The Bourassa Royal or Le Royal de Bourassa is a Canadian

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team in Canada's

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 ...

(NRL) which competes in the Eastern Conference in the White division. Founded in 2004 and based in

Quebec Quebec ( ; )According to the Canadian government, ''Québec'' (with the acute accent) is the official name in Canadian French and ''Quebec'' (without the accent) is the province's official name in Canadian English is one of the thirtee ...

, the team recruits players from Bourassa-

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Lanaudière Lanaudière (, ) is one of the seventeen administrative regions of Quebec, Canada, situated immediately to the northeast of Montreal. It has a total population ( 2016 Census) of 494,796 inhabitants, an increase of 4.9% over the 2011 census. Geogr ...

. The team has been inactive in the recent years of the NRL. From its inaugural season in 2004 until the 2011–12 season, the team was called the BLL Nordiques after which it became "Bourassa Royal".

Team history

The Bourassa Royal have played in the

since its formation in 2004. For several years, the name of the team was BLL Nordiques. BLL is the acronym for Bourassa-

area in

. For the 2011-12 season, the BLL Nordiques team became renamed, Bourassa Royal (short for Le Royal de Bourassa). Reasons cited were recent changes in the BLL (Bourassa/Laval/Lanaudière) region. As a consequence, the BLL Nordiques were transferred to the local association of Bourassa, which was considered a move that would allow players to have better training opportunities.

2011-12 NRL Season

2011-12 Roster

2011-12 Coaching staff

* ''Head Coach:'' Yves Leclair * ''Assistant Coach:'' Alain Berthelet * ''Assistant Coach:'' Audrey Dalton * ''Media Relations:'' Mélanie Leclair Reference2011-2012 Season
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Other teams

The Bourassa Royal has competed against a number of other NRL teams including the

Cambridge Turbos The Cambridge Turbos is a ringette team in Canada's National Ringette League (NRL) competing in the Eastern Conference in the Red division. Founded in 2003, the is team based in Cambridge, Ontario. The Turbos home arena is the Hespeler Memorial ...

Montreal Mission Montreal ( ; officially Montréal, ) is the second-most populous city in Canada and most populous city in the Canadian province of Quebec. Founded in 1642 as '' Ville-Marie'', or "City of Mary", it is named after Mount Royal, the triple-pe ...

Calgary RATH 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 el ...

, Rive-Sud Révolution, and the Atlantic Attack.

References

External links

Bourassa Royal website
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