Newmarket Saints

The Newmarket Saints were a minor league hockey team in Newmarket, Ontario. It played in the American Hockey League from 1986 to 1991 as the farm team of the Toronto Maple Leafs at the Ray Twinney Complex.

Newmarket Saints
City	Newmarket, Ontario
League	American Hockey League
Conference	Western Conference
Division	North Division
Operated	1986–1991
Home arena	Ray Twinney Complex
Colors	Blue and White
Owner(s)	Maple Leaf Gardens Limited
General manager	Gord Stellick
Head coach	Paul Gardner (1986–1990) Frank Anzalone (1990–91)
Affiliates	Toronto Maple Leafs
Franchise history
1978–1982	New Brunswick Hawks
1982–1986	St. Catharines Saints
1986–1991	Newmarket Saints
1991–2005	St. John's Maple Leafs
2005–present	Toronto Marlies

After the 1985–86 season, the Toronto Maple Leafs 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 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 Cornwall, now Sarnia Sting
• OHA Junior A Newmarket Hurricanes

Alumni

Former players include:

• Chris McRae - Detroit Red Wings, Fort Wayne Komets (IHL)
• Garry Lariviere - Quebec Nordiques, Edmonton Oilers
• Tim Bernhardt - Toronto Maple Leafs and Calgary Flames.
• Bob McGill - Toronto Maple Leafs, Chicago Blackhawks, San Jose Sharks, Detroit Red Wings, New York Islanders, Hartford Whalers
• Barry Melrose - Winnipeg Jets, Toronto Maple Leafs, Detroit Red Wings, later coach of the Los Angeles Kings (1992–95) and the Tampa Bay Lightning (2008).
• John Kordic - Montreal Canadiens, Toronto Maple Leafs, Washington Capitals, Edmonton Oilers, Quebec Nordiques
• Tie Domi - Toronto Maple Leafs, New York Rangers, Winnipeg Jets
• Allan Bester - Toronto Maple Leafs, Detroit Red Wings, Dallas Stars
• Jeff Reese - Toronto Maple Leafs, Calgary Flames, Hartford Whalers, Tampa Bay Lightning and New Jersey Devils.
• Jim Ralph - broadcaster for Toronto Maple Leafs.

Season-by-season results

• St. Catharines Saints 1982–1986
• Newmarket Saints 1986–1991

Regular Season

Season	Games	Won	Lost	Tied	OTL	Points	Goals for	Goals against	Standing
1982–83	80	33	41	6	—	72	335	368	6th, South
1983–84	80	43	31	6	—	92	364	346	3rd, South
1984–85	80	24	50	6	—	54	272	391	7th, South
1985–86	80	38	37	5	—	81	304	308	3rd, South
1986–87	80	28	48	—	4	60	226	337	7th, South
1987–88	80	33	33	8	6	80	282	328	6th, South
1988–89	80	38	36	6	—	82	339	334	4th, South
1989–90	80	31	33	16	—	78	305	318	5th, South
1990–91	80	26	45	9	—	61	278	317	8th, South

Playoffs

Season	1st round	2nd round	Finals
1982–83	Out of Playoffs
1983–84	L, 3–4, Rochester	—	—
1984–85	Out of Playoffs
1985–86	W, 4–2, Binghamton	L, 3–4, Hershey	—
1986–87	Out of Playoffs
1987–88	Out of Playoffs
1988–89	L, 1–4, Adirondack	—	—
1989–90	Out of Playoffs
1990–91	Out of 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

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See also

• List of ice hockey teams in Ontario