The North Shore Knights were a minor professional

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team in the

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based out of

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. The Knights played the majority of their home games at the Kingsville Arena Complex as well as a few home games in several other cities in

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and

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History

In 2016,

St. Clair Shores, Michigan St. Clair Shores is a suburban city bordering Lake Saint Clair (North America), Lake St. Clair in Macomb County, Michigan, Macomb County of the U.S. state of Michigan. It forms a part of the Metro Detroit area, and is located about northeast of d ...

, were granted an FHL expansion team for the 2016–17 season. The team went on to play in neutral site games in Battle Creek, Michigan, and

, due to poor attendance in St. Clair Shores. When the schedule was released for the 2017–18 season, the Fighting Saints were listed with home games in Gravenhurst, Ontario, Témiscaming, Quebec,

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, and

. The team was later announced to have relocated to Kingsville as the North Shore Knights. The Fighting Saints' ownership group was headed by Michal Kolarik, who also owns the local

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junior hockey team and many players from the Kings also played on the Fighting Saints prior to the relocation. Over the course of the season, the team had multiple head coaches in Jiri Micka and Stephen Esau. By December 2017, the Knights would forfeit or attempt to reschedule most of their home games before the team would forfeit all remaining home games after February 11. At the end of March, the Knights released all players and staff. The FHL commissioner confirmed the Knights would not return for the following season.

Season-by-season records

References

External links

Knights' official website
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