Mary Brown's Centre (formerly Mile One Centre ) is an indoor arena and entertainment venue located in downtown St. John's , Newfoundland and Labrador , Canada. The arena opened in May, 2001, replacing Memorial Stadium . At full capacity the arena can seat 7,000 people.
23-705: The arena is currently home to the Newfoundland Rogues of the BSL , the St. John's Jr. Caps of the SJJHL , and the St. John's Sr. Caps of the AESHL During construction, the City of St. John's sold the naming rights to brewing company Molson under a 10-year deal valued at $ 1.5 million. The agreement would have also included rights to be the venue's exclusive beer supplier. Molson then resold
46-507: A former NBL Commissioner, will work alongside Audley Stephenson, the current NBLC Commissioner in overseeing the growth of both leagues. For the 2021–22 season, the NBLC announced that they had agreed to inter-league series play with several teams from The Basketball League. The games played between the teams from the two leagues are included in their respective regular season standings for each league. On April 11, 2023, Dave Magley and announced
69-660: A lease agreement with former Newfoundland and Labrador premier Danny Williams that saw their AHL franchise (formerly known as the Manitoba Moose ) relocated to the Mile One Centre. The St. John's IceCaps played their inaugural season in 2011–12 and as the minor league affiliate of True North's National Hockey League team, the Winnipeg Jets . In honour of this development, the Kraft Hockeyville pre-season game between
92-490: A microphone to centre court and announce the game would be cancelled in front of a sold-out crowd. Other hosted sporting events include: The arena hosted the 2017 Tim Hortons Brier , the Canadian men's curling championship. The 2002 Juno Awards were presented at Mary Brown's Centre on April 14, 2002, marking the first time the presentation had been hosted outside of Ontario or British Columbia. The arena subsequently hosted
115-824: Is a professional basketball league based throughout Canada and the United States. The goal is to model the league after professional soccer and basketball leagues in Europe , by playing against teams in The Basketball League . The most recent champions are the London Lightning who defeated the KW Titans 3–1 in the 2024 BSL finals. On June 18, 2022, the National Basketball League of Canada (NBLC) announced that The Basketball League President David Magley ,
138-864: The 2010 Juno Awards . Mary Brown's Centre was the main venue for the third annual Avalon Expo sci-fi/comics/pop-culture convention on August 25–27, 2017. The first musical act to play at Mile One Centre was Live in 2001. Over the years the venue has hosted many concerts, including: Nickelback , Alanis Morissette , The Tragically Hip , B. B. King , Our Lady Peace , Joe Cocker , Bryan Adams , Barenaked Ladies , Blue Rodeo , Gordon Lightfoot , Billy Talent , Simple Plan , Elton John , Feist , Neil Young , Snoop Dogg , Ludacris , Pearl Jam , Bachman & Turner , Celtic Thunder , Leonard Cohen , Journey , Sting , Tegan and Sara , Sarah McLachlan , Carly Rae Jepsen , Hedley , Bob Dylan , Jackson Browne , James Taylor , and Hilary Duff . Basketball Super League (North America) The Basketball Super League
161-527: The Montreal Junior Hockey Club . Many reasons were attributed to the Fog Devils' demise including lack of fan support, a poor lease agreement and high travel costs. The Fog Devils' departure left Mile One Centre without a major tenant for the first time since the building opened. Professional hockey returned to St. John's in 2011 when Winnipeg -based True North Sports and Entertainment announced
184-464: The Toronto Raptors and Cleveland Cavaliers , with lineups featuring NBA All-Star Vince Carter and an 18 year old rookie making his NBA debut by the name of LeBron James . Both teams suited up and took pre-game warm-ups, but an unseasonably warm day in St. John's led to excess condensation inside the arena and pooling of moisture on the court, leading Raptors General Manager Glen Grunwald to take
207-741: The AHL All-Stars faced Färjestad BK of the Swedish Hockey League . On September 22, 2014, Mile One Centre held two split squad preseason games for the Ottawa Senators vs. the New York Islanders . New York won both games 3–2, the latter game on a shootout. The Senators faced the Carolina Hurricanes at Mile One for another preseason game on September 27, 2015. In October 2003, the arena was to host an NBA pre-season game between
230-600: The ECHL Championship, with nine ( Alaska , Allen , Cincinnati , Colorado , Florida , Hampton Roads , Idaho , South Carolina , and Toledo ) winning multiple times. The Florida Everblades hold the record for most championships won with four. The Colorado Eagles , who won it in 2018 for their second consecutive title, moved to the American Hockey League in 2018–19. In 2019, the Eagles' ownership did not return
253-731: The Jets and the Ottawa Senators (which was originally to be held in Conception Bay when announced as it was prior to the relocation of the Atlanta Thrashers to become the Jets, causing the Moose to become the IceCaps) was moved to the Mile One Centre. In March 2015, it was announced that the Jets would move their AHL team from St. John's back to Winnipeg as the Moose in 2015–16. The IceCaps' organization
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#1732855339607276-818: The Kelly Cup coincidentally with its NHL affiliate winning the Stanley Cup: 2023 when the Florida Panthers and their ECHL affiliate, the Florida Everblades both won this also occurred with its AHL affiliate winning the Calder Cup: 2009 when the Hershey Bears and their ECHL affiliate, the South Carolina Stingrays both won. The Kelly Cup playoffs is an elimination tournament, consisting of four rounds of
299-585: The Kelly Cup to the ECHL before the playoffs, leading to the league creating a replacement trophy for the 2019 Kelly Cup playoffs . The Eagles' ownership eventually returned the cup before the 2019–20 season, and the league returned its status to be the primary trophy. The 2019 Kelly Cup was the fourth copy of the trophy, but was allowed to be kept by the Newfoundland Growlers when the previous cup returned to circulation. On one occasions an ECHL club has won
322-422: The St. John's Edge were removed from Mile One when the city did not renew the lease with the team to play in the arena, opting to grant a lease to a different ownership group with an American Basketball Association franchise. The arena hosts the annual Herder Memorial Trophy tournament, the largest hockey tournament in the province. It hosted the 2002 AHL All-Star Game and the 2014 AHL All-Star Game in which
345-640: The formation a new professional basketball league called the Basketball Super League is to begin on December 26, 2023. The league will consist of teams located in Canada and the United States. The KW Titans , London Lightning and the Sudbury Five from the National Basketball League of Canada would be the first three teams to join. . Kelly Cup The Patrick J. Kelly Cup goes to
368-410: The naming rights to Danny Williams , then-owner of Cable Atlantic , for $ 600,000. Before the arena opened, however, Williams sold Cable Atlantic to Rogers Communications in order to pursue politics, but retained the naming rights personally. Ultimately Williams chose to name the arena Mile One Centre, based on St. John's being the easternmost city in Canada. On October 14, 2021, it was announced that
391-691: The naming rights to the arena had been bought by the Newfoundland-originated fried chicken restaurant chain Mary Brown's ; it was rebranded as Mary Brown's Centre on November 5, 2021. The building was originally home to the St. John's Maple Leafs of the American Hockey League . The Leafs played out of the centre from 2001 to 2005 before relocating to Toronto, Ontario to become the Toronto Marlies . Maple Leaf Sports & Entertainment (MLSE) stated that
414-525: The playoff champion of the ECHL . The Kelly Cup has been awarded to teams since 1997 . Prior to 1997, the playoff winner was awarded the Riley Cup , named after former American Hockey League president Jack Riley . The current cup is named after Patrick J. Kelly , the league's first commissioner. The cup is loaned to the winning team for one year and is returned at the start of the following year's playoffs, although
437-418: The relocation was necessary to better monitor prospects for the co-owned Toronto Maple Leafs . The Dobbin family were granted an expansion Quebec Major Junior Hockey League (QMJHL) franchise in 2004 to be later named the St. John's Fog Devils . The Fog Devils began playing at Mile One Centre in 2005. However, the Fog Devils would relocate to Montreal , Quebec , after three seasons in St. John's to become
460-491: The team to return in November 2021. The Growlers ceased operations on April 2, 2024, due to failing to fulfill the ECHL's league bylaws as well as financial reasons, leaving the arena again without a hockey tenant. After long negotiations, the arena became the home to the St. John's Edge of the National Basketball League of Canada beginning with the 2017–18 season bringing professional basketball to St. John's. On July 15, 2021,
483-584: The trophy itself has been replaced three times with the first two iterations preserved in the Hockey Hall of Fame . The Kelly Cup Playoffs Most Valuable Player award is also given out as part of the Kelly Cup Championship ceremonies. Nick Vitucci , Dave Gagnon and Cam Johnson (ice hockey) are the only players to win the award on multiple occasions, with Johnson the only player to win the award in consecutive years. Eighteen different teams have won
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#1732855339607506-558: Was granted an ECHL expansion team with the Newfoundland Growlers . The Growlers won the Kelly Cup championship in their inaugural season. On October 27, 2021, the Growlers were evicted from the arena citing workplace misconduct by the ownership of the team, Deacon Sports and Entertainment (DSE), and the Growlers had to play their first six home games of the 2021–22 season in nearby Conception Bay South . The city and DSE came to an agreement for
529-811: Was then able to get the Montreal Canadiens ' AHL team, the Hamilton Bulldogs , to relocate to St. John's for the start of the 2015–16 season, retaining the IceCaps name. However, this was only a temporary move while the Canadiens built a rink for their AHL team in Laval, Quebec . In 2017, the Canadiens-owned franchise left and became the Laval Rocket . In 2018, after a year without a hockey tenant at Mile One, St. John's
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