Newmarket Saints Explained

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.

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:

Alumni

Former players include:

Season-by-season results

Regular season

SeasonGames WonLostTiedOTLPointsGoals
for
Goals
against
Standing
8028484602263377th, South
80333386802823286th, South
8038366823393344th, South
80313316783053185th, South
8026459612783178th, South

Playoffs

Season1st round2nd roundFinals
Out of Playoffs
Out of Playoffs
Out of Playoffs
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

Career Goals:

Career Assists:

Career Points:

Career Penalty Minutes:

Career Goaltending Wins:

Career Shutouts:

Career Games:

See also