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Newfoundland Senior Hockey League
The Newfoundland Senior Hockey League (NSHL) was a senior ice hockey league in Newfoundland and Labrador, Canada founded in 2011. The NSHL operated for three seasons from 2011–2012 to 2013–2014. The league competed for the Herder Memorial Trophy and its teams were eligible for the Allan Cup playoffs. History The league was confirmed September 10, 2011 at the Hockey Newfoundland and Labrador AGM. The league is the result of a merger between the Avalon East Senior Hockey League and the West Coast Senior Hockey League. The league includes the province's two only Allan Cup champions, the Corner Brook Royals (1986 Allan Cup) and Clarenville Caribous (2011 Allan Cup). The league was a Newfoundland-wide league, much like the old Newfoundland Senior Hockey League which folded in 1989. Teams *Clarenville Caribous *Corner Brook Royals *Conception Bay North Eastlink CeeBee All-Stars *Gander Flyers *Grand Falls-Windsor Cataracts *Mount Pearl H J Bartlett Electric Senior Blades *Steph ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Newfoundland (island)
Newfoundland (, ; french: link=no, Terre-Neuve, ; ) is a large island off the east coast of the North American mainland and the most populous part of the Canadian province of Newfoundland and Labrador. It has 29 percent of the province's land area. The island is separated from the Labrador Peninsula by the Strait of Belle Isle and from Cape Breton Island by the Cabot Strait. It blocks the mouth of the Saint Lawrence River, creating the Gulf of Saint Lawrence, the world's largest estuary. Newfoundland's nearest neighbour is the French overseas collectivity of Saint Pierre and Miquelon. With an area of , Newfoundland is the world's 16th-largest island, Canada's fourth-largest island, and the largest Canadian island outside the North. The provincial capital, St. John's, is located on the southeastern coast of the island; Cape Spear, just south of the capital, is the easternmost point of North America, excluding Greenland. It is common to consider all directly neighbouring i ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Corner Brook Royals
The Corner Brook Royals are a senior ice hockey team based in Corner Brook, Newfoundland and Labrador and a member of the West Coast Senior Hockey League (WCSHL). History The Corner Brook Royals have their roots in picked teams from the local senior league beginning in 1927. Hockey in Corner Brook was first organized in 1925 following the completion of the pulp and paper mill. The first team of Corner Brook's best players, picked from the local league, was in February 1927 for a series with a visiting team from Sydney, Nova Scotia. That same year, a picked Corner Brook team played the first inter-papertown home-and-home series with a Grand Falls team in what would be an annual competition for the Tuma Cup. In 1935 the St. John's league sent an invitation to the western champions for a series at the Prince's Rink to determine the first Newfoundland hockey champions. After winning its intertown series with Grand Falls, it was agreed that Corner Brook would represent western Newfo ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Grand Falls-Windsor Cataracts
The Grand Falls-Windsor Cataracts are a senior ice hockey team based in Grand Falls-Windsor, Newfoundland and Labrador and a member of the Central Division of the Newfoundland Senior Hockey League. Since it was founded in 1966, the Cataracts hockey club has been awarded the Herder Memorial Trophy eight times as all-Newfoundland senior hockey champions, including three consecutive championships from 2014 to 2016. The Cataracts were awarded the Evening Telegram Trophy on four occasions for finishing first overall in the NSHL regular season. The Cataracts won the Allan Cup in 2017 in Bouctouche, NB. The Cataracts have played all their home games at the Joe Byrne Memorial Stadium, formerly known as the Grand Falls Stadium until 1991. History The Grand Falls Cataracts were founded in 1966 by a group led by Leo Murphy, Al Dwyer Jr., Jim Temple and Walter Davis and supported by the Cataracts Booster Club whose members were ex-hockey players and hockey fans. The Cataracts joined the N ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Gander Flyers
