The Centre Étienne Desmarteau is a multi-purpose complex with two ice rinks in
Montreal
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,
Quebec
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, Canada.
History
The centre is named in honour of
Étienne Desmarteau, a Canadian Olympic athlete during the
1904 Summer Olympics
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. The arena hosted the
basketball
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preliminaries during the
1976 Summer Olympics
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. Following the Olympics, it has been used mostly as an
ice hockey
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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. 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 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. 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
* 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.
* in Journal Rosemont- La Petite Patrie, March 22, 2011.
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Ice hockey venues in Montreal
Venues of the 1976 Summer Olympics
Olympic basketball venues
Buildings and structures in Rosemont–La Petite-Patrie
Les Canadiennes de Montreal
Sports venues completed in 1976
Basketball in Montreal
1976 establishments in Quebec