The Newmarket Saints were a minor league hockey team in
Newmarket,
Ontario
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. It played in the
American Hockey League
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from 1986 to 1991 as the farm team of the
Toronto Maple Leafs
The Toronto Maple Leafs (officially the Toronto Maple Leaf Hockey Club and often referred to as the Leafs) are a professional ice hockey team based in Toronto. They compete in the National Hockey League (NHL) as a member of the Atlantic Div ...
at the
Ray Twinney Complex
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.
After the 1985–86 season, the
Toronto Maple Leafs
The Toronto Maple Leafs (officially the Toronto Maple Leaf Hockey Club and often referred to as the Leafs) are a professional ice hockey team based in Toronto. They compete in the National Hockey League (NHL) as a member of the Atlantic Div ...
moved their top affiliate from
St. Catharines to the
Ray Twinney Complex
The Ray Twinney Complex, formerly known as the Newmarket Recreational Complex, is a multi-purpose recreational facility in the southwest portion of Newmarket, Ontario, built in 1985. The complex was named for former Newmarket mayor Ray Twinney. ...
, a recently built arena in Newmarket, north of Toronto.
However, the Ray Twinney Complex was nowhere near adequate for an AHL team, and Newmarket itself was too small at the time for the team to be viable. These factors, combined with the team being barely competitive (only one winning season), led the Leafs to move the Saints to
St. John's, Newfoundland and Labrador for the 1991–92 season where they became the
St. John's Maple Leafs
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. The void in Newmarket would be filled by the
Newmarket Royals
The Newmarket Royals were a junior ice hockey team in the Ontario Hockey League from 1992 to 1994. They played out of Newmarket, Ontario, Canada.
History
The Royals franchise started in 1969 as the Cornwall Royals of the Quebec Major Junior Hock ...
, of the
OHL OHL or Ohl may refer to:
Initialisms
*Latvian Hockey Higher League, known in Latvian as the ''Optibet hokeja līga''
*Oberste Heeresleitung, the Supreme Army Command of Germany in World War I
*Obrascón Huarte Lain, a Spanish construction company
* ...
.
The franchise was replaced by:
* OHL
Newmarket Royals
The Newmarket Royals were a junior ice hockey team in the Ontario Hockey League from 1992 to 1994. They played out of Newmarket, Ontario, Canada.
History
The Royals franchise started in 1969 as the Cornwall Royals of the Quebec Major Junior Hock ...
(1991–1994) - moved from
Cornwall
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, now
Sarnia Sting
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* OHA Junior A
Newmarket Hurricanes
The Newmarket Hurricanes were a Junior "A" ice hockey team from Newmarket, Ontario. They played in the Ontario Junior Hockey League. The franchise existed from 1972 until 2019, based in Newmarket starting in 1975.
History
In 1972, the Seneca Fly ...
Alumni
Former players include:
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Tim Bernhardt
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Playing career
Bernhardt bega ...
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Allan Bester
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Playing career
Bester w ...
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Tie Domi
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John Kordic
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Hockey career
Kordic played for the Montreal Canadiens, Toronto Maple Leafs, Washington Capitals and Quebec Nordiques, for a ...
*
Garry Lariviere
*
Bob McGill
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Early life
McGill began playing hockey when he moved to Leduc with his family ...
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Chris McRae
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As a youth, he played in the 1978 Quebec Inte ...
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Barry Melrose
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Jim Ralph
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From 1978 to 1989, he played for numerous Ontario Hockey League and American Hockey League teams, including the O ...
*
Jeff Reese
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Season-by-season results
Regular season
Playoffs
Team records
Single Season
:Goals: Marty Dallman 50
:Assists: Daniel Reame 63
:Points: Daniel Reame 110
:Penalty Minutes: Tie Domi 187
:GAA: Allan Bester 2.87
:SV%: Serafin Fernandez .927
Career
:Career Goals:
:Career Assists:
:Career Points:
:Career Penalty Minutes:
:Career Goaltending Wins:
:Career Shutouts:
:Career Games:
See also
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List of ice hockey teams in Ontario
The following is a list of ice hockey teams in Ontario, past and present. It includes the league(s) they play for, and championships won.
Major professional
National Hockey League
Current teams
Former teams
National Hockey Association
Wor ...
{{Defunct AHL
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Maple Leaf Sports & Entertainment
Ice hockey clubs established in 1986
Sports clubs disestablished in 1991
1986 establishments in Ontario
1991 disestablishments in Ontario