This article was published more than 9 years ago. Including stars like Sidney Crosby and Brad Richards - from Cole Harbour, N.S., and Murray Harbour, PEI - there were 20 players born in the Maritimes or Newfoundland who played at least a game in the NHL this season. Okay, hypothetical contingency plan; let's say that the Quebec Nordiques return to Quebec City. Junior CHL Import Draft USHL Entry Draft NAHL Entry Draft NA3HL Draft GMHL Draft QMJHL American Draft . That's up from historical levels, a trend Gallant believes will continue as the six Maritime junior teams establish roots. Non-subscribers can read and sort comments but will not be able to engage with them in any way. Well the good thing is the QMJHL now gets all the newfie players. It wouldnt be so bad if teams travelled by plane but they dont. Listen closely to hockey fans in Eastern Canada, however, and they'll tell you the "M" in QMJHL should stand for something else. Is Nova Scotia were to get another QMJHL team, it would have to be Truro. Sea Dogs forward Ryan Tesink, who grew up in Saint John, said that shift will only help hockey in the region. Go Premium for Elite Prospects Support Get access to our unique free agency lists and many … QMJHL expansion since 1997: 1997 - Baie-Comeau Drakkar 1999 - Montreal Rocket 2005 - Saint John Sea Dogs 2005 - St. John's Fog Devils 2012 - … Expansion into Halifax, in 1994, came with plenty of trepidation, as many wondered if junior hockey would work in the region given the extensive travel involved. Now, neither ownership group is 100% sure that they'll actually put forth a bid... although I can't imagine that they'll let this opportunity slip away. The league grants the Montreal Rocket an expansion franchise, returning a team to the most populous city in Quebec. Posts about QMJHL Expansion written by rovitz7 What’s the hockey future looking like in Manchester, NH after the ECHL Monarchs announced they were done? Edmunston ? It was the second league expansion in three seasons, having added two franchise in the 1982–83 QMJHL season, bringing the league up to twelve teams. 2020 QMJHL Entry Draft ... NHL Expansion Draft NHL Supplemental Draft WHA Amateur Draft KHL Draft LNAH Draft NWHL Draft CWHL Draft . "When I was a kid growing up, I was thinking about playing for the junior A team," said Sea Dogs coach Gerard Gallant, who eventually moved 12 hours west of his hometown of Summerside, PEI, to play in the QMJHL. The last thing the league needs is another Bathurst who've been losing money for years and sometimes getting less than a 1000 fans at games. So I definetly think the support is there for a team. I was making a lot of expansion/realignment ideas, but the QMJHL has got me stumped. Anyone from the area knows the only other New Brunswick possibility would be Fredericton. The $3 million expansion fee is a hot topic in my former hometown of Saint John. The Pioneers featured an all monitoring_string = "358c248ada348a047a4b9bb27a146148", (You must log in or sign up to reply here.). Expansion to Atlantic Canada was considered financially unfeasible by QMJHL commissioner Gilles Courteau and much of the league's executive committee due to the added travel costs for the existing franchises, but on 17 March 1994, the QMJHL Board of Governors unanimously approved the … What Quebec, as a province, needs is a new round of medium size arenas to reinvigorate its pro-hockey prospects. HockeysFuture.com is a property of Mandatory, an Evolve Media, LLC company. Discussion in 'QMJHL' started by BigMac1212, Jul 18, 2015. The owners of the Remparts are the same group that will own the NHL team (Quebecor). We have shatterered I think every attendance record in the entire CJAHL. © Copyright 2020 The Globe and Mail Inc. All rights reserved. Like Snakeeye said before, the only chance of a team coming to us or Fort Mac would be to get a team in Edmonton. The QMJHL had previously experiment with a single point awarded for an overtime loss in the 1984–85 QMJHL season. "There'll be a lot more players develop and come out of the Q from the Maritimes," said Tesink, who is projected to go in the second round of the 2011 NHL draft. We hope to have this fixed soon. This is a space where subscribers can engage with each other and Globe staff. Well if the WHL wanted to expand they could try Victoria again maybe Nanaimo? With theit own programs and St. Thomas, they're kind of the only games in town so they wouldn't offer the type of lease to any Q or AHL team viable.

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