Montréal, QC

By Shelly Shankya

Boston Roller Derby of Boston, Massachusetts, USA had a tough time finding a foothold in during Game 7 of 2016 International WFTDA Division 1 Playoffs Montréal against the Sun State Roller Girls of Brisbane, Queensland, AUS; the Swarm truly lived up to their name, attacking from all sides to keep Boston from a track onslaught. The Swarm led by 77 points at one point, but the Massacre rallied to end with the narrowest of margins in the last jam of the game — one point. The Massacre proved their seeding in a final-second ambush, winning 172-171.

By Shelly Shankya

Game 6 of the 2016 International WFTDA Division 1 Playoffs Montréal featured tournament hosts the Montréal Roller Derby New Skids on the Block of Montréal, Québec, CA (seed #4, WFTDA #14) against the Dallas Derby Devils Army of Darkness of Dallas, Texas, USA (seed #5, WFTDA #18). While Dallas had shining moments, they got left out in the cold as Montréal won the game 177-128 and move on to the the semi-final match.

By Whacks Poetic

The fifth game of the day at the 2016 International WFTDA Division 1 Playoffs Montréal featured two teams that were very familiar with each other. The Detroit Derby Girls from Detroit, Michigan, USA have faced the London Rollergirls from London, England, UK three times and have come up short each time, with the last game going 345-79 in favour of the Brits in March of this year. Detroit, however, looked strong in their upset of Sun State Roller Girls earlier today, and they were definitely looking to improve on their previous showing against the team from England. Ultimately, London was too strong and performed narrowly better against the American team than they had in March, winning 384-77.

By Mindy

It was a bit of a David vs. Goliath matchup from the start, with the bottom seeded Rocky Mountain Rollergirls, fresh off a nail-biter win earlier this morning, taking on the second-from-the-top seed Texas Rollergirls.

But, with a strong showing against the seventh seeded Finnish challengers, Kallio Rolling Rainbow, in Game 1, Rocky proved they shouldn’t be counted out early.

By Whacks Poetic

Bay Area Derby (#3 seed) of San Francisco, California, and Boston Roller Derby (#6 seed) of Boston, Massachusetts came into the third game of the 2016 International WFTDA Division 1 Playoffs Montréal with evenly matched records on the season. Bay Area went 3-3 for the year playing sanctioned games at only two tournaments. Boston sat at 4-4 in their season, which ran from April to July. Bay Area skated away from this game as the team to successfully up their win percentage for the year above 50% and continuing in their quest to reach the 2016 International WFTDA Championships, taking the game 187-131.