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The Newmarket Saints were a minor league hockey team in Newmarket,
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. It played in the
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from 1986 to 1991 as the farm team of the
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at the Ray Twinney Complex. After the 1985–86 season, the
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moved their top affiliate from St. Catharines to the Ray Twinney Complex, 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 The St. John's Maple Leafs were a minor ice hockey team in the American Hockey League. They played in St. John's, Newfoundland and Labrador, Canada, at Memorial Stadium from 1991 to 2001, and at Mile One Stadium from 2001 to 2005. The team was ...
. The void in Newmarket would be filled by the Newmarket Royals, of the OHL. The franchise was replaced by: * OHL Newmarket Royals (1991–1994) - moved from
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, now
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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: *
Tim Bernhardt Timothy John Bernhardt (born January 17, 1958) is a retired professional ice hockey goaltender who played 67 games in the National Hockey League with the Toronto Maple Leafs and Calgary Flames between 1982 and 1986. Playing career Bernhardt bega ...
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Allan Bester Allan Bester (born March 26, 1964) is a Canadian former professional ice hockey goaltender. He played in the National Hockey League with the Toronto Maple Leafs, Detroit Red Wings, and Dallas Stars between 1984 and 1996. Playing career Bester ...
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Tie Domi Tahir "Tie" Domi (born November 1, 1969) is a Canadian former professional ice hockey player. Known as an enforcer, he played for the Toronto Maple Leafs, New York Rangers and Winnipeg Jets over a 16-year NHL career. He is the Maple Leafs' all ti ...
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John Kordic John Nicholas Kordic (March 22, 1965 – August 8, 1992) was a Canadian ice hockey player in the National Hockey League. Hockey career Kordic played for the Montreal Canadiens, Toronto Maple Leafs, Washington Capitals and Quebec Nordiques, for a ...
* Garry Lariviere *
Bob McGill Robert Paul McGill (born April 27, 1962) is a Canadian former professional ice hockey player. McGill played in the National Hockey League (NHL) from 1981 until 1994. Early life McGill began playing hockey when he moved to Leduc with his family ...
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Chris McRae Chris McRae (born August 26, 1965) is a Canadians, Canadian former professional ice hockey player who played 21 games in the National Hockey League. He played with the Toronto Maple Leafs and Detroit Red Wings. As a youth, he played in the 1978 ...
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Barry Melrose Barry James Melrose (born July 15, 1956) is a Canadian–American broadcaster and former professional ice hockey player and head coach. Melrose played in the World Hockey Association (WHA) and National Hockey League (NHL). After retiring from ...
* Jim Ralph * Jeff Reese


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

* List of ice hockey teams in Ontario {{Defunct AHL Toronto Maple Leafs minor league affiliates Maple Leaf Sports & Entertainment Ice hockey clubs established in 1986 Sports clubs disestablished in 1991 1986 establishments in Ontario 1991 disestablishments in Ontario