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Montreal derby: Skids sweep Quad City

By Lina Harper • March 28, 2011 7:00 am EDT

Montreal’s travelling roller derby team, the New Skids on the Block, was hard at work this past weekend at the Hangar in Toronto participating in:

http://www.ustream.tv/recorded/13608519

The Skids kicked some major ASS, beating Toronto’s CN Power 284-21 and Ottawa’s Vixens 320-23! Look for your favourite roller girls LIVE in action when they host the Beast of the East tournament, April 30-May 1 at Aréna St-Louis. Also, look for player profiles in the week preceding the Beast.

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