The Centre Étienne Desmarteau is a multi-purpose complex with two ice rinks in

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, Canada.

History

The centre is named in honour of

Étienne Desmarteau Joseph-Étienne Desmarteau (4 February 1873 – 29 October 1905) was a Canadian athlete, winner of the weight throwing event at the 1904 Summer Olympics. Biography Born in Boucherville, Quebec, Desmarteau was member of the Montréal Athle ...

, a Canadian Olympic athlete during the 1904 Summer Olympics. The arena hosted the

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preliminaries during the

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. Following the Olympics, it has been used mostly as an

ice hockey Ice hockey (or simply hockey) is a team sport played on ice skates, usually on an ice skating rink with lines and markings specific to the sport. It belongs to a family of sports called hockey. In ice hockey, two opposing teams use ice h ...

venue, while the gyms are used for a variety of sports including indoor soccer, basketball and rhythmic gymnastics.

Description

The first ice rink in the complex has 2,200 seats and is named after

Caroline Ouellette Caroline Ouellette (born May 25, 1979) is a Canadian retired ice hockey player and current associate head coach of the Concordia Stingers women's ice hockey program. She was a member of the Canadian national women's ice hockey team and a member ...

. The second, smaller rink, the Ice rink Jean Trottier, has a 600-person seating capacity. There are also two Olympic gymnasiums, some changing rooms, and one weights room for training.

Tenants

It was once home to

Montreal Juniors The Montreal Juniors were a junior ice hockey team in the Quebec Major Junior Hockey League from 1975 to 1982. They played at the Montreal Forum in Montreal, Quebec, Canada. History The Montreal Bleu Blanc Rouge were renamed in 1975, becoming t ...

hockey team and Les Canadiennes a women's ice hockey team in the

Canadian Women's Hockey League The Canadian Women's Hockey League (CWHL; french: Ligue canadienne de hockey féminin ‒ LCHF) was a women's ice hockey league. Established in 2007 as a Canadian women's senior league in the Greater Toronto Area, Montreal, and Ottawa, the leag ...

. The Montreal Mission, a professional team in the

National Ringette League The National Ringette League (NRL), ''(french: Ligue Nationale de Ringuette, LNR)'', is the premier sports league for the sport of ringette in North America and Canada's national league for elite ringette players aged 18+. All of the NRL's eli ...

, calls the arena home. Furthermore, numerous amateur tournaments are held in it every year. The upstairs gym contains the home of the Club Rythmik Quebec,Club Rythmik Quebec official website
/ref> a rhythmic gymnastics club offering training up to international level, as well as recreational, pre-competitive, and parent and child classes.

Gallery

File:Centre Etienne Desmarteau-Interior in arena Caroline Ouellette.jpg, Ice Rink Caroline Ouellette File:Montreal-burlington-8janvier2010 014.jpg, Ice Rink Caroline Ouellette File:Centre-etienne-desmarteau-secondIce rink.jpg, Ice Rink Jean Trottier

References

External links

Direction to Centre Étienne Desmarteau
3430 rue de Bellechasse, Montreal
Some Informations in Arrondissement.com

Étienne-Desmarteau hôte de la seconde Coupe Montréal de hockey féminin
in journal de Rosemont -La Petite Patrie, February 13, 2008
Les Stars de Montréal lancent leur saison à Étienne-Desmarteau
in Montréal Express journal, December 2008.
Place aux Filles, le centre Étienne-Desmarteau : le plus occupé de la Coupe Dodge
in Journal Rosemont- La Petite Patrie, March 22, 2011. {{DEFAULTSORT:Centre Etienne Desmarteau Indoor arenas in Quebec Indoor ice hockey venues in Quebec Sports venues in Montreal Venues of the 1976 Summer Olympics Olympic basketball venues Rosemont–La Petite-Patrie Les Canadiennes de Montreal Sports venues completed in 1976