All-time roster
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| Grand Falls Andcos | |
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| City | Grand Falls, NL |
| League | Newfoundland Senior Hockey League |
| Founded | 1956 |
| Home arena | Grand Falls Stadium |
| Colours | Green, white |
| Franchise history | |
| 1928–55 | Grand Falls All-Stars |
| 1956–65 | Grand Falls Andcos |
| 1966-91 | Grand Falls Cataracts |
| 1991–present | Grand Falls-Windsor Cataracts |
The Grand Falls Andcos were a senior ice hockey team based in Grand Falls, Newfoundland and Labrador in the Newfoundland Senior Hockey League that won six Herder Memorial championships in seven years as all-Newfoundland champions. With the support of the Anglo-Newfoundland Development Company (A.N.D. Co.), owners of the town's pulp and paper mill and the builder of a new state-of-the-art stadium in 1947, the team that later became known as the Andcos built a strong roster with imported players and dominated Newfoundland senior hockey during the 1950s.
Grand Falls was established in 1905 as a company-built town and was administered by the Anglo Newfoundland Development Company Ltd (A.N.D. Co. Ltd.) until 1961 when the town was incorporated as a municipality (The mill was acquired in 1961 by Price Brothers). The Grand Falls Athletic Association (GFAA) organized and governed hockey in the town including management of the Grand Falls All-Stars hockey club.
GFAA was picking players from the local senior league to form an all-star team at least as early as 1928 and occasionally played inter-town games with other hockey centres, including St. John's, Corner Brook, Buchans and Bay Roberts, