The Mississauga Steelheads are entering a new era.
The Ontario Hockey League’s board of governors has approved the relocation of the Mississauga Steelheads to neighbouring Brampton, Ont.
The league said in a release on Thursday that the team would retain the “Steelheads” name and will play out of the CAA Centre starting in the 2024-25 season.
The team isn’t moving far. Its previous home, Mississauga’s Paramount Fine Foods Centre, is roughly seven kilometres away from the CAA Centre.
Brampton gets another shot at hosting an OHL team after the Battalion moved to North Bay, Ont., following the 2012-13 season.
The Battalion struggled to draw and averaged an OHL-low 2,191 fans per game in its last season in Southern Ontario.
Mississauga, the third-largest city in Ontario by population, will be without an OHL team for the first time since 1998.
The last time OHL hockey was in Brampton was in 2023, under the Brampton Battalion. The Battalion moved to North Bay following the 2012-13 season after struggling to draw fans. The team averaged an OHL-low 2,191 fans per game in its last season in Southern Ontario.
–with files from Sportsnet staff
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