Queen City Roller Derby tops Tri-City 212-152 in Waterloo finish

Queen City Roller Derby left Waterloo with more than a 212-152 win over Tri-City. The Buffalo club paired Sunday’s 60-point playoff finish with its Friday victory, turning the Ontario bracket into a weekend statement instead of a one-off result.

That matters because the Women’s Flat Track Derby Association North America Playoffs in Ontario were built to sort real contenders from teams that merely survive the travel. Queen City answered that test at Waterloo Memorial Recreation Complex, the Tri-City-hosted venue that staged the June 5-7 tournament, by backing up its earlier result and finishing the weekend with scoreboard separation that matched its ranking edge.

The numbers said Queen City should be in control, and the game played that way. Flat Track Stats had Queen City at 36th with a 783.6 rating and Tri-City at 53rd with a 742.0 rating, a gap that suggested advantage but not a runaway. Queen City still converted that edge into a 60-point cushion, the kind of margin that usually points to cleaner scoring pressure, steadier pacing, and a team that can keep piling up points after the first few jams settle in.

The path to that finish was straightforward on the schedule and demanding on the legs. Queen City opened the Ontario run against Greater Vancouver on Friday, met Calgary on Saturday, then closed against Tri-City on Sunday at 4:00 pm. By the time the Buffalo roster skated out for the last bout, it had already banked one result and carried the burden of another playoff game the previous day. The payoff was a second win in the same weekend and a much stronger case that Queen City can translate ranking into actual bracket success.

For Tri-City, the loss stung more because it came on home ice at the end of a weekend the host league had spent organizing and staging. For Queen City, it sharpened the message coming out of Waterloo: this was not just about getting through the Ontario trip, but about leaving it with proof that the club can travel, take care of business, and widen the gap when the postseason asks for it.

Queen City’s 2026 results page already showed earlier wins over the Devil Dollies and Alley Kats before the Ontario playoffs, so Sunday’s result fit a larger season pattern rather than standing alone. The Ontario trip now reads as a clean continuation of that form, and the 212-152 finish gives Buffalo another playoff result that carries real weight.