |
The Montréal Mission are a team in the National Ringette League that gathers players from the region of Montreal, Quebec. The Montréal Mission play in the National Ringette League and the team plays its home games at Centre Étienne Desmarteau.
The Montréal Mission have played in the National Ringette League since its formation in 2004. For several years, The Montreal Mission have been the best NRL team in the province of Quebec. The team is ranked second in the Eastern Conference of the National Ringette League behind a team from Ontario, the Cambridge Turbos, and it has been in second place for two seasons: 2010-11 and 2009-10. In 2008-09, the Montreal Mission ended its season at the top of the NRL standings for the NRL Eastern Conference with two points more than the Cambridge Turbos.
The world championships for ringuette take place once every three years. Several players from the Montréal Mission have been chosen to represent their country. The teams have included these notable players:
In 2010-11, two players from the Montréal Mission dominated the standings of the league for scores and assists with 141 points for Julie Blanchette in 1st and 132 points for Catherine Cartier in 2nd. In 2009-2010 the two same players dominated the standings with 122 points for (1st) Cartier, 110 points for Blanchette in 2nd and in addition 83 points for Stéphanie Séguin in 4th.