Montréal Mission


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.

Team history

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.

Regular season records

Playoff records

World Championship connection

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:
Yearworld championships of ringuette
2010Julie Blanchette , Stéphanie Séguin , Catherine Cartier
2007Julie Blanchette , Stéphanie Séguin , Claudia Jetté , Melanie Thomas , Catherine Cartier
2004Julie Blanchette , Stéphanie Séguin , Melanie Thomas

Leading scorers

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 Cartier, 110 points for Blanchette in 2nd and in addition 83 points for Stéphanie Séguin in 4th.
SeasonPlayersMatchesGoalsAssistsPointsLeading scorers
2010–2011Julie Blanchette3161801411
2009–2010Catherine Cartier3177451221
2008–2009Julie Blanchette3154801342
2007–2008Catherine Cartier30111441551

Current roster 2011-12

NoPlayerPositionS/GAgeBirthplace
4Katherine Fallon-SimardFL25St-Hilaire, Canada
10Julie-Ève FinnDL19Iles-des-Sœurs, Canada
17Natali St-GermainFL20Montréal, Canada
18Lynn DespiegelaereFL31Montreal, Canada
27Kim AspirotFL20Repentigny, Canada
30Laurie MathieuGL19Boucherville, Canada
31Kathleen PerreaultGR21Montreal, Canada
33Claudia JettéGR35St-Laurent, Canada
36Arielle SanschagrinFR19Montréal, Canada
44Julie PrimardFR29St-Constant, Canada
47Véronike DufortDL21Sainte-Catherine, Canada
66Stéphanie SéguinFL30St-Laurent, Canada
77Kassy ChhimDL35Boucherville, Canada
79Karine SeguinDL31Saint-Laurent, Canada
87Edith KingDL26Repentigny, Canada
93Catherine CartierCL34Montreal, Canada
96Annie-Pier SéguinFL22Kirkland, Canada
99Julie BlanchetteCL35Montreal, Canada

Coaching staff 2011-12