Hockey
Recognized worldwide as the ultimate hockey town, Montréal is regular host to international events such as the IIHF World Junior Ice Hockey Championships, the Women’s Hockey World Cup, the first-ever World Cup of Hockey (1996) and more than 24 Stanley Cup Finals. The city’s deeply-rooted ice hockey community works tirelessly to bring regional and national events to the city on a regular basis to help develop and train the thousands of Montrealers who call hockey their sport. Montréal is home to the Montréal Canadiens, one of the oldest, most celebrated and most successful professional hockey teams in the world. The whole city comes alive on game nights! Hockey is in Montréal’s DNA!
We have done it before
Montréal has hosted the following top signature hockey events:
- 1978 IIHF World U20 Championship
- 1993 and 2009 National Hockey League All-Star Game
- 1996 NHL World Cup of Hockey (first edition)
- Canadian Women’s hockey league
- 2015-2017 IIHF U20 World Junior Championships
- 24 NHL Stanley Cups for the Montréal Canadiens
- 2022 NHL Draft
- 2025 4 Nations Face-Off
The puck stops here: In the world of hockey, nowhere scores bigger than Montréal
Cutting-edge ice hockey venues
Centre Bell
Located in the heart of downtown Montréal, the 21,000-seat Centre Bell is home to the Montréal Canadiens and IIHF events.
Aréna Maurice-Richard
Named after legendary Canadiens hockey player Maurice ‘Rocket” Richard, this world class arena has a capacity of up to 6,000 seats and an international-size ice surface.
Auditorium de Verdun
Montréal’s third-largest arena, it boasts a seating capacity of up to 4,000 and two NHL ice rinks and has been recently modernized.
Montréal's ecosystem is real and vibrant
- The Québec hockey federation, 16 junior hockey clubs, 383 teams and 3 university teams are based in Montréal
- We have thousands of volunteers ready to contribute
- Major event organizers and promoters are based in Montréal
- Key suppliers are based in the Montréal area
- Sports Events Montréal, the City of Montréal and sport organizations work as one to support major sporting events
- With its strong relationship with public funding partners, the Chamber of Commerce of Metropolitan Montréal and private corporations, Montréal knows how to secure public and commercial funding to support your events