QMJHL team to relocate for the 2025-26 season, bringing hockey back to Newfoundland
QMJHL club Acadie-Bathurst Titan has officially been sold and will relocate to Newfoundland for the 2025-26 season.
The details of the deal have not been fully released to the public at this time.
In fact, technically, we do not know for sure exactly where the team will move to.
However, it is a safe bet that they will find their new home in St. John's, the largest city in the province.
The capital city has a population of a little over 100,000 people, more than tripling the next largest town on the island.
St. John's has a well-established history as a hockey town as they have hosted several teams throughout the years.
Most recently, the city hosted the Newfoundland Growlers, the former ECHL affiliate of the Toronto Maple Leafs.
Sadly, the Growlers were dismantled in April of this year for failing to comply with ECHL bylaws.
According to the Hockey News reporter Jacob Titus, the town's newest team will be operated by Glenn Stanford, a man with plenty of experience running clubs in the remote part of the Atlantic coast.
To this point, he has mainly run ECHL and AHL clubs, all of which were based in St. John's.
"The team will be ran by Glenn Stanford, a legend in the Newfoundland hockey space. He has been involved as an executive with the AHL's St. John's Maple Leafs (1991-2005), ECHL's Idaho Steelheads (2005-06), AHL's Hamilton Bulldogs/St. John's IceCaps (2006-2016), ECHL's Newfoundland Growlers (2018-2024), and the ECHL's Trois-Rivieres Lions (2021-24)."
Hopefully, the QMJHL club will prove to be financially feasible in the town, especially without competition from the ECHL or AHL.
If that is the case, they will likely remain in St. John's for the foreseeable future, once again giving residents a chance to enjoy a high level of their favorite sport.
| POLL | ||
Are you sad to see the Acadie-Bathurst Titan of the QMJHL relocated to Newfoundland? | ||
| Yes | 16 | 16.2 % |
| No | 57 | 57.6 % |
| Indifferent | 26 | 26.3 % |
| List of polls | ||
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