more popular senior team in 1920. The team played in the Junior Amateur Hockey Association (JAHA). The team was shut down in 1925 but reactivated in 1944. In 1949, the league was renamed the Quebec Junior Hockey League. The team was shut down again in 1952 but reactivated one final time in 1956 in the Metropolitan Montreal Junior Hockey League. In 1958 the club was renamed the Palestre Nationals. In 1969, the MMJHL merged with the Quebec Junior Hockey League to form the Quebec Major Junior Hockey League. That year the team moved out to the Montreal borough of Rosemont to become the Rosemont Nationals. In 1971, the club moved out to the Montreal suburb of Laval to become the Laval Nationals. In 1975, after 50 years of operation, the Montreal Nationals organization folded. The team still used the Nationals name for the next few seasons, but after coach Jean Rougeau left the club they were renamed the Laval Voisins. Today the club is the Acadie–Bathurst Titan. Lacrosse As well as their hockey team, the Montreal Nationals also had a lacrosse team, which was actually established first, in 1894. In 1897, they won the intermediate league, and in 1898 the senior league. Becoming professional in 1910, they won the Eastern Canada championship, but lost the Minto Cup to New Westminster in the Canadian championship. Prominent players Jack Laviolette Didier Pitre Newsy Lalonde Joe Cattarinich See also 1904 FAHL season Montreal Canadiens Montreal Montagnards References General Canadian Amateur Hockey League teams Federal Amateur Hockey League teams Defunct ice hockey teams in Canada Le 1895 establishments in Quebec 1927 disestablishments in Canada Ice hockey clubs established in 1895 Sports clubs disestablished in 1927