Acadie-Bathurst Titan sold, QMJHL team moving to St. John’s next season | Globalnews.ca

The Acadie-Bathurst Titan have been sold, and the QMJHL team will be moving from New Brunswick to Newfoundland next season.

The hockey club made the announcement Friday, after months of speculation.

The team has been on the market for new ownership since January of this year, although the intention back then was to keep the team in northern New Brunswick.

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According to hockeyDB.com, which tracks attendance at games based on numbers from the team or league, Acadie-Bathurst had the second lowest attendance in the league in the 2023-24 season.

Average attendance was 1,627.

The Titans moved to Bathurst from Laval, Que in 1998 and were Memorial Cup champions in 2018.

Meanwhile, St. John’s previously had a junior hockey team — called the St. John’s Fog Devils — from 2005 to 2008. That team was sold and relocated to suburban Montreal.

The official announcement about the St. John’s angle is scheduled for a press conference this afternoon in the Newfoundland capital.

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