St. John's Edge


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

History

On September 18, 2017, the city of St. John's approved the team to play at Mile One Centre. The team is owned by Atlantic Sport Enterprises Ltd, then consisting of John Graham with Irwin Simon and Robert Sabbagh. On September 28, 2017, St. John's named Jeff Dunlap head coach and Doug Plumb assistant coach. 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.
The Edge signed Newfoundland native Carl English, who then finished second in the league in points per game and was named league MVP for the 2017–18 season. The Edge finished the 2017–18 season second in the division and advanced to the division finals in the playoffs before losing to eventual league champions London Lightning. Head coach and general manager Jeff Dunlap departed after the season to take an assistant coach job at California State University, Northridge and was replaced by assistant Doug Plumb. In June 2018, Carl English took over general manager duties for the Edge, while remaining a player on the team.
Prior to the 2018–19 season, the NBL Canada 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. At the start of the season, head coach Doug Plumb was suspended two games for tampering, and was temporarily replaced by assistant Steven Marcus. On March 19, 2019, Plumb resigned and Marcus was again named the interim head coach. Marcus was retained as head coach for the 2019–20 season.

Personnel

Current roster


Franchise leaders

Statistics as of the end of the 2017–18 season
StatisticLeader
PointsCharles Hinkle
ReboundsCharles Hinkle
AssistsAlex Johnson
StealsCharles Hinkle
BlocksCharles Hinkle

Notable players