Friday night news & notes

Major junior hockey in Mississauga is no more.

The Ontario Hockey League has officially approved the relocation of the Mississauga Steelheads to Brampton where they will become the Brampton Steelheads. The two rinks are located less than 10 minutes from each other (pictured).

Brampton's CAA Centre has been without the OHL since the Battalion moved to North Bay in 2013. The move probably won't help the Steelheads' woeful attendance much, but it's believed to be a much more financially friendly lease arrangement. 

Mississauga's Paramount Fine Foods Centre – previously the Hershey Centre – is where the Saint John Sea Dogs won their first Memorial Cup in 2011. The Steelheads franchise was then known as the Mississauga St. Michael's Majors.

The Steelheads will play their first game in Brampton on Sept. 27 against the Brantford Bulldogs.

A few other news and notes...

• The Sea Dogs website recaps the team's QMJHL Entry Draft, which includes a few comments from general manager Anthony Stella.
• Oak View Group, the company that manages TD Station, will soon manage the Saint John Trade and Convention Centre, reports Country 94.
• The Quebec Remparts could host next year's QMJHL Entry Draft, reports le Soleil. The Remparts last hosted in 2019 when the Sea Dogs selected Joshua Roy first overall.
• There's going to be plenty of attention on the 2025 QMJHL Entry Draft (and the tanking that will come with it) with Alexis Joseph expected to be taken first overall. Joseph is considered by many to be the best Quebec prospect since Alexis Lafreniere.
• The Halifax Mooseheads have named Andrew Lord the team's new head coach. Lord was the head coach and general manager of the ECHL's Greenville Swamp Rabbits. He is the reigning ECHL coach of the year.
• Times are good in Cape Breton. General manager Sylvain Couturier has signed a "multi-year" contract extension with the club, which is coming off a trip to the league semifinals.
• The WHL's Kelowna Rockets have made it known that they are bidding to host the 2026 Memorial Cup. The Rockets were set to host the 2020 event that was cancelled by the pandemic.
• Flames Nation looks back on the season former Sea Dogs defenseman Yan Kuznetsov had, which included an NHL call up.
• Gold Canada executive Bryan Crawford has been named the new commissioner of the OHL, replacing the retiring David Branch. All three CHL leagues will have relatively new commissioners next season.
• The OHL regular season will begin a week later than the QMJHL's. The OHL is expected to release its full schedule on Monday.