City suspends deal with minor hockey
The city had a deal with Hockey Québec Région Montréal so they could make use of its facilities, but the deal has been suspended following allegations that people involved have been reselling rink time for profit.
In other sports news, the city is losing its triathlon.
dwgs 09:35 on 2024-05-13 Permalink
Hockey Quebec and the regional bodies governing the sport are long overdue for a major shakeup, it’s been old guys running fiefdoms and protecting their interests for decades.
John B 09:45 on 2024-05-13 Permalink
There does appear to be another triathlon a week before the cancelled one was scheduled. Maybe the problem was that there were two back-to-back?
saintjacques 11:06 on 2024-05-13 Permalink
The Challenge Esprit triathlon, the weekend after Labour Day is for amateurs and has been held for probably at least the last 10 or 12 years at Parc Jean-Drapeau.
The Triathlon Mondiale has been held in and around Vieux-Montreal and is part of the World Triathlon Championship Series. This race is mostly geared towards for professionals and typically has a much smaller field of competitors than the Challenge Esprit race in September, with a prize purse and points awarded towards world championships. That the Triathlon Mondiale is going away is not an enormous shock, since it is relatively common for races in that series to visit a particular city for 3-5 years under contract, and then move on to another city.
Kate 18:31 on 2024-05-13 Permalink
Thank you for the details, saintjacques.