Newfoundland Regiment (ice hockey)
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| Newfoundland Regiment Régiment de Terre-Neuve | |
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| City | St. John's, Newfoundland and Labrador |
| League | Quebec Maritimes Junior Hockey League |
| Conference | Eastern |
| 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 |
| 1998–2025 | Acadie–Bathurst Titan |
| 2025–present | Newfoundland Regiment |
| Current uniform | |
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The Newfoundland Regiment are a Canadian junior ice hockey team in the Quebec Maritimes Junior Hockey League who play at the Mary Brown's Centre in St. John's, Newfoundland and Labrador.
The franchise was granted in 1969–70 as the Rosemont National of Rosemont, Quebec as one of the founding teams of the Quebec Major Junior Hockey League (QMJHL).[1] In 1971, they moved from Rosemont to Laval to become the Laval National,[2] and later the Laval Voisins in 1979.[3] In 1985, they became the Laval Titan, and in 1994, the Laval Titan Collège Français.[4] In 1998, they moved to Bathurst, New Brunswick, where they became the Acadie–Bathurst Titan.[5]
In Bathurst, 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 unsuccessfully tried to sell the team, and the city of Bathurst announced $175,000 in grants to the team.[6] 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.[7] Owners had hired Ernst & Young to conduct a search for new local ownership to no avail.[6]