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Verdun ___MASK28___ is an arena located in the Montreal borough of Verdun , Quebec , Canada . The building was constructed in 1938 and holds 4 , 114 . The largest arena in the west end of Montreal , the complex is also home to Arena Denis Savard , a small minor - hockey rink , attached to its side . The ___MASK28___ has hosted various Quebec Major Junior Hockey League teams , including the Verdun Juniors , Verdun Éperviers and Verdun Collège Français . In 1993 it also hosted the Montreal Dragons for its lone ___MASK78___ in the short lived National Basketball League . An ___MASK8___ is an enclosed area , often circular or oval - shaped , designed to showcase theater , ___MASK10___ performances , or sporting events . The word derives from Latin " harena ", a particularly fine / smooth sand used to absorb blood in ancient arenas such as the Colosseum in Rome . It is composed of a large open space surrounded on most or all sides by tiered seating for spectators . The key feature of an ___MASK8___ is that the event space is the lowest point , allowing for maximum visibility . Arenas are usually designed to accommodate a large number of spectators . The North American Hockey ___MASK97___ ( NAHL ) is one of the top junior hockey leagues in the United States and is in its 41st ___MASK78___ of operation in 2016  17 . It is the only Tier II junior league sanctioned by USA Hockey , and acts as an alternative to the Tier I United States Hockey ___MASK97___ ( USHL ). The NAHL is the oldest junior hockey league in the United States , and is headquartered in Frisco , Texas ( they are co - located in the same facility as the National Hockey ___MASK97___ ' s Dallas Stars ). The American Hockey ___MASK97___ ( AHL ) is a 30 - ___MASK59___ ___MASK37___ ice hockey league based in the United States and Canada that serves as the primary developmental league for the National Hockey ___MASK97___ ( NHL ). Since the 2010  11 ___MASK78___ , every ___MASK59___ in the league has an affiliation agreement with an NHL ___MASK59___ ; before then , one or two NHL teams would not have an AHL affiliate and so assigned players to AHL teams affiliated with other NHL teams . Twenty - seven AHL teams are located in the United States and the remaining three are in Canada . The league offices are located in Springfield , Massachusetts , and its current president is David Andrews . The Verdun ___MASK18___ were a hockey ___MASK59___ based in Verdun , Quebec . The ___MASK59___ was ___MASK76___ of the Ligue nord - américaine de hockey ( LNAH ) . The ___MASK18___ played at the Verdun ___MASK28___ . They won the Futura Cup against the Saint - Georges Garaga in 2003 - 2004 . Initially the ___MASK59___ was based in Haut - Richelieu , Quebec , taking the name ___MASK18___ . This lasted from the 1996 - 97 ___MASK78___ . The next ___MASK78___ , they moved to Iberville , Quebec . They only played one ___MASK78___ in Iberville and moved again to Saint - Laurent , Quebec . They played in Saint - Laurent for three seasons before moving to Verdun in 2002 . The Quebec Major Junior Hockey ___MASK97___ ( French : " Ligue de hockey junior majeur du Québec ", abbreviated " QMJHL " in English , " LHJMQ " in French ) is one of the three major junior ice hockey leagues which constitute the Canadian Hockey ___MASK97___ . The ___MASK97___ is often simply referred to as " The Q ". The ___MASK97___ comprises teams across the provinces of Quebec , ___MASK51___ Scotia , New Brunswick and Prince Edward ___MASK26___ . Since the departure of the Lewiston Maineiacs from Lewiston , Maine , the QMJHL is the only one of the three ___MASK3___ leagues of the CHL that does not currently have teams located in the United States ( the OHL has teams in Michigan and Pennsylvania while the WHL has teams in Washington and Oregon ). The current Commissioner of the QMJHL is Gilles Courteau . The Ligue Nord - Américaine de Hockey ( North American Hockey ___MASK97___ ) ( LNAH ) is a low - level ___MASK37___ ___MASK97___ based in the Canadian ___MASK49___ of Quebec . It was founded as the Quebec Semi - Pro Hockey ___MASK97___ ( QSPHL ) in 1996 , and became fully ___MASK37___ and assumed its current name in 2004 . It has no connection with the similarly named North American Hockey ___MASK97___ , an American junior ___MASK97___ for players under twenty . Teams in the LNAH compete for the Futura Cup , which has been awarded annually since 1997 . A ___MASK37___ is a ___MASK3___ of a ___MASK42___ or any person who earns their living from a specified ___MASK37___ activity . The term also describes the standards of education and training that prepare members of the ___MASK42___ with the particular knowledge and skills necessary to perform their specific role within that ___MASK42___ . In addition , most professionals are subject to strict codes of conduct , enshrining rigorous ethical and moral obligations . Professional standards of practice and ethics for a particular field are typically agreed upon and maintained through widely recognized ___MASK37___ associations , such as the IEEE . Some definitions of " ___MASK37___ " limit this term to those professions that serve some important aspect of public interest and the general good of society . The ___MASK26___ of Montreal , in southwestern Quebec , Canada , is located at the confluence of the Saint Lawrence and Ottawa rivers . It is separated from Île Jésus ( Laval ) by the Rivière des Prairies . Canada ( French : ) is a ___MASK65___ in the northern half of North America . Its ___MASK5___ provinces and three territories extend from the Atlantic to the Pacific and northward into the Arctic Ocean , covering , making it the world ' s second - largest ___MASK65___ by total area and the fourth - largest ___MASK65___ by land area . Canada ' s ___MASK36___ with the United States is the world ' s longest land ___MASK36___ . The majority of the ___MASK65___ has a cold or severely cold winter climate , but southerly areas are warm in summer . Canada is sparsely populated , the majority of its land territory being dominated by forest and tundra and the Rocky Mountains . About four - fifths of the ___MASK65___ ' s population of 36 million ___MASK46___ is urbanized and live near the southern ___MASK36___ . Its ___MASK16___ is Ottawa , its largest city is Toronto ; other major urban areas include Montreal , Vancouver , Calgary , Edmonton , Quebec City , Winnipeg and Hamilton . Verdun is a ___MASK81___ (" ___MASK15___ ") of ___MASK45___ of Montreal , Quebec , situated along the St . Lawrence ___MASK94___ . It consists of the former " city " of Verdun , which was merged with ___MASK45___ of Montreal on January 1 , 2002 . The settlement of Verdun was founded in 1671 , making it one of Canada ' s oldest cities . In 1956 , Nuns ' Island (" île des Sœurs ") was amalgamated with Verdun , which is on the Island of Montreal . Nuns ' ___MASK26___ ( officially Île des Sœurs ) is an ___MASK26___ located in the Saint Lawrence ___MASK94___ that forms a part of the city of Montreal , Quebec . It is part of the borough of Verdun . Verdun Collège ___MASK74___ were a junior ___MASK6___ from Verdun , Quebec . They were members of the Quebec Major Junior Hockey League from 1991 to 1994 . Collège ___MASK74___ resurrected the dormant Quebec Remparts franchise in 1985 after a three year hiatus , as Longueuil Collège ___MASK74___ . The team played in Longueuil , Quebec at Colisée Jean Béliveau for three seasons before moving to the Verdun Auditorium . Montreal officially Montréal in both Canadian English and French , is the most populous ___MASK58___ in Quebec and the 2nd - most populous in Canada . Originally called " ___MASK86___ - Marie ", or " City of Mary ," it is named after Mount Royal , the triple - peaked hill in the heart of the city . The city is on the ___MASK26___ of Montreal , which took its name from the same source as the city , and a few much smaller peripheral islands , the largest of which is Île Bizard . It has a distinct four - ___MASK78___ continental climate with warm to hot summers and cold snowy winters . ___MASK15___ is any of various administrative divisions of France , Belgium , Haiti , certain other Francophone countries , and the Netherlands . The Verdun Juniors were a junior ___MASK6___ in the Quebec Major Junior Hockey League from 1982 to 1984 . They played at the Verdun Auditorium . Quebec ( pronounced or ) is the second - most populous ___MASK49___ of Canada and the only one to have a predominantly French - speaking population , with French as the sole provincial official language .