Campbellton Tigers

The Campbellton Tigers are a Junior "A" ice hockey team based in Campbellton, New Brunswick. They play in the Maritime Junior Hockey League. The team plays their home games at the Memorial Civic Center.

Originally founded in 1996 as the Restigouche River Rats the team was renamed Campbellton Tigers two years later to reflect the city they play in. In 2005 the team returned to using Restigouche as their city name to reflect the county they play in before making the switch back to Campbellton three years later. They have played in Campbellton at the Memorial Civic Center since their inception in 1996.

The Tigers have won league championships in 1998 and 2004.

By late December 2025, the Tigers were 15-11-3-1, and sitting comfortably in a playoff spot in the EastLink North Division. However, after losing by only one goal, a 4-3 overtime loss to the West Kent Steamers on December 17th, Campbellton fired Head Coach Darick Ste.-Marie. General Manager and Assistant Coach Charles LeBlanc, was instated as the interim Head Coach. This decision came just hours before their game on December 19th, against the Grand Falls Rapids. The Tigers would loss to Grand Falls, 5-0, surrendering two powerplay goals in the process. Campbellton's last win, came on December 14th, 2025, against the Chaleur Lighting; a 4-3 win on overtime, thanks to Victor Lanoue, who tied the game in the third period, and scored the overtime winner. With Charles LeBlanc as the Head Coach, as of March 7th, 2026, the Tigers have lost 22 straight games, going 0-18-3-1, and have been outscored 131 to 66. The Tigers did come close to ending their losing streak 4 times, losing to West Kent 3-2 in a shootout on January 16th, 6-5 to Grand Falls in overtime on January 21st, and 5-4 against Chaleur on February 1st. Their most recent one, came against the Miramichi Timberwolves on February 20th: trailing 4-2 going into the third period, Liam Duquette scored two goals for Campbellton; his second of the period, came with three minutes and twenty-seven seconds left, before losing 5-4 in overtime.

However, despite the losing streak, many Campbellton players have enjoyed statistical success; as Nathan Rhodes, captain Logan Mallaley, defenseman Luke Orr, and Adam Véronneau, have all set career highs in goals, assists, and points. Nathan Rhodes came from Grand Falls in a trade on August 1st; he went from 8 goals, 7 assists, 15 points in 46 games in 2024-25, to 17 goals, 31 assists, and 48 points in 51 games played. Logan Mallaley has 14 goals and 18 assists for and 32 points, tied for 5th on the team in points with Alexi Parent. Luke Orr, a 5'9" defenceman but has great speed on the backend, has totalled 24 points (8 goals, 16 assists); nearly doubling his career high in points from 2024-25, spending time with the Amherst Ramblers and Miramichi Timberwolves. Alexi Parent came over in trade from the Valley Wildcats after spending five games with them and recored one point; with the Tigers, in 44, scored 15 goals, notched 21 assists for 36 points. Adam Véronneau, who spent limited time with the West Kent Steamers in 2024-25, showed his goal-scoring prowess with Campellton, potting 27 goals and 46 points.

• Tigers' Webpage
• MJAHL Web Site

• List of ice hockey teams in New Brunswick
• Maritime Junior A Hockey League