Mephisto

MEPHISTO 2012

Mephisto has a decade long winning tradition of being Quebec's premiere men's ultimate team. In 2012 Mephisto hopes to continue this high standard of play by being Quebec's top seed at the CUC Championships and achieving a minimum semi-final finish there.

Mephisto fosters an attitude of winning performance based on years of elite international play, experienced leadership and an atmosphere of fairness, open communication and mutual respect. The Mephisto-Demon team devotes much energy into developing ultimate in Montreal and is always excited to develop new talent with potential in order to achieve high results this season as well as for seasons to come.

Come join our winning tradition! For more information on the team’s goals for the 2012 season, the schedule and to register for the tryouts that will be held on Friday, March 9th (7:30 pm – 9:30 pm) at stade Hébert, please follow this link : http://bit.ly/zoYleg

The Mephisto captains

SUMMER 2011 

Last weekend, Mephisto traveled to Syracuse, New York, to participate in the Cazenovia Ultimate Tournament. Saturday’s games promised to be difficult since the team played in the power pool against 4 of the best men’s teams in the Northeast: Ironside (Boston), Southpaw (Philadelphia), PoNY (New York) and GOAT (Toronto). With 17 rookies in its lineup, many of whom were playing against teams of this level for the first time, Mephisto started slowly and nervously, finishing the day with a 0-4 record. Still, each game brought a nice progression of increased intensity and execution, the highlight being the last game of day: a hard fought 13-9 loss to PoNY. Players enjoyed an evening of NHL finals, beers and rest at the Brae Loch Inn.

Sunday morning, Mephisto faced in the quarterfinals a team they had played the day before: Southpaw. After a slow 0-4 start for Mephisto, both teams then exchanged points, with Mephisto getting back a few breaks. The fight ended with a 12-15 loss for Mephisto, who still managed to score twice as much points as in the game from Saturday against the same team. Relegated to the 5th place bracket, Mephisto then played Red Tide (Portland, Maine). Continuing on its streak and working hard, Mephisto got a convincing 15-10 win. The last game of the weekend was against long-time rival Phoenix (Ottawa). After another slow start, Mephisto was able to get back in the game. Unfortunately, the players from Phoenix took advantage of some mistakes and finished with a 15-11 victory. Mephisto finished 6th in a tournament, highlighted by a clear improvement of the team throughout the weekend.

Montreal's top Open team, Mephisto, started its season on the right foot last weekend (May 21-22) after an offseason full of surprises. With most of last year's team now hoping to represent Canada in the Mixed division at Worlds next year, Mephisto showed it is ready for 2011. The team won the White Mountain Open held in Quechee, Vermont last weekend. Mephisto headed to WMO seeded first, a ranking earned from the team's WMO win last year. This is not the same Mephisto team, however, as the roster now includes 17 new players. As with any team with so many new players the challenge is to develop chemistry quickly and learn the team system. Players have really embraced this challenge and showed great focus in executing recent practice strategy. To the players' credit, Mephisto performed admirably this weekend, winning all games.

Saturday allowed the players to develop chemistry on the field. In the first game, the offensive line did its job with plays both simple and spectacular in their efficiency. The two defensive lines, after a slow start, were then able to break the opponent to win the game 15-9. The two other games of the day were similar to the first one, Mephisto dominating its opponents to finish with a record of 3-0.

The quarter-finals and semi-finals games placed Mephisto against teams from the Masters category. These teams were smart and experienced but Mephisto used its speed to earn two victories and advance to the final. The last game pitted Mephisto against Bloody Gary, an improving young team from Sherbrooke. After trading points at the beginning of the game, Mephisto fought for a couple of breaks played steadily to win the game 15-9 and the tournament.

L-P Lauzon

Mephisto returns in 2011 with a focus to rapidly develop competitive ultimate players eager to learn high level strategies from Montreal's most experienced and successful players.

2011 represents an exciting development opportunity as half of last year's roster is currently seeking a bid in the coed division for World Championships in 2012.While this temporary loss will make it difficult to match the excellent performances of recent years including 3 consecutive finals at Canadian Nationals as well as a National Championship, Mephisto is nonetheless committed to the highest level of play possible and also to developing eager new competitive players with high potential.

The two longest reigning Mephisto captains are both returning and are eager to pass on their lengthy ultimate experience which includes playing for teams like GOAT and Furious, multiple World Championship medals and also UPA finals qualifications. The 2011 roster will provide opportunities for returning players to step up to greater responsibilities and also for new players to integrate into a successful strategic system.

Contact the Mephisto captains and come meet the challenge!

It's a Five for one!! Five teams - 1 tryout !!

Mephisto, Demon and Agony are happy to join forces with Nsom (Masters) and RIP (Mixed) for their first wave of tryouts for the 2011 season ! It's the perfect opportunity to show the Montreal competitive teams just how good you are !!!

If you would like to attend the tryouts, you must fill out this form by March 31st : https://spreadsheets.google.com/viewform?hl=en&formkey=dHdLX2xKODBJckZFc...

• Where: Stade St-Jean de Vianney
• When: 10:00am to 1:00pm (extra time slot from 1:00pm to 2:00pm).
• Please arrive by 9h30am to have enough time to pay and to get assigned a number.
• Cost: 20$ CASH payable before the start of the tryouts
• What to bring:
  • Water+Food
  • Gear to play on interior and exterior turf fields
  • Jersey with number: white, black, red and blue.

Note that each team will manage their selection separately following these tryouts. For more information, you can contact each team's leaders.

Looking forward to seeing many of you out there !!

The leaders of Mephisto-Demon-Agony-Nsom and RIP