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Spruce Grove Saints
Spruce Grove Saints Logo.svg
City Spruce Grove, Alberta
League Alberta Junior Hockey League
Division North
Founded 1963 (1963)
Home arena Grant Fuhr Arena
Colours

Blue, white and gold

              
Owner(s) Silent Ice (Dan Leckelt, Lindsay Leckelt, Ryan Smyth)
General manager Rob Sklaruk (2017–18)
Head coach Bram Stephen (2017–18)
Website www.sgsaints.com
Franchise history
1963–1965 Edmonton Canadians
1965–1972 Edmonton Movers
1972–1974 Edmonton Mets
1974–1977 Spruce Grove Mets
1977–2004 St. Albert Saints
2004–Present Spruce Grove Saints
Previous franchise history
1963–1972 Edmonton Maple Leafs

Blue, white and gold

The Spruce Grove Saints are an ice hockey team in the Alberta Junior Hockey League. They play in Spruce Grove, Alberta, Canada at the Grant Fuhr Arena, capacity 1,259.

The Saints franchise is perhaps the most storied in the history of Canadian Junior A hockey. The only franchise remaining from the inception of the AJHL in 1963, the team began as the Edmonton Movers, and a season following a merger with the Edmonton Maple Leafs in 1972, the franchise first relocated to Spruce Grove as the Spruce Grove Mets. After three years in Spruce Grove, the franchise relocated again to nearby St. Albert to become the St. Albert Saints for the 1977–78 season. After 27 years in St. Albert, arena issues allowed the franchise to return for its second stint in Spruce Grove in 2004–05.

Over 50 former players have gone on to play in the NHL, including Mark Messier, Stu Barnes, Mike Comrie and Steve Reinprecht.

During its first stint in Spruce Grove, the Mets won the Centennial Cup 1975 as Canadian Jr. A national champions. The franchise also captured four more AJHL championships during its time in St. Albert.

Note: GP = Games played, W = Wins, L = Losses, T/OTL = Ties/Overtime losses, Pts = Points, GF = Goals for, GA = Goals against

Western Canada Championships ** BCHLOJHLAJHL- SJHLMJHL – Host **
Round robin play with 1st vs 2nd – winner advance to National Championship & loser to Runner Up Game
3rd vs 4th in 2nd semi-final winner to Runner Up game loser eliminated.
Runner Up game determines 2nd representative to National Championship.
Competition began 2013 season and ended following 2017 playoffs.


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