Toronto Roller Derby All-Stars Toronto Roller Derby's charter travel team, formerly named CN Power (playing on the name of the
CN Tower, a Toronto landmark) is the Toronto Roller Derby All-Stars. Every year, league members, including transfer skaters who have yet to be drafted to a home team, participate in tryouts, the results of which are used to select the All-Stars' roster. The team colours are pink, silver and white, and it plays home and away games against teams from other cities' leagues. Toronto was originally placed in WFTDA's
North Central region, and after the introduction of the Divisions system debuted in
Division 2 at 49th overall. By the end of 2013, Toronto had advanced 20 slots to 29th overall, and competed as a
Division 1 team beginning in 2014.
WFTDA competition CN Power, initially representing Toronto in the WFTDA's
North Central Region, received their first
ranking at the conclusion of the 2011 WFTDA season, and debuted at 17th in the region. At the conclusion of the first quarter of 2012, this ranking had improved to 15th, and after the second quarter, another improvement, to 13th. In July 2013, it was announced that Toronto had moved 10 spots up in the rankings, to 39th overall, qualifying them for their first appearance in the WFTDA
Division 1 playoffs, held in September 2013 in
Salem, Oregon. On the first day of the tournament, Toronto,
seeded tenth in the tournament, upset the seventh-seeded
Sacred City Derby Girls in their first bout of the weekend, 215–90. This set up a bout versus the second-seeded
Atlanta Rollergirls, who defeated Toronto 219–171. On the Saturday, CN Power upset the sixth-seeded
Boston Derby Dames, narrowly defeating them 204-198, and qualified for the bout to determine fifth place on the Sunday, where they fell 208-124 to the All Stars from the
Victorian Roller Derby League, ending the tournament with a sixth-place finish. As of March 31, 2014, Toronto was ranked 13th in the WFTDA, In 2014, CN Power qualified for the WFTDA playoffs for the second time, with an overall ranking of 23, Toronto entered the tournament as the sixth seed, and played their first game of the tournament against the
Windy City Rollers of
Chicago, losing 327-80, relegating them to the consolation bracket. Toronto then defeated the All Stars of
Houston Roller Derby 220-140, lost to
Arizona Roller Derby 167-137 and defeated
Steel City Roller Derby of
Pittsburgh, 184-170, to finish the tournament in seventh place. After missing the WFTDA post-season in 2016 and 2017, in 2018, Toronto was ranked 59th overall in the June 30 rankings update, and received an invitation to a
Continental Cup, but declined their invitation.
Rankings •
DNP = did not play Quad City Chaos 's New Skids On The Block vs CN Power, Quad City Chaos Tournament, March 28, 2010 From 2010 through 2015, Toronto Roller Derby hosted an invitational tournament called Quad City Chaos each March, bringing in three
WFTDA Division 1 leagues' A teams to play the All-Stars, along with B teams. In 2015 the leagues were the
Boston Derby Dames,
Steel City Roller Derby from
Pittsburgh and the
Rideau Valley Roller Girls from
Ottawa.
Bay Street Bruisers The Bay Street Bruisers were one of the original six home teams when the league started play in 2007, but disbanded in early 2009 along with the original D-VAS. In July 2012, the Bruisers competed at the Roller Derby Association of Canada's Eastern Region Championship tournament, held in
Guelph, Ontario, and finished the tournament in first place, defeating the All Stars from
Forest City Derby Girls (
London, Ontario) in the final, 163–88. The Bruisers' roster is determined using the same tryout process that determines the CN Power roster.
Vipers Two teams from the original group of six in 2007 disbanded before the start of the 2009 season. The D-VAS and Bay Street Bruisers both folded in the Spring of that year, with their skaters dispersed to the remaining four league teams. The D-VAS (pronounced
diva, and short for Deadly Viper Assassination Squad), were relaunched in 2010 as the league's
rookie squad, composed of newer and transfer skaters who have yet to be drafted onto the other four league teams, and they skate against other leagues' emerging talent. In 2011, the D-VAS split two bouts against Nickel City Roller Derby's Sister Slag squad, with the D-VAS winning the first bout in Toronto 71 to 38, and Nickel City hosting the follow-up bout in June in
Sudbury, and taking the win 157 to 36. In July 2011, the D-VAS took second place in the 2 Fresh 2 Furious rookie tournament hosted by the
GTA Rollergirls. In September 2011, the D-VAS faced off against
Guelph's
Royal City Roller Girls All-Stars, with Guelph winning, 203 to 42. They wear black and red. In November 2016, the D-VAS officially changed their team name to the Vipers. ==ToRD in the media==