# Team 296: Northern Knights Montreal, Québec, Canada. Rookie year 1999. ## Who backs them - School: Loyola High School - Sponsors: SME Chapter 50 Montreal, Navarra Consulting - Website: http://robotics.loyola.ca - Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/frc296 - Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/frc296 ## 2026 season - xP rating: **11.63**, rank 3288 of 3708 (11.3th percentile) - Record: 1-10-0 over 11 matches (9% win rate) - Rating by phase: auto 2.5, teleop 9.1, endgame 0.0 - Ranking-point odds for this robot: RP1 13%, RP2 4% ### Events in 2026 | Event | Key | Week | Rank | Qual record | RP | Alliance | xP | dP | ReP | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | Festival de Robotique Regional | 2026qcmo | 6 | 36 | 1-10-0 | 10 | | 11.6 | | 4 | ## Awards, all time - Blue banners: 6 - Awards: 19, over 10 seasons - Einstein appearances: 1 (2006) | Award | Won | Years | | --- | --- | --- | | Winner | 3 | 2010, 2006 | | Visualization (no longer given) | 3 | 2006, 2005 | | Gracious Professionalism | 2 | 2017, 2011 | | Woodie Flowers | 2 | 2013, 2012 | | Entrepreneurship (no longer given) | 2 | 2010, 2009 | | Judges' | 2 | 2006, 2005 | | Leadership | 1 | 2016 | | Impact | 1 | 2013 | | Engineering Inspiration | 1 | 2012 | | Innovation in Control | 1 | 2006 | | Creativity | 1 | 2001 | Still open, of the awards FIRST gave out in 2026 and 2025: Autonomous, Excellence in Engineering, Finalist, Imagery, Impact Finalist, Industrial Design, Quality, Rising All-Star, Team Spirit, Team Sustainability, VOTY. ## Playoff runs | Season | Event | Alliance | Result | | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 2026 | Festival de Robotique Regional | | Not picked | | 2025 | Festival de Robotique Regional | | Not picked | | 2024 | New York Tech Valley Regional | | Not picked | | 2024 | Festival de Robotique Regional | | Not picked | | 2023 | Festival de Robotique Regional | | Not picked | | 2022 | Festival de Robotique Regional Day 3 | Alliance 4 · 2nd pick | Top four | | 2022 | Festival de Robotique Regional Day 1 | | Not picked | | 2020 | Festival de Robotique a Sherbrooke Regional | Alliance 4 · captain | Out before the top four | | 2020 | Week 0 | Alliance 4 · 1st pick | Out before the top four | | 2019 | Festival de Robotique a Quebec City Regional | Alliance 4 · 2nd pick | Top four | | 2018 | SBPLI Long Island Regional #1 | Alliance 6 · captain | Top four | | 2018 | Festival de Robotique - Montreal Regional | | Not picked | | 2017 | Festival de Robotique - Montreal Regional | | Not picked | | 2017 | Finger Lakes Regional | | Not picked | | 2016 | Carson Division | | Not picked | | 2016 | FRC Festival de Robotique - Montreal Regional | Alliance 4 · captain | Out before the top four | | 2016 | Greater Toronto East Regional | Alliance 5 · 1st pick | Out before the top four | | 2016 | Week 0 | | | | 2015 | SBPLI Long Island Regional | | Not picked | | 2015 | FRC Festival de Robotique - Montreal Regional | | Not picked | | 2014 | Windsor Essex Great Lakes Regional | | Not picked | | 2014 | Festival de Robotique