The Gander Flyers (also commonly known as the Kelly Ford Gander Flyers due to a sponsorship deal that began October 3, 2014) were a senior ice hockey team based in Gander, Newfoundland and Labrador and a member of in the Central West Senior Hockey League. History The Gander Flyers hockey club has its roots in picked teams from the Royal Canadian Air Force hockey league at RCAF Station Gander during the Second World War and from the Gander Hockey League picked team that entered Newfoundland inter-town senior hockey competition in 1947. The RCAF 'Bombers' and 'Fliers' played exhibition games at other Newfoundland hockey centres during World War II including Corner Brook and Grand Falls. Gander first joined the Newfoundland Amateur Hockey Association, and the race for the Herder Memorial Trophy, in 1947 as part of the Central Division with teams from Bishop's Falls, Buchans and Grand Falls. Gander's entry into Newfoundland senior hockey was occasionally nicknamed the 'Flyers' ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Newfoundland Senior Hockey League (1962–1989)
The Newfoundland Hockey League or Newfoundland Senior Hockey League (NSHL) was an island-wide league of senior hockey teams in Newfoundland that was founded in 1962. James J. Tobin was awarded the position of Honorary Secretary by the league for his contributions to hockey and sport in general, and held this position for more than 40 years. Champions are awarded the Herder Memorial Trophy. The league was disbanded after the 1988–89 season with teams deep in debt and American Hockey League teams flooded the market. On September 10, 2011, it was announced that a re-incarnation of the Newfoundland Senior Hockey League would start in the fall of 2011, seeing two teams from the AESHL (Conception Bay North Cee Bee Stars and Mount Pearl HJ Bartlett Electric Blades) combining with three teams from the WCSHL (Clarenville Caribous, Grand Falls-Windsor Cataracts and Corner Brook Royals). Currently there are two regional senior A leagues, the Central West Senior Hockey League (CWSHL) an ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
2011 Allan Cup
The 2011 Allan Cup was the Canadian championship of senior ice hockey. This was the 103rd year the Allan Cup was awarded. The 2011 Allan Cup was contended in Kenora, Ontario, hosted by the Kenora Thistles of Hockey Northwestern Ontario from April 11 to April 16, 2011. Newfoundland and Labrador's Clarenville Caribous went 4 wins, no losses in the tournament, defeating the Alberta's Bentley Generals 5-3 in the final to win Newfoundland and Labrador's 2nd ever National Senior AAA crown, the first since the Corner Brook Royals at the 1986 Allan Cup. Participants *Kenora Thistles (Host) **4-1-0-0 Branch record (1st in Hockey Northwestern Ontario). **Automatic entry as host. * Fort Frances Thunderhawks (Northwestern Ontario) **1-3-0-1 Branch record (2nd in Hockey Northwestern Ontario). **Granted Quebec's spot in Allan Cup. *Clarenville Caribous (Atlantic) **14-10-0-0 Regular season record (2nd in West Coast Senior Hockey League). **Lost to Deer Lake Red Wings 4-games-to-2 in Semi- ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Clarenville Caribous
The Clarenville Caribous (also commonly known as the Clarenville Ford Caribous due to an ongoing sponsorship deal announced September 23, 2015) are a senior ice hockey team based in Clarenville, Newfoundland and Labrador and a member of the Central West Senior Hockey League. The Caribous are three-time winners of the Herder Memorial Trophy as all-Newfoundland and Labrador Senior Hockey Champions and winners of the 2011 Allan Cup as National Senior "AAA" Hockey Champions. History The Caribous broke into the WCSHL in 2006-2007, ending the season in last place with 18 points. However, in the very next season in 2007-2008 they shot past the other three teams, ending the season in first place with 30 points. They also went on to beat the Corner Brook Royals in the first round of the playoffs, only to be defeated by the Deer Lake Red Wings in the next. A very big improvement for one year. The following season proved to be an even bigger improvement for the team. In the club's third year ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
1986 Allan Cup
The 1986 Allan Cup was the Canadian senior ice hockey championship for the 1985–86 senior "AAA" season. The event was hosted by the Nelson Maple Leafs in Nelson, British Columbia. The 1986 playoff marked the 78th time that the Allan Cup has been awarded. Teams *Corner Brook Royals (Eastern Canadian Champions) *Nelson Maple Leafs The Nelson Maple Leafs were a senior men's ice hockey team. They won the British Columbia Senior Championship, the Savage Cup, seven times (1937, 1961, 1965, 1967, 1971, 1986, and 1987). They played in, but lost, the 1965 Allan Cup Final. The Ma ... (Western Canadian Champions) Best-of-Seven Series :Corner Brook Royals 6 - Nelson Maple Leafs 4 :Corner Brook Royals 6 - Nelson Maple Leafs 5 :Corner Brook Royals 5 - Nelson Maple Leafs 2 :Corner Brook Royals 7 - Nelson Maple Leafs 0 External linksAllan Cup archivesAllan Cup website {{Allan Cup Allan Cup ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
