Montreal Roller Derby’s New Skids split Ontario weekend after blowout win
Montreal’s New Skids rolled Tri-City Thunder 309-59, then Calgary narrowed them to a 118-99 final and took the Ontario title.
Montreal Roller Derby’s New Skids looked like a runaway force at the 2026 WFTDA North America Playoffs in Ontario, then looked a lot more mortal one day later. They opened in Waterloo, Ontario, with a 309-59 dismantling of Tri-City Thunder, only to fall 118-99 to Calgary Roller Derby in the June 7 final at Waterloo Memorial Recreation Complex.
That swing told the story of the weekend better than any bracket graphic could. Montreal entered the tournament as the No. 1 seed, Calgary as the No. 2, and the final delivered exactly that matchup. Calgary won the Ontario event, while Montreal finished second after a path that also included a 339-37 rout of SoCal Kraken on June 6.
The numbers behind Montreal’s season explain why the Skids could overwhelm one opponent and still be pulled into a tighter fight against another. Their WFTDA Stats profile listed them second in NA Northeast after eight games, with six wins, two losses, 1,612 points scored and 712 allowed. That is the profile of a team built to punish mistakes and cash in quickly, and it showed against Tri-City Thunder when Montreal turned a strong regional opponent into a 250-point loss. WFTDA Stats noted that Thunder actually outperformed expectation by 26.2%, which only underlined how complete Montreal’s control was in that bout.
But Calgary exposed a different version of the same Montreal roster. The final was decided by 19 points, a margin small enough to change the feel of the whole weekend. Instead of the avalanche Montreal produced against SoCal Kraken and Tri-City Thunder, Calgary forced the New Skids into a far more physical, tactical game, one in which every scoring run mattered and every jam carried more weight. For a bracket event seeded off the April 1, 2026 rankings, that contrast matters. A team that can win by 250 points and then play within one score of the eventual champion is never simple to prepare for.
The Ontario tournament ran June 5-7 and was hosted by Tri-City Roller Derby in Waterloo. Calgary chose the Ontario location, and the event became a clean snapshot of the postseason hierarchy: Calgary on top, Montreal just behind, and a New Skids team whose season profile now includes both explosive blowouts and a final that showed how quickly a dominant weekend can be narrowed to a grind.
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