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.

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:

• Tim Bernhardt
• Allan Bester
• Tie Domi
• Alan Hepple
• John Kordic
• Garry Lariviere
• Bob McGill
• Chris McRae
• Barry Melrose
• Jim Ralph
• Jeff Reese

Season-by-season results

Regular season

Playoffs

Team records

Single Season

Goals: Marty Dallman – 50

Assists: Wes Jarvis – 59

Points: Marty Dallman – 89

Penalty minutes: Tie Domi – 187

GAA: Allan Bester – 2.87

SV%: Serafin Fernandez – .927

Career

Source:

Goals: Marty Dallman – 100

Assists: Wes Jarvis – 162

Points: Wes Jarvis – 250

Penalty minutes: Brian Blad – 250

Goaltending wins:

Shutouts:

Games played: Wes Jarvis – 237

See also

• List of ice hockey teams in Ontario

References