West Coast Senior Hockey League
The West Coast Senior Hockey League (WCSHL) was a senior ice hockey league with teams based in Newfoundland and Labrador. The WCSHL was founded in 1996 as a senior B intermediate league and developed into a senior A league. It operated until the summer of 2011 when the WCSHL merged with the Avalon East Senior Hockey League to form the Newfoundland Senior Hockey League. The league resurface again for the 2016–2017 season, with that season being shorten, now for the 2017–2018 season it has an 18-game season, with teams based out of Corner Brook, Deer Lake, Stephenville, and Port aux Basques. History Teams , 2017-2018, , Corner Brook Royals, Deer Lake Red Wings, Port-aux-Basques Mariners, Stephenville Jets, League Champions *1996 *1997 *1998 *1999 *2000 *2001 Deer Lake Red Wings *2002 Corner Brook Royals *2003 Corner Brook Royals *2004 Corner Brook Royals *2005 Deer Lake Red Wings *2006 Deer Lake Red Wings *2007 Deer Lake Red Wings *2008 Deer Lake Red Wings *2009 Claren ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Herder Memorial Trophy
The Herder Memorial Trophy, or Herder, is the championship trophy awarded annually to the senior ice hockey champions of Newfoundland and Labrador, Canada. The cast silver trophy was originally donated in 1935 by the Herder family, then owners of '' The Evening Telegram'' newspaper, as a memorial to five brothers who played hockey in St. John's. The Herder was first awarded to the Corner Brook team that won the inaugural all-Newfoundland hockey championship on March 22, 1935. The most recent winners of the Herder Memorial Trophy were the Southern Shore Breakers on April 23, 2022. History The Herder trophy was the brainchild of Ralph Herder, then president of The Evening Telegram, as a memorial to his five late brothers, Arthur, William, Douglas, Augustus and Hubert, who were all avid hockey players in St. John's, Newfoundland and Labrador. The trophy was donated in 1935 by ''The Evening Telegram'' newspaper to be awarded annually to Newfoundland's best ice hockey team. ''The Eve ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Avalon East Senior Hockey League
The Avalon East Senior Hockey League (AESHL) is a senior ice hockey league with teams based in Newfoundland and Labrador. It is one of two senior hockey leagues in Newfoundland; the other being the Central West Senior Hockey League. History The Avalon East Senior Hockey League is a hockey league based in Newfoundland and Labrador. The League was created in 2003. The league ended in 2017. Now the new East Coast Senior Hockey League is the league Teams Former Teams *Mount Pearl Blades *Flatrock Flyers League Champions Regular Season champions {, class="wikitable sortable" style="text-align:center" , - ! Season !! Team !! Points !! W-L-T-OTL record , - , 2015–16 , , Northeast Eagles , , 40 , , 23–20–3–0 , - , 2014–15 , , Southern Shore Breakers The Avalon East Senior Hockey League (AESHL) is a senior ice hockey league with teams based in Newfoundland and Labrador. It is one of two senior hockey leagues in Newfoundland; the other being the Central West Seni ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Hockey Newfoundland And Labrador
Hockey Newfoundland and Labrador (HNL) is the governing body of all amateur hockey ice hockey in Newfoundland and Labrador, Canada. Hockey Newfoundland and Labrador is a branch of Hockey Canada. History Hockey Newfoundland and Labrador (HNL) was founded as the Newfoundland Amateur Hockey Association (NAHA) on December 20, 1935 in the St. John's Law offices of Robert S. Furlong on 315 Duckworth Street to govern hockey in all regions of Newfoundland. Furlong was the first President of NAHA and kept that position until 1952. Don Johnson was elected president of the NAHA in 1966 and wanted to expand minor ice hockey as one of its permanent programs. He expected that the NAHA could join the Canadian Amateur Hockey Association (CAHA) within five years if the terms of affiliation were acceptable, and to be admitted independent of and equal to the Maritime Amateur Hockey Association. He sought for the CAHA to accommodate more NAHA requests than in previous offers of affiliation, which ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
