Gander Geese

At a glance

Gander, Canada—plays at The Waypoint, capacity 4,300. A Season 2 expansion team. Plays in La Conférence du Verglas.

Gander, Newfoundland: once the most important airport in the world, now a town of 10,000, now home to The Waypoint. The Ice arrived because something always arrives in Gander. The Geese play like they have already seen the future and it is fine.

Identity

• City: Gander, Canada
• Arena: The Waypoint
• Capacity: 4,300
• Colors: #5C7A5C / #D45B27
• Conference: La Conférence du Verglas
• Joined: Season 2 expansion

Arena modifier—Layover

Pass completion rates are elevated for both teams. Everything moves smoothly through Gander. The Waypoint has always been generous with connections.

See all arena modifiers for cross-comparison.

The arena—lore

Gander was built to receive things passing through—transatlantic flights, stranded travelers, the occasional century. The Almighty Ice was, in that sense, expected. The Waypoint is the smallest arena in the league and the most accommodating: passes connect that should not, players find each other across the surface as though routed by an unseen controller, and both teams leave with cleaner numbers than they brought. The Geese are unbothered by everything. They have already seen who wins, the town insists, and it is fine, and they would rather not spoil it. Le Council finds the building’s calm more unnerving than any howling arena on the schedule.

The arena—building

A modest, mid-century terminal of a building—low ceilings, warm wood paneling, terrazzo floors worn smooth by decades of feet that predate it by no logic anyone will explain. The exterior is plain and green-roofed, set among spruce, with a single illuminated sign that reads simply THE WAYPOINT. Inside it feels less like an arena than a very patient airport that happens to contain The Almighty Ice. Departure-board letters flip over occasionally to display nothing. The seating is close, the crowd small and devoted and weather-hardened. There is a lounge no one staffs where the coffee is always hot. Travelers who never booked passage report having waited here. The Geese do not mind. Everyone passes through Gander.

S.H.I.F.T. movements

Season 03 window · 12–17 October 2026

• Signing. Signed Soraya Benali (C) from the unattached pool for the third line. Released Hazel Strickland (C) to the pool, round one.
• Signing. Signed Rafael Quiñones (RW) from the unattached pool for the third line. Released Dermot Power (RW) to the pool, round one.
• Signing. Signed Otabek Nazarov (LW) from the unattached pool for the third line. Released Gus Maloney (LW) to the pool, round two.
• Signing. Signed Sevara Ibragimova (D) from the unattached pool for the second defence pair. Released Brian Mercer (D) to the pool, round two.
• Signing. Signed Runa Eliasson (G) from the unattached pool in goal. Released Della Whiffen (G) to the pool, round two.

Season 02 window · 10–14 August 2026

• Trade. Sent Cyril Hynes (RW) to Vladivostok Vodkas. Received Ruslan Kozlov (RW) in return, for the third line.

See the S.H.I.F.T. for how a movement is filed, voted, and registered.

See also

• Teams overview—all 48 franchises.
• The conferences—how the Verglas and the Givre were sorted.
• Arena modifiers—the mechanic behind Layover.
• Glossary—every term, A–Z.