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Address | 3430 Rue de Bellechasse |
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Location | Montreal, Quebec, Canada |
Coordinates | 45°33′20″N 73°34′49″W / 45.55556°N 73.58028°W |
Owner | City of Montreal |
Capacity |
Hockey: 2,200 (
Caroline Ouellette rink 1) 600 (Jean Trottier rink 2) |
Surface | Multi-surface |
Opened | 1976 |
Tenants | |
Montreal Mission ( NRL) |
The Centre Étienne Desmarteau is a multi-purpose complex with two ice rinks in Montreal, Quebec, Canada.
The centre is named in honour of Étienne Desmarteau, a Canadian Olympic athlete during the 1904 Summer Olympics. The arena hosted the basketball preliminaries during the 1976 Summer Olympics. [1] Following the Olympics, it has been used mostly as an ice hockey venue, while the gyms are used for a variety of sports including indoor soccer, basketball and rhythmic gymnastics.
The first ice rink in the complex has 2,200 seats and is named after Caroline Ouellette. [2] [3] The second, smaller rink, the Ice rink Jean Trottier, [4] has a 600-person seating capacity. There are also two Olympic gymnasiums, some changing rooms, and one weights room for training.
It was once home to Montreal Juniors hockey team and Les Canadiennes a women's ice hockey team in the Canadian Women's Hockey League. The Montreal Mission, a professional team in the National Ringette League, calls the arena home. Furthermore, numerous amateur tournaments are held in it every year. [5] The upstairs gym contains the home of the Club Rythmik Quebec, [6] a rhythmic gymnastics club offering training up to international level, as well as recreational, pre-competitive, and parent and child classes.
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Address | 3430 Rue de Bellechasse |
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Location | Montreal, Quebec, Canada |
Coordinates | 45°33′20″N 73°34′49″W / 45.55556°N 73.58028°W |
Owner | City of Montreal |
Capacity |
Hockey: 2,200 (
Caroline Ouellette rink 1) 600 (Jean Trottier rink 2) |
Surface | Multi-surface |
Opened | 1976 |
Tenants | |
Montreal Mission ( NRL) |
The Centre Étienne Desmarteau is a multi-purpose complex with two ice rinks in Montreal, Quebec, Canada.
The centre is named in honour of Étienne Desmarteau, a Canadian Olympic athlete during the 1904 Summer Olympics. The arena hosted the basketball preliminaries during the 1976 Summer Olympics. [1] Following the Olympics, it has been used mostly as an ice hockey venue, while the gyms are used for a variety of sports including indoor soccer, basketball and rhythmic gymnastics.
The first ice rink in the complex has 2,200 seats and is named after Caroline Ouellette. [2] [3] The second, smaller rink, the Ice rink Jean Trottier, [4] has a 600-person seating capacity. There are also two Olympic gymnasiums, some changing rooms, and one weights room for training.
It was once home to Montreal Juniors hockey team and Les Canadiennes a women's ice hockey team in the Canadian Women's Hockey League. The Montreal Mission, a professional team in the National Ringette League, calls the arena home. Furthermore, numerous amateur tournaments are held in it every year. [5] The upstairs gym contains the home of the Club Rythmik Quebec, [6] a rhythmic gymnastics club offering training up to international level, as well as recreational, pre-competitive, and parent and child classes.