Montréal Mission

The Montréal Mission () is a ringette team in the National Ringette League (NRL), competing in the White Division of the Eastern Conference. The team was founded in 2004. The team gathers its players from the region of Montréal, Québec, and plays its home games at Centre Étienne Desmarteau.

The "Mission" is one of the NRL's most successful teams from Quebec. During the COVID-19 pandemic, the team did not compete in the NRL Championships. In the past the Mission also competed against Bourassa Royal before that NRL team was discontinued.

Team history

The Montréal Mission, or, "the Mission", is a ringette team in the National Ringette League from Quebec which first formed in 2004. It is Quebec's NRL team with the best record in the league's history. The team was previously ranked second in the Eastern Conference of the National Ringette League behind one of Ontario's teams, the Cambridge Turbos. The Mission finished in second place for two NRL seasons: 2010-11 and 2009-10. In 2008-09, the team ended its season at the top of the NRL standings for the NRL Eastern Conference with two points more than the Cambridge Turbos.

In 2006 the team acquired Anna Vanhatalo, "The Montreal Mission is proud to welcome Anna Vanhatalo to its family. Anna is an exchange student at the University of Montreal and a valued member of the Mission team." Vanhatalo played for the Mission for one season. Her team in Finland, Helsinki Ringette, received Montreal Mission goalkeeper Claudia Jetté in exchange.

League competition 2022–23 season

In 2022–23, the NRL entered its 18th season with thirteen teams competing:

Western Conference BC Thunder Edmonton Black Gold Rush Edmonton WAM! Calgary RATH Saskatchewan Heat Manitoba Herd

Eastern Conference Red Nepean Ravens Waterloo Wildfire Gatineau Fusion Cambridge Turbos

Eastern Conference White Montreal Mission Rive-Sud Révolution Atlantic Attack

Leading scorers

In 2009-2010, two Montreal Mission players dominated the National Ringette League standings in scoring: Catherine Cartier with 122 points (1st), and 110 points for Julie Blanchette (2nd). In addition, Stéphanie Séguin made 83 points placing 4th. In 2010-11, the two players dominating the standings of the league for scores and assists where the Mission's Blanchette with 141 points placing 1st, and 132 points for Cartier who finished in 2nd.

Season Players Matches Goals Assists Points Leading scorers 2010–2011 Julie Blanchette 31 61 80 141 1 (Best scorer in the League) 2009–2010 Catherine Cartier 31 77 45 122 1 (Best scorer in the League) 2008–2009 Julie Blanchette 31 54 80 134 2 2007–2008 Catherine Cartier 30 111 44 155 1 (Best scorer in the League)

Regular season records

Season Matches Win Losses Lost with shootout Points Goals for Goals against Standings 2007–08 29 13 15 1 27 144 162 8 2008–09 31 29 1 1 59 254 96 1 2009–10 31 27 2 2 56 241 100 2 2010–11 22 19 3 0 38 193 87 2 2011-12 30 28 2 0 56 228 97 1 2012-13 28 24 4 0 48 263 145 1 2013-14 26 23 3 0 46 237 135 2 2014-15 28 20 7 1 41 252 143 3 2015-16 28 21 5 2 44 232 179 2 2016-17 24 15 8 1 31 152 133 5 2017–18 22 18 3 1 37 165 112 2Total seasons:11 308 244 53 11 499

Playoff records

Season Matches Win Losses Lost with prolongation Lost with shootout Points Goals for Goals against Summary 2011 7 4 3 0 0 2 52 36 Elite Eight: 8th

Record: 1-3-0 (3-0-0 record in additional round) 2012 10 8 2 0 0 16 59 40 Elite Eight: 1st Record: 6-1-0 – Won 2 game to 0 against Waterloo Wildfire in knockout stage – Lost 2-7 against LMRL Thunder in Final 2013 9 4 4 1 0 8 54 50 Elite Eight: 6th

Record: 2-4-1OTL – Won 2 games to 0 against La Royal de Bourassa in knockout stage 2014 7 3 4 0 0 6 36 39 Elite Eight: 6th Record: 3-4-0 2015 7 3 4 0 0 6 43 53 Elite Eight: 6th Record: 3-4-0 2016 7 3 4 0 0 6 33 49 Elite Eight: 5th Record: 3-4-0 2017 3 1 2 0 0 2 12 15 Lost 2 games to 1 against Waterloo Wildfire in knockout stage 2018 7 2 4 1 0 4 37 49 Elite Eight: 6th Record: 2-4-1 Total 57 28 27 2 0 56 Total:regular season+playoff 365 272 80 2 11 555

Rosters

2022-23 The following is the roster for the 2022–23 National Ringette League season.

2022–23 Montreal Mission # Player Pos Camille Trudel Laurence Pellerin 1 Annie Trudel (AP/GUEST) Goalie 5 Kamille Duquette Defence 9 Allyson Savoie Defence 10 Marie-Pier Blanchard Centre 11 Charlie Maillé Forward 18 Marta Matuszewski Defense 23 Élizabeth Moreau Defense 27 Marie-Ève Dubé Goalie 32 Laurence Mallette-Léonard Goalie 51 Megane Fortin Forward 55 Mélanie Daraiche Forward 66 Stéphanie Séguin Forward 70 Alexandra Trudel Defence 87 Raphaëlle Chouinard Defence 88 Cortney Keeble Defence 91 Émilie Brule Forward 95 Jade Dupuis Forward 96 Annie-Pier Séguin Defence 99 Julie Blanchette

2011-12 The following is the roster for the 2011–2012 National Ringette League season.

No Player Position S/G Age Birthplace 4 Katherine Fallon-Simard F L 25 St-Hilaire, Canada 10 Julie-Ève Finn D L 19 Iles-des-Sœurs, Canada 17 Natali St-Germain F L 20 Montréal, Canada 18 Lynn Despiegelaere F L 31 Montreal, Canada 27 Kim Aspirot F L 20 Repentigny, Canada 30 Laurie Mathieu G L 19 Boucherville, Canada 31 Kathleen Perreault G R 21 Montreal, Canada 33 Claudia Jetté G R 35 St-Laurent, Canada 36 Arielle Sanschagrin F R 19 Montréal, Canada 44 Julie Primard F R 29 St-Constant, Canada 47 Véronike Dufort D L 21 Sainte-Catherine, Canada 66 Stéphanie Séguin F L 30 St-Laurent, Canada 77 Kassy Chhim D L 35 Boucherville, Canada 79 Karine Seguin D L 31 Saint-Laurent, Canada 87 Edith King D L 26 Repentigny, Canada 93 Catherine Cartier C L 34 Montreal, Canada 96 Annie-Pier Séguin F L 22 Kirkland, Canada 99 Julie Blanchette C L 35 Montreal, Canada

Coaching staff General Manager: France Levert Head Coach: Daniel Dussault

World Championship connection Several players from the Montréal Mission have been chosen to represent Canada for the World Ringette Championships. Some players have also become coaches for the Canada national ringette team.

Players Canada's World Ringette Championship teams have included these notable players:

Year Players WRC 2010 2010 Team Canada Sr. Julie Blanchette Stéphanie Séguin Catherine Cartier WRC 2007 2007 Team Canada Sr. Julie Blanchette Stéphanie Séguin Claudia Jetté Melanie Thomas Catherine Cartier WRC 2004 2004 Team Canada Sr. Julie Blanchette Stéphanie Séguin Melanie Thomas

Coaches Canada's World Ringette Championship teams have included these players turned coach:

Year Coaches WRC 2013 Julie Blanchette, Assistant coach, 2013 Team Canada Sr. WJRC 2009 Julie Blanchette, Assistant coach, 2009 U19 Team Canada East WRC 2022 Julie Blanchette, Assistant coach, 2022 Team Canada Sr.

Other teams The Montreal Mission have competed against a number of other NRL teams including the Bourassa Royal, Cambridge Turbos, Calgary RATH, Rive-Sud Révolution, and the Atlantic Attack.

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