St. Catharines Saints

St. Catharines Saints
founding	1982
resolution	1986
history	New Brunswick Hawks 1978–1982 St. Catharines Saints 1982–1986 Newmarket Saints 1986–1991 St. John's Maple Leafs 1991–2005 Toronto Marlies since 2005
Stadion	Garden City Arena
Location	St. Catharines
Team colors	blue White
league	American Hockey League
Cooperations	Toronto Maple Leafs
Calder cups	no

The St. Catharines Saints were a Canadian ice hockey franchise of the American Hockey League from St. Catharines . The Saints' venue was the Garden City Arena .

history

The St. Catharines Saints were founded in 1982 by the Toronto Maple Leafs as their new farm team as a franchise of the American Hockey League . After the team missed the playoffs in their first season, the Saints reached the playoffs for the Calder Cup for the first time in franchise history in the 1983/84 season , but were defeated there in the first round by the Rochester Americans 3: 4 wins . Another year followed without the Saints participating in the playoffs before St. Catharines failed in the 1985/86 season only in the second playoff round with a 3: 4 win at the Hershey Bears .

Following this season, the Toronto Maple Leafs decided to relocate their farm team to Newmarket (Ontario) , where it was henceforth active in the AHL under the name Newmarket Saints .

Season statistics

Abbreviations: GP = games, W = wins, L = defeats, T = draws, OTL = defeats after overtime, SOL = defeats after shootout , Pts = points, GF = goals scored, GA = goals against, PIM = penalty minutes

season	GP	W.	L.	T	OTL	SOL	Pts	GF	GA	space	Playoffs
1982-83	80	33	41	6th	-	-	72	335	368	6. South	not qualified
1983-84	80	43	31	6th	-	-	92	364	346	3. South	1st round: defeat, 3: 4 against Rochester Americans
1984-85	80	24	50	6th	-	-	54	272	391	7. South	not qualified
1985-86	80	38	37	5	-	-	81	304	308	3. South	1st round: win, 4-2 vs. Binghamton Whalers 2nd round: defeat, 3-4 vs. Hershey Bears

Team records

Career records

Games: 269 Craig Muni

Goals: 97 Bruce Boudreau

Assists: 134 Bruce Boudreau

Points: 231 Bruce Boudreau

Penalty minutes: 868 Leigh Verstraete

Web links

• The Internet Hockey Database Statistics St. Catharines Saints
• The Internet Hockey Database - Player List St. Catharines Saints