Montreal Roller Derby

Now we're cooking. May saw a couple of upsets, but most of what we learned came from the closeness of games that went the right way.

There's a lot more action in the Power Rankings this month as teams start to kick off their seasons in earnest. We’ve got our first ranking debut of the year, and another team returning after a lengthy absence. Want to skip the reasoning and jump straight to rankings? Go on then.

Last Weekend's Bouts Last weekend saw two long-running local rivalries return for 2013: Sacred City (27 WFTDA) travelled to Angel City (DNN #19, 18 WFTDA), and Montreal (DNN #17, 17 WFTDA) travelled to Boston (DNN #21, 20 WFTDA). Both games went as the rankings expected, but may well provide some early season indications of teams’ fortunes in 2013.

WILMINGTON, MA--DNN #21 Boston started out as big sisters to DNN #17 Montreal as the Canadians made their way into WFTDA in 2007, and that sibling rivalry has remained even though the New Skids have been on top since 2011. This time out Montreal kept their winning streak safe, and took the bout 188-117.

BURLINGTON, VT -- For the second year in a row, Montreal found themselves fighting for fifth place at the Eastern regional tournament with the number ten seed. Last year they were upset by London in the DNN Readers' Poll bout of the year; DC's Saturday win over a distinctly off colour Steel City made the result of this game look like it might be in doubt when the first whistles went.

BURLINGTON, VT -- 3E Montreal and 7E Boston came into Saturday night's final consolation bout with a long history -- but the exuberant pre-game dance-off between the two squads made it extremely clear the rivalry was one of the most friendly in the sport.

BURLINGTON, VT -- Kicking off day two of the Sugarbush Showdown were Montreal and Dutchland, two teams bruised both by their losses on the opening day and the manner of those losses. Dutchland went down heavily against Carolina in a bout that laid their recent personnel issues--they've lost key skaters and coaching staff in recent weeks--bare for the world to see.

BURLINGTON, VT -- In a long-awaited rematch of the DNN Reader Poll Bout of the Year from 2011, 6 seed London came back from a bumpy opening against 3 seed Montreal to win a key East Playoffs quarterfinal 191-122. The game seemed like a coin flip with 15 minutes to go, but became a near rout following a major unforced error from Montreal.