List of defunct National Basketball League of Canada teams

The Canadian Tire Centre was the home arena for the Ottawa SkyHawks.

The National Basketball League of Canada (NBL) is a professional men's basketball league, consisting of 8 teams in Canada (4 in Ontario and 4 in the provinces of Atlantic Canada). The NBL Canada was founded in 2011 with seven teams, three of them originally playing in the Premier Basketball League (PBL). It is considered the only domestic professional basketball league in the country of Canada and is known as a minor league.[1]

There have been four defunct franchises in the history of the NBL Canada. The Halifax Rainmen and Mississauga Power, who folded in 2015, are the only teams that have played multiple seasons. The Power team was discontinued due to the creation of Raptors 905, the NBA Development League affiliate to the National Basketball Association (NBA) team, the Toronto Raptors.[2] The Ottawa SkyHawks and Montreal Jazz ceased operations after only one season and both became defunct due to financial problems.[3] The Jazz were formerly known as the Quebec Kebs and then the Laval Kebs.[4]

Defunct teams

Team City Years active Seasons played Win–loss record Win% Reference
Halifax Rainmen Halifax, Nova Scotia 2011–2015 4 73–75 .050 [5]
Mississauga Power Mississauga, Ontario 2011–2015 4 58–98 .372 [6]
Montreal Jazz Montreal, Quebec 2012–2013 1 2–38 .050 [7]
Ottawa SkyHawks Ottawa, Ontario 2013–2014 1 21–19 .372 [8]

References

  1. ↑ "Optimism And Unity Highlights NBL Canada League Meeting". NBLCanada.com. Retrieved 15 August 2015.
  2. ↑ "The Mississauga Power Join MLSE To Become Raptors 905". NBLCanada.com. Retrieved 15 August 2015.
  3. ↑ Silva, Edilson. "Ottawa Skyhawks latest NBLC franchise to hit the morgue?". BasketballBuzz.ca. Retrieved 15 August 2015.
  4. ↑ Freeman, Brian. "NBL heading to Montreal". The Chronicle Herald. Retrieved 15 August 2015.
  5. ↑ "Halifax Rainmen file for bankruptcy". NBLCanada.com. Retrieved 15 August 2015.
  6. ↑ Ballingall, Alex. "NBL commissioner says league can survive loss of Mississauga Power". Toronto Star. Retrieved 15 August 2015.
  7. ↑ Dalla Costa, Morris. "Montreal Jazz decision sends message of failure". The London Free Press. Retrieved 15 August 2015.
  8. ↑ "Ottawa SkyHawks kicked out of National Basketball League of Canada". CBC. Retrieved 15 August 2015.
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