The St. John's IceCaps (AHL) -- J-OPOLIS

The IceCaps hosted the 2014 AHL All-Star Festivities back in the 2013-'14 AHL Season . This marked the first time the IceCaps hosted the event as well as the 2nd time the city of St. John's hosted the AHL ASC. The Baby Leafs back in the 2001-'02 AHL Season hosted the ASC with Canada vs. Planet USA as the teams and ESPN2 and Sportsnet doing the broadcast. The 2014 version marked the first for the new format as the AHL Stars will go against Farjestad BK from the Swedish Elite League. The event was during the IceCaps 3rd AHL regular season since relocating from Winnipeg, Manitoba back in 2011.

ON THE MOVE - JETS TO CANADIENS NOW TO LAVAL, QUEBEC

As a Jets affiliate the IceCaps played out 4 seasons in St. John's before the Jets relocating their AHL team to Winnipeg and begin again as the reincarnated Manitoba Moose. However upon the relocations it was announced the Canadiens were relocating their AHL team from Hamilton, Ontario to St. John's for the start of 2015-'16 season thus no interruption of play at Mile One but an organizational change. But once again the IceCaps are now slated to relocate to Laval, Quebec after just 2 seasons of play in the AHL since Hamilton to become the Laval Rocket for the 2017-'18 season. As of right now there is no replacement set up to fill the voice and thus Mile One can once again become a vacant venue without minor pro hockey for the foreseeable future. All in all that's a total of 6 seasons of IceCaps Hockey that will/have been played since the Winnipeg Jets relocation of the Atlanta Thrashers, also was St. John's first AHL teams since 2005 and main occupant since the Fog Devils relocated in 2008.

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IceCaps Team Information:

IceCaps Franchise History:

LOCATION:	St. John's, NL, Canada
ARENA:	Mile One Centre
LEAGUE:	AHL
CONFERENCE:	Eastern
DIVISION:	North
MASCOT:	Buddy the Puffin
OWNERS:	Molson Family
PRESIDENT, CHIEF EXECUTIVE OFFICER, LEASE OPERATOR:	Danny Williams
GENERAL MANAGER:	Marc Bergevin
HEAD COACH:	Sylvain Lefebvre
TEAM CAPTAIN:	Jason Jaffray
PLAY-BY-PLAY VOICE:	Brian Rogers
COLOURS:	Red White Blue
FRANCHISE RE-ESTABLISHED:	2015
CORPORATE SPONSORS:	Browning Harvey Limited (Pepsi) Mary Brown's Fried Chicken Molson Coors Capital Automotive Group
METHODS OF CONTACT:	Mailing Address: Suite 801 Cabot Place 100 New Gower Street St. John's, NL A1C 6K3, Canada Phone #: 709-576-2277 Email: info@stjohnsicecaps.com

First Franchise (Jets Affiliate)
Year	Team	League	Location
1994-'96	Minnesota Moose	IHL	St. Paul, Minnesota
1996-'01	Manitoba Moose	IHL	Winnipeg, Manitoba
2001-'11	Manitoba Moose	AHL	Winnipeg, Manitoba
2011-'15	St. John's IceCaps	AHL	St. John's, Newfoundland
2015-Current	Manitoba Moose	AHL	Winnipeg, Manitoba
*Second Franchise (Canadiens Affiliate)*
1965-'69	Houston Apollos	CHL	Houston, Texas
1969-'71	Montreal Voyageurs	IHL	Montreal, Quebec
1971-'84	Nova Scotia Voyageurs	AHL	Halifax, Nova Scotia
1984-'90	Sherbrooke Canadiens	AHL	Sherbrooke, Quebec
1990-'99	Fredericton Canadiens	AHL	Fredericton, New Brunswick
1999-'02	Quebec Citadelles	AHL	Quebec City, Quebec
2002-'15	Hamilton Bulldogs	AHL	Hamilton, Ontario
2015-'17	St. John's IceCaps	AHL	St. John's, Newfoundland
2017-Current	Laval Rocket	AHL	Laval, Quebec