St. John's Edge

St. John's Edge
Division Central Division
League NBL Canada
Founded 2017
History St. John's Edge
2017–present
Arena Mile One Centre
Location St. John's, Newfoundland and Labrador
Team colours Navy blue, gold and grey
              
General manager Carl English (interim)[1]
Head coach Doug Plumb
Ownership Atlantic Sport Enterprises Ltd.
Website sjedge.ca
Uniforms

The St. John's Edge is a Canadian professional basketball team based in St. John's, Newfoundland and Labrador.[2] They compete in the National Basketball League of Canada and their home games are played at the Mile One Centre.

History

On September 18, 2017, the city of St. John's approved the team to play at the Mile One Centre.[3] The team is owned by Atlantic Sport Enterprises Ltd. headed by John Graham with Irwin Simon and Robert Sabbagh.[4] On September 28, 2017, St. John's named Jeff Dunlap head coach and Doug Plumb assistant coach.[5] Due to a couple of teams in Ontario dropping out for the season causing a divisional imbalance and the lateness in the addition of the Edge, the team played its inaugural season as a member of the Central Division with the teams from Ontario.[6] The Edge finished the 2017–18 season second in the division and advanced to the division finals in the playoffs before losing to the eventual league champion London Lightning. Head coach and general manager Jeff Dunlap left after the season to take an assistant coach job at California State University, Northridge[7] and was replaced by assistant Doug Plumb.

Prior to the 2018–19 season, the NBL added another team in Ontario called the Sudbury Five, but lost another in the Niagara River Lions, creating another divisional imbalance and keeping the Edge in the Central Division. The league decided to play as a single table for the regular season to ease the Edge's travel, but still used the team's overall record in the divisional standings for playoff qualification.[8]

Current roster

Note: Flags indicate national team eligibility at FIBA sanctioned events. Players may hold other non-FIBA nationality not displayed.

St. John's Edge roster
PlayersCoaches
|
Pos.No.Nat.NameHt.Wt.Age
G Canada Cadougan, Junior 6 ft 1 in (1.85 m) 183 lb (83 kg) 28 – (1990-05-07)7 May 1990
PG United States Cushingberry, Drew 6 ft 3 in (1.91 m) 190 lb (86 kg)
SG 23 Canada English, Carl (C) 6 ft 4 in (1.93 m) 205 lb (93 kg) 37 – (1981-02-02)2 February 1981
F United States Freeman, Gabe 6 ft 6 in (1.98 m) 205 lb (93 kg) 32 – (1985-11-05)5 November 1985
PG United States Jones, Maurice 5 ft 7 in (1.70 m) 155 lb (70 kg) 26 – (1991-12-21)21 December 1991
G 5 United States Lee, Desmond 6 ft 4 in (1.93 m) 200 lb (91 kg) 28 – (1990-03-03)3 March 1990
C India Singh, Satnam 7 ft 2 in (2.18 m) 290 lb (130 kg) 22 – (1995-12-10)10 December 1995
G 10 Canada Skeete, Jarryn 6 ft 3 in (1.91 m) 175 lb (79 kg) 25 – (1993-04-16)16 April 1993
G 55 Canada Zabo, Kevin 6 ft 2 in (1.88 m) 180 lb (82 kg) 23 – (1995-05-12)12 May 1995
Head coach
  • Canada Doug Plumb
Assistant coach(es)
  • United States Steven Marcus
Team manager
Legend
  • (C) Team captain
  • (I) Inactive
  • Injured
Updated: August 5, 2018

References

  1. ↑ "English Named Interim General Manager". OurSportsCentral.com. June 18, 2018.
  2. ↑ "NBL Canada approves team for St. John's, but there are still hoops to go through". The Telegram. July 14, 2017.
  3. ↑ "St. John's city council approves agreement to bring pro basketball to Mile One". CBC News. September 18, 2017.
  4. ↑ "Who is Irwin Simon and why did he buy a basketball team in St. John's?". CBC News. September 23, 2017.
  5. ↑ "NCAA veteran to be head coach of St. John's pro basketball team". CBC News. September 28, 2017.
  6. ↑ "St. John's Edge shows off jerseys ahead of pro-basketball debut". CBC News. Retrieved 17 October 2017.
  7. ↑ "Jeff Dunlap Accepts New Coaching Role". NBL Canada. 23 May 2018.
  8. ↑ "NBLC's 2018-19 Schedule Features Strong Rivalries & Classic Matchups". NBLCanada.ca. September 10, 2018.
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