Women’s hockey team is named
The name of the new professional women’s hockey team has been unveiled: La Force de Montréal, with kit in burgundy, black and white. But the team will be playing all over Quebec – I’m seeing excited pieces from Rivière‑du‑Loup, Rimouski and Sept‑Îles about the team playing matches in those places.
Josh 11:51 on 2022-08-31 Permalink
Kate, my understanding is that this arrangement with the team playing all over the province is that it is only meant to last for the first season, and after this year the team hopes to have a permanent home in Montreal.
Kate 11:59 on 2022-08-31 Permalink
If it lasts. This city has bad luck hanging onto any hockey team that isn’t the Canadiens.
denpanosekai 13:50 on 2022-08-31 Permalink
Wasn’t a women’s hockey team supposed to have a permanent home in Verdun?
Kate 18:17 on 2022-08-31 Permalink
I think that was the Canadiennes.
PatrickC 18:24 on 2022-08-31 Permalink
Burgundy? A nod to the old Montreal Maroons, perhaps? But colour names are problematic nowadays. Also makes me wonder, what sounds stronger, “force” or “impact” ?
Josh 18:27 on 2022-08-31 Permalink
Bad luck, or the city is a Canadiens city rather than a hockey city?
dwgs 21:01 on 2022-08-31 Permalink
To be fair, the Canadiennes folded because the league folded, it wasn’t a Montreal thing.