The city of St. John’s, Newfoundland is without a hockey team for the first time since the 2008-09 season when the Quebec Major Junior Hockey League’s Fog Devils moved to Montreal to become the Juniors. Overall, the city has hosted either an American Hockey League or QMJHL team for all but three years since 1991.
St. John’s has seen the Toronto Maple Leafs’ farm team move to Toronto, the Winnipeg Jets’ farm team move to Winnipeg, and the Montreal Canadiens’ farm team move to a suburb of Montreal. A victim of its geography and of the trend to bring farm teams closer to the home base has left St.