| Toronto Marlies | |
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| City | Toronto,Ontario |
| League | American Hockey League |
| Conference | Eastern |
| Division | North |
| Founded | 1978 |
| Home arena | Coca-Cola Coliseum Scotiabank Arena (occasional home games) |
| Colours | Blue, white |
| Owner | Maple Leaf Sports & Entertainment |
| General manager | Ryan Hardy |
| Head coach | John Gruden |
| Captain | Logan Shaw |
| Media | The Sports Network Sportsnet 590 TSN 1050 AHL.TV (Internet) |
| Affiliates | Toronto Maple Leafs (NHL) Cincinnati Cyclones (ECHL) |
| Franchise history | |
| 1978–1982 | New Brunswick Hawks |
| 1982–1986 | St. Catharines Saints |
| 1986–1991 | Newmarket Saints |
| 1991–2005 | St. John's Maple Leafs |
| 2005–present | Toronto Marlies |
| Championships | |
| Regular season titles | 2 (2015–16,2017–18) |
| Division titles | 7 (2007–08,2011–12,2012–13,2013–14,2015–16,2017–18,2022–23) |
| Conference titles | 2 (2012,2018) |
| Calder Cups | 1 (2018) |
| Current uniform | |
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 Current season | |
TheToronto Marlies are a professionalice hockey team based inToronto. They compete in theAmerican Hockey League (AHL) as a member of the North Division of the Eastern Conference. The Marlies are owned byMaple Leaf Sports & Entertainment, a company that owns several professional sports teams in the city, including their NHL affiliate, theToronto Maple Leafs. The Marlies have played their home games atCoca-Cola Coliseum since 2005.
The Marlies were established as theNew Brunswick Hawks in 1978. The team relocated three times, toSt. Catharines,Newmarket, andSt. John's, before relocating to Toronto in 2005. As a part of its relocation to Toronto, the team was renamed theMarlies, after theToronto Marlboros, a junior hockey team formerly sponsored by the Maple Leafs. The Marlies have advanced to theCalder Cup Finals in 2012 and 2018, with the Marlies having won the latter series.
The Marlies trace their history back to theNew 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 andChicago Black Hawks as afarm team.[1][2]Maple Leaf Gardens Limited (MLGL) and the Black Hawks each owned half of the franchise.[3][4][5]
The Hawks played until 1982 when they relocated toSt. Catharines, Ontario[6] as theSt. Catharines Saints, this time as a sole Leafs affiliate; the Hawks had opted to affiliate with theSpringfield Indians. After four seasons, the team moved toNewmarket, Ontario as theNewmarket Saints, where they played for five seasons before moving toSt. John's, Newfoundland and Labrador[7][8] as theSt. John's Maple Leafs, the first professional ice hockey team in Newfoundland and Labrador. The team played their home games atMemorial Stadium until 2001, when they moved toMile One Centre.
The AHL had 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, 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 thePortland Pirates, 1,781 km (1,107 mi) away. Additionally, Ricoh Coliseum (formerly CNE Coliseum and nowCoca-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 theToronto Roadrunners, top affiliate of theEdmonton Oilers, in the 2003–04 season. These factors resulted in the team's relocation to Toronto for the2005–06 season.
The team is named after the formerToronto 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 thesimilarly named cigarette brand, MLSE uses the abbreviated form as the team's official nickname.
During the2011–12 AHL season, the Marlies advanced to theCalder Cup Finals, the deepest playoff run for a Toronto-based team since the Leafs won the Stanley Cup in1967. They lost to theNorfolk Admirals in a four-game sweep.
In 2015–16 season, the Marlies moved from the Western Conference to the Eastern Conference due to the relocation of five teams to California.
The Marlies compete against Ontario rivals theBelleville Senators in the "Battle of the 401" or "Battle of Ontario" since the 2017-18 season.
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During the2017–18 AHL season, the Marlies won their firstCalder Cup after a 4–3 series win over theTexas Stars in the finals.[9] It was the first professional hockey title for a Toronto-based team since 1967.
The Toronto Marlies' primary colours are blue and white, which is used in the team's logo. The present logo for the Marlies, introduced in 2016, is based on theToronto Marlboros' logo. The Marlboros were ajunior ice hockey team that was formerly sponsored byMaple 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 onThe Sports Network.
This is a partial list of the past five seasons completed by the Marlies. For the full season-by-season history, seeList of Toronto Marlies seasons
| Calder Cup Champions | Conference Champions | Division Champions | League leader |
Records as of the end of the 2024–25 regular season.[10][11]
| Regular season | Playoffs | |||||||||||||||
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| Season | Games | Won | Lost | OTL | SOL | Points | PCT | Goals for | Goals against | Standing | Year | Prelims | 1st round | 2nd round | 3rd round | Finals |
| 2020–21 | 35 | 16 | 17 | 0 | 2 | 34 | .486 | 111 | 119 | 4th, Canadian | 2021 | No playoffs were held | ||||
| 2021–22 | 72 | 37 | 30 | 4 | 1 | 79 | .549 | 243 | 244 | 6th, North | 2022 | Did not qualify | ||||
| 2022–23 | 72 | 42 | 24 | 4 | 2 | 90 | .625 | 229 | 225 | 1st, North | 2023 | BYE | W, 3–1,UTI | L, 0–3,ROC | — | — |
| 2023–24 | 72 | 34 | 26 | 10 | 2 | 80 | .556 | 249 | 220 | 5th, North | 2024 | L, 1–2,BEL | — | — | — | — |
| 2024–25 | 72 | 37 | 23 | 4 | 8 | 86 | .597 | 209 | 197 | 4th, North | 2025 | L, 0–2,CLE | — | — | — | — |
| Totals | 1472 | 790 | 518 | 87 | 77 | 1744 | .537 | 4569 | 4252 | 14 playoff appearances | ||||||
[1]-Indicates league leading: most shootout losses
[2]-Indicates league leading: fewest losses
[3]-Indicates league leading: fewest goals against
Updated January 26, 2026.[12][13][14]
The following players have played both 100 games with the Marlies and 100 games in theNational Hockey League:
The Marlies have employed eighthead coaches.Sheldon Keefe has the franchise's highestwinning percentage at .672 across 319 games coached from the2015 to2019 seasons, prior to being promoted to the NHL as head coach of the Toronto Maple Leafs.[17] The following day, Keefe signed a three-year contract with the Maple Leafs.[18]
On December 1, 2019,Greg Moore was named as head coach of the Marlies, replacing Keefe.[19] Moore recorded the lowest winning percentage (.538) among coaches who served more than one full season, guiding the team in 213 games during his tenure.[20]
Moore was relieved of his duties in May 2023, replaced byJohn Gruden in July 2023.[21]
Legend:
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| GC | Games coached |
| W | Wins |
| L | Losses |
| T | Ties |
| OT | Overtime/shootout losses |
| Win% | Winning percentage |
| Spent entire AHL head coaching career with the Marlies |
Note: Highest figures are highlighted inbold.
| Name | Tenure | Regular season | Playoffs | Notes | References | |||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| GC | W | L | T/OT | Win% | GC | W | L | Win% | ||||
| Paul Maurice | 2005–2006 | 80 | 41 | 29 | 10 | .575 | 5 | 1 | 4 | .200 | [10][11][22] | |
| Greg Gilbert | 2006–2009 | 240 | 123 | 89 | 28 | .571 | 25 | 11 | 14 | .440 | [10][11] | |
| Dallas Eakins | 2009–2013 | 312 | 157 | 114 | 41 | .569 | 25 | 16 | 10 | .615 | [10][11] | |
| Steve Spott | 2013–2014 | 76 | 45 | 25 | 6 | .632 | 14 | 10 | 4 | .714 | [10][11] | |
| Gord Dineen | 2014–2015 | 76 | 40 | 27 | 9 | .586 | 5 | 2 | 3 | .400 | [10][11] | |
| Sheldon Keefe | 2015–2019 | 319 | 199 | 89 | 31 | .672 | 59 | 38 | 21 | .644 | Won the onlyCalder Cup in team history (2018). Left to become head coach of theToronto Maple Leafs. | [10][11][23] |
| Greg Moore | 2019–2023 | 213 | 107 | 91 | 15 | .538 | 7 | 3 | 4 | .429 | [10][11] | |
| John Gruden | 2023–present | 144 | 71 | 49 | 24 | .576 | 5 | 1 | 4 | .200 | [10][11] | |
Note: Statistics are correct through the2024–25 season.
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