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27-713: The Marlies were established as the New Brunswick Hawks in 1978. The team relocated three times, to St. Catharines , Newmarket , and St. John's , before relocating to Toronto in 2005. As a part of its relocation to Toronto, the team was renamed the Marlies , after the Toronto Marlboros , a junior hockey team formerly sponsored by the Maple Leafs. The Marlies have advanced to the Calder Cup Finals in 2012 and 2018, with

54-477: A Toronto-based team since 1967. On December 1, 2019, Greg Moore was named as head coach of the Marlies, replacing Sheldon Keefe who was promoted to head coach of the Maple Leafs. On May 21st, 2023, Moore was relieved of his duties. John Gruden was announced as the teams new Head Coach on July 4th, 2023. The Toronto Marlies' primary colours are blue and white, which is used in the team's logo. The present logo for

81-570: A developmental team of their own, with a spokesperson citing the limited number of roster spots as the rationale for the move. MLGL launched the Cincinnati Tigers in the old Central Hockey League in 1981 to serve as their own affiliate, while retaining their share of the New Brunswick Hawks. However, after the Tigers averaged only 1,500 fans and lost $ 750,000 in their first season,

108-828: A professional ice hockey team based in Moncton , New Brunswick . Home games were played at the Moncton Coliseum . They were a member of the American Hockey League (AHL) between 1978 and 1982 . The Hawks operated as a minor league affiliate of the Chicago Black Hawks and the Toronto Maple Leafs , with a winning record each of four seasons. The Hawks won the F. G. "Teddy" Oke Trophy twice for regular season division championships in 1979–80 , and 1981–82 . New Brunswick finished first overall in 1981–82, and won

135-996: A spell in the Deutsche Eishockey Liga in Germany for the Eisbären Berlin . Gruden has worked as an assistant coach for the Detroit Little Caesars AAA hockey club, coaching for their Squirt 2000 squad. He coached for a short stint for the storied Brother Rice JV prep squad (1–16). He also spends time doing work on behalf of the Red Wings Alumni Association. Gruden coached the Stoney Creek High School Cougars hockey team in Rochester, Michigan along with fellow NHL alumnus Greg Johnson . More recently, Gruden served as an assistant coach for

162-511: A strong presence in Atlantic Canada in the 1980s and 1990s. However, after the turn of the millennium, NHL teams sought to have their AHL affiliates located geographically closer to their parent clubs in order to ease the movement of players between the minors and the NHL. By 2004, St. John's was the only remaining team in the region. Although the team was extremely popular and had excellent attendance,

189-719: Is head coach for the Toronto Marlies of the American Hockey League . Prior to Toronto, he served as an assistant coach for the Boston Bruins of the National Hockey League during the 2022–23 season. He also served as an assistant coach for the New York Islanders of the National Hockey League (NHL) from 2018 to 2022. He previously served as the head coach of the Hamilton Bulldogs and inaugural head coach of

216-725: The Calder Cup by defeating the Binghamton Whalers four games to one in the finals. In the summer of 1982, the Black Hawks pulled out of the team and the Maple Leafs moved the franchise to St. Catharines, Ontario to establish the St. Catharines Saints as their farm team. However, the same off-season the Edmonton Oilers purchased an AHL franchise and formed the Moncton Alpines to replace

243-650: The Flint Firebirds of the Ontario Hockey League (OHL). Gruden played high school hockey in Hastings, Minnesota in the late 1980s. Drafted 168th overall in the 1990 NHL Entry Draft by the Boston Bruins , Gruden played for the Bruins, Ottawa Senators and Washington Capitals , playing a total of 92 regular season games, scoring one goal and eight assists for nine points and collecting 46 penalty minutes. He also had

270-553: The Hamilton Bulldogs . Following the 2017–18 regular season , he led the Bulldogs as the OHL playoff champions . On July 18, 2018, the New York Islanders hired Gruden as an assistant coach. On June 9, 2022, Gruden was relieved from his duties. On July 20, 2022, the Boston Bruins hired Gruden as an assistant coach. Following the 2022–23 season, helping the Bruins to the most successful regular season in league history, On July 4, 2023,

297-545: The Harry "Hap" Holmes Memorial Award for the league's lowest goals against average . Jack O'Callahan , who was a member of the 1980 Winter Olympics United States " Miracle on Ice " national team, played two seasons for the New Brunswick Hawks before playing for the Chicago Blackhawks in the NHL. John Gruden John Daniel Gruden (born June 4, 1970) is an American professional ice hockey coach and former player. He

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324-708: The Los Angeles Kings . Four different players were honoured in 1981–82 with league awards. Mike Kaszycki won three awards, the Les Cunningham Award as most valuable player, the John B. Sollenberger Trophy as top scorer, and the Fred T. Hunt Memorial Award for sportsmanship and perseverance. Dave Farrish was voted top defenceman winning the Eddie Shore Award , and goaltenders Bob Janecyk & Warren Skorodenski won

351-621: The Moncton Alpines as their affiliate that fall. Rocky Saganiuk won the Les Cunningham Award in 1978–79 as the league's Most Valuable Player , in its inaugural season. The following season in 1979–80, Darryl Sutter won the Dudley "Red" Garrett Memorial Award as Rookie of the Year . Sutter went on to have a career in the NHL, with the Chicago Blackhawks . He later became head coach of

378-751: The St. Catharines Saints , this time as a sole Leafs affiliate; the Hawks had opted to affiliate with the Springfield Indians . After four seasons, the team moved to Newmarket, Ontario as the Newmarket Saints , where they played for five seasons before moving to St. John's, Newfoundland and Labrador as the St. John's Maple Leafs , the first professional ice hockey team in Newfoundland and Labrador. The team played their home games at Memorial Stadium until 2001, when they moved to Mile One Centre . The AHL had

405-630: The Toronto Roadrunners , top affiliate of the Edmonton Oilers , in the 2003–04 season. These factors resulted in the team's relocation to Toronto for the 2005–06 season . The team is named after the former Toronto Marlboros , a junior hockey team that played in Toronto from 1904 to 1989, the last 62 years of that time under common ownership with the Leafs. The team was long known as the "Marlies" to fans and media alike. To avoid any potential association with

432-547: The USA Hockey National Team Development Program , helping lead the United States to a gold medal at the 2014 IIHF World U18 Championships . On March 26, 2015, it was announced that Gruden would serve as the inaugural head coach for the Flint Firebirds of the Ontario Hockey League during the 2015–16 season . In a highly publicized incident, he was fired a month into the season. Reports claim

459-642: The similarly named cigarette brand , MLSE uses the abbreviated form as the team's official nickname. During the 2011–12 AHL season , the Marlies advanced to the Calder Cup Finals , the deepest playoff run for a Toronto-based team since the Leafs won the Stanley Cup in 1967 . They lost to the Norfolk Admirals in a four-game sweep. In 2015–16 season, the Marlies moved from the Western Conference to

486-579: The Eastern Conference due to the relocation of five teams to California. The Marlies compete against Ontario rivals the Belleville Senators in the "Battle of the 401" or "Battle of Ontario" since the 2017-18 season. During the 2017–18 AHL season , the Marlies won their first Calder Cup after a 4–3 series win over the Texas Stars in the finals. It was the first professional hockey title for

513-477: The Leafs folded the Tigers in the spring of 1982. That same summer, with Chicago having already pulled out of New Brunswick in favour of affiliating with the Springfield Indians on their own, the Maple Leafs announced that they would not operate the team in Moncton the following year after they couldn't come to terms with the city on a new arena lease, even though the team had the fifth highest attendance in

540-515: The Marlies having won the latter series. The Marlies trace their history back to the New Brunswick Hawks , which were founded in 1978 as the first professional ice hockey team in New Brunswick, and were jointly operated by the Maple Leafs and Chicago Black Hawks as a farm team . Maple Leaf Gardens Limited (MLGL) and the Black Hawks each owned half of the franchise. The Hawks played until 1982 when they relocated to St. Catharines, Ontario as

567-420: The Marlies, introduced in 2016, is based on the Toronto Marlboros ' logo. The Marlboros were a junior ice hockey team that was formerly sponsored by Maple Leaf Gardens Limited . All regular season home games, as well as all home and away playoff games air on AHL.TV, with Todd Crocker as the play-by-play announcer. Select games such as playoff games are also simulcast on The Sports Network . Records as of

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594-510: The Moncton franchise to prevent another AHL team from playing in the city and to sue the Sabres and NHL for $ 20 million, the relocation was approved unanimously and the franchise became the St. Catharines Saints , serving as the Maple Leafs' primary affiliate. At the same AHL Board of Governors meeting, the Edmonton Oilers received approval to purchase a new AHL franchise to replace the departed Hawks in Moncton, leading to establishment of

621-420: The departed team. The Moncton-based New Brunswick Hawks were established in 1978 as members of the American Hockey League (AHL), and were jointly operated by the Chicago Black Hawks and the Toronto Maple Leafs as their farm team . Maple Leaf Gardens Limited (MLGL) and the Black Hawks each owned half of the franchise. By 1980, Harold Ballard , owner of the Leafs, had decided that they needed

648-411: The end of the 2023–24 season. [1] -Indicates league leading: most shootout losses [2] -Indicates league leading: fewest losses [3] -Indicates league leading: fewest goals against Updated November 25, 2024. The following players have played both 100 games with the Marlies and 100 games in the National Hockey League : New Brunswick Hawks The New Brunswick Hawks were

675-466: The firing was due to refusing to increase the playing time of defenseman Håkon Nilsen, the team owner's son, however team president Costa Papista denied the reports. Following a successful player walkout, Gruden was reinstated as the Firebirds head coach and given a three-year contract extension. On February 17, 2016, Gruden was again fired by the Firebirds. On June 3, 2016, Gruden was named head coach of

702-650: The league. The Maple Leafs wanted to relocate the team closer to Toronto, with both St. Catharines and Niagara Falls in Ontario potential destinations for the franchise. When MLGL applied to the AHL to relocate the New Brunswick Hawks to St. Catharines, the nearby Buffalo Sabres initially blocked the move due to objections to a team moving into their territory without prior discussions with them. However, following protests by fans in St. Catharines and threats by Ballard to suspend

729-532: The parent Maple Leafs wanted to cut back on escalating travel costs. By the time of the team's final season in Newfoundland, their nearest opponent was the Portland Pirates , 1,781 km (1,107 mi) away. Additionally, Ricoh Coliseum (formerly CNE Coliseum and now Coca-Cola Coliseum ) had recently been renovated for hockey use, and the NHL Leafs were looking to place a team there. The Coliseum had been home to

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