FRC a Montreal Regional | | Not picked | | 2013 | Newton Division | | Not picked | | 2013 | Festival de Robotique FRC de Montreal Regional | Alliance 6 · 2nd pick | Top four | | 2012 | Galileo Division | | Not picked | | 2012 | Festival de Robotique FRC a Montreal Regional | Alliance 8 (read from the playoff lineups) | Out before the top four | | 2011 | Greater Toronto East Regional | | Not picked | | 2010 | Curie Division | | Not picked | | 2010 | Waterloo Regional | Alliance 1 · 2nd pick | Won the event | | 2009 | Waterloo Regional | Alliance 8 (read from the playoff lineups) | Out before the top four | | 2009 | New Jersey Regional | | Not picked | | 2008 | Newton Division | | Not picked | | 2008 | Greater Toronto Regional | | Not picked | | 2007 | Greater Toronto Regional | Alliance 4 (read from the playoff lineups) | Out before the top four | | 2007 | BAE SYSTEMS Granite State Regional | Alliance 5 (read from the playoff lineups) | Top four | | 2006 | Einstein Field | | Won the event | | 2006 | Archimedes Division | Alliance 1 · captain | Won the event | | 2006 | Greater Toronto Regional | | | | 2006 | BAE SYSTEMS Granite State Regional | Alliance 5 · captain | Top four | | 2005 | Archimedes Division | | Not picked | | 2005 | Greater Toronto Regional | | Not picked | | 2005 | UTC New England Regional | | Not picked | | 2004 | Galileo Division | Alliance 6 · captain | Out before the top four | | 2004 | Greater Toronto Regional | | Finalist | | 2004 | BAE SYSTEMS Granite State Regional | | | | 2003 | UTC New England Regional | | Not picked | | 2003 | BAE SYSTEMS Granite State Regional | | Not picked | | 2002 | Canadian Regional | | Not picked | ## Every season | Season | xP | Rank | Percentile | Record | Events | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 2026 | 11.6 | 3288 / 3708 | 11.3 | 1-10-0 | 1 | | 2025 | 16.5 | 2867 / 3687 | 22.2 | 4-8-0 | 1 | | 2024 | 13.0 | 1905 / 3475 | 45.2 | 10-9-1 | 2 | | 2023 | 20.8 | 2102 / 3284 | 36.0 | 3-6-0 | 1 | | 2022 | 8.7 | 2167 / 3053 | 29.0 | 10-11-0 | 2 | | 2020 | 29.4 | 829 / 2024 | 59.1 | 10-10-0 | 2 | | 2019 | 17.2 | 1634 / 3763 | 56.6 | 8-7-0 | 1 | | 2018 | 82.6 | 1663 / 3617 | 54.0 | 15-11-0 | 2 | | 2017 | 51.0 | 2700 / 3331 | 18.9 | 3-15-1 | 2 | | 2016 | 27.4 | 1262 / 3114 | 59.5 | 18-21-0 | 4 | | 2015 | 19.9 | 1286 / 2873 | 55.3 | Not applicable (qual average) | 2 | | 2014 | 21.0 | 1643 / 2697 | 39.1 | 11-11-0 | 2 | | 2013 | 10.7 | 1611 / 2510 | 35.8 | 9-13-1 | 2 | | 2012 | 6.4 | 1004 / 2332 | 57.0 | 8-14-0 | 2 | | 2011 | 4.1 | 1602 / 2053 | 22.0 | 3-5-2 | 1 | | 2010 | 0.2 | 1748 / 1801 | 2.9 | 15-12-0 | 2 | | 2009 | 19.3 | 472 / 1675 | 71.9 | 5-14-0 | 2 | | 2008 | 9.2 | 998 / 1498 | 33.4 | 7-8-0 | 2 | | 2007 | 12.8 | 275 / 1295 | 78.8 | 14-9-0 | 2 | | 2006 | 27.2 | 31 / 1125 | 97.3 | 31-8-2 | 4 | | 2005 | 4.2 | 646 / 747 | 13.5 | 10-17-0 | 3 | | 2004 | 30.3 | 275 / 932 | 70.6 | 16-15-0 | 3 | | 2003 | 18.8 | 400 / 785 | 49.1 | 10-10-0 | 2 | | 2002 | 13.2 | 16 / 641 | 97.7 | 3-6-0 | 1 | A season is chosen with `?year=` on this URL. 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