The Montreal Jazz ( French : Jazz de Montréal ) were a Canadian professional basketball team based in Montreal , Quebec , Canada. The team played its only season in the National Basketball League of Canada in the 2012-2013 season , in place of the Laval Kebs . The Jazz played its home games at the Centre Pierre Charbonneau .
6-500: The Jazz did not play in the 2013-14 NBL Canada season after failing to secure a new ownership group. On October 26, 2012, NBL Canada announced that a Montreal expansion team would join the league in place of the recently folded Laval Kebs. It was announced on November 1, 2012, that the team would be named the Montreal Jazz. After finishing the 2012-13 NBL Canada season with a disappointing 2–38 record and without an owner,
12-721: The Summerside Storm moving to Charlottetown, PEI . It was announced that the Storm name would be retained. In early August, the league's board of governors announced the Jazz would sit out the season due to failure of securing new ownership from the league. On August 6, 2013, the Halifax Rainmen hired Chris Terrell as head coach. On August 12, 2013, the St. John Mill Rats hired Rob Spon as head coach. On August 16, 2013,
18-672: The Windsor Express defeating the Island Storm in seven games to win the 2014 NBLC Finals. Following the conclusion of the 2012-13 NBL Canada season , the Oshawa Power relocated to Mississauga, Ontario , and were renamed the Mississauga Power . The 2013–14 NBL Canada season also featured expansion to two new locations: Ottawa , and Brampton . During preseason, another team announced its relocation,
24-749: The Mississauga Power hired Fred Grannum as head coach. The 2013 NBL Canada draft took place on August 19 at the Hilton Suites Conference Centre & Spa in Markham, Ontario . The Ottawa SkyHawks made league history by drafting Alex Johnson of NC State , the first Canadian to ever be drafted with the first pick in the NBLC draft. The regular season began on November 1, 2013, and concluded on February 28, 2014. The number of games played by each team remains 40, similar to
30-567: The NBL Canada Board of Governors decided to suspend the Jazz for the 2013-14 season . 2013-14 NBL Canada season The 2013–14 NBL Canada season was the third season of the National Basketball League of Canada . The regular season began on November 1, 2013. The regular season ended on Friday, February 28, 2014, and the playoffs began on Sunday, March 2, 2014 and ended on Thursday, April 17, 2014 with
36-654: The prior season. The following players were named the NBL Canada Players of the Week. The following coaches were named the NBL Canada Coaches of the Month. The NBL Canada Championship Playoffs format has changed after the 2013 expansion. Initially, the first 4 teams out of 5 in each division would qualify. After the Jazz withdrawal from the season, this posed the problem of having all 4 teams in
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