Audio: A closer look at Habs training facility

Bell Sports Complex At A Glance

The Bell Sports Complex has been open to Brossard’s minor hockey teams for a few weeks and officially welcomes the Canadiens to their new practice facility on Dec. 8, 2008. The state-of-the-art complex has been designed to meet the standards of a professional hockey team and the needs of young athletes for hockey and soccer. Its unique central T-shape design provides unobstructed sightlines to both rinks and the soccer field. Here is a description of some of its main features:

TWO ADJOINING RINKS:
• Standard NHL regulation size 85-by-200 feet
• Fully equipped scoreboard
• Rink boards, kick plate, protective glass and logos identical to those at the Bell Centre
• Signal and timing devices controlled from the timekeeper’s bench
• Sound system accessible from the timekeeper’s bench

Rink 1:
• 350 seating capacity, including eight for disabled persons
• 1 security harness for figure-skating jumps

Canadiens practice rink:
• 850 seating capacity including eight for disabled persons

Soccer field:
• FIFA certified playing surface
• Full size (11 x 11 of 303 x 187 feet)
• Two-metre security clearance area on each side of the touchline and of 4 metres behind the goal line
• 750 seating capacity including eight for disabled persons

Service rooms:
• 20 team dressing rooms, 4 rooms for officials
• VIP double-size dressing room
• Multipurpose room
• First-aid room equipped with a defibrillator

Restaurants and bar:
• Cage aux Sports / Pizza Pizza / Café Van Houtte
- can accommodate 20 to 250 guests
Catering service for customized menus, bar service in the dressing rooms

Zone Canadiens Team Store
• Pro shop services
• Large outdoor parking lot

Other services:
• Mansfield Training Centre (fully equipped gymnasium)
• Physiotherapy clinic
• Orthopedic clinic