| Newfoundland Regiment Régiment de Terre-Neuve | |
|---|---|
| [REDACTED] | |
| City | St. John's, Newfoundland and Labrador |
| League | Quebec Maritimes Junior Hockey League |
| Division | Maritimes |
| Founded | 1969 |
| Home arena | Mary Brown's Centre |
| Colours | Puttee blue, legacy maroon, heritage tan and white |
| General manager | Gordie Dwyer |
| Head coach | Gordie Dwyer |
| Website | www.nlregiment.com |
| Franchise history | |
| 1969–1971 | Rosemont National |
| 1971–1979 | Laval National |
| 1979–1985 | Laval Voisins |
| 1985–1994 | Laval Titan |
| 1994–1998 | Laval Titan Collège Français |
| 1998–present | Acadie–Bathurst Titan |
| Future | Newfoundland Regiment |
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The Newfoundland Regiment are a future Canadian junior ice hockey team in the Quebec Maritimes Junior Hockey League that will play at the Mary Brown's Centre in St. John's, Newfoundland and Labrador.
History
The franchise was granted in 1969–70 as the Rosemont National. In 1971, they moved from Rosemont to Laval to become the Laval National, and later the Laval Voisins. In 1985, they became the Laval Titan, and in 1994, they became the Laval Titan Collège Français following a merger with the Verdun Collège Français, and then in 1998, they moved to Bathurst, where they became the Acadie-Bathurst Titan.
The Titan won two President's Cups and the 2018 Memorial Cup, while based in the smallest market in the Canadian Hockey League, with a population of 13,424 residents. In 2021, the owners unsuccessfuly tried to sell the team, and the city of Bathurst announced $175,000 in grants to the team. Attendance averaged more than 3,000 spectators per game in the early 2000s, but declined to 1,627 spectators per game for the 2023–24 season. Team owners had annual deficits in the thousands of dollars, but could not find a local buyer. Owners had hired Ernst & Young to conduct a search for new local ownership to no avail.
In December 2024, the QMJHL approved the sale of the team to a group of investors led by Glenn Stanford, who will relocate the team to the Mary Brown's Centre in St. John's, Newfoundland and Labrador, for the 2025–26 season. This would be the first time the QMJHL would return to St. Johns since 2008, when the St. John's Fog Devils became the Montreal Junior Hockey Club.
On January 23, 2025, the Newfoundland Regiment name was announced, paying homage to the Royal Newfoundland Regiment of the Canadian Army. Similar to the military unit's badge, the team's logo consists of a woodland caribou.
References
- ^ Gill, Jordan (December 13, 2024). "Sale of Acadie-Bathurst Titan imminent, league says". CBC News. Retrieved December 18, 2024.
- ^ Leroux, Stéphane (December 16, 2024). "Le Titan déménagera; la LHJMQ de retour à Terre-Neuve". Réseau des sports (in French). Montreal, Quebec. Retrieved December 18, 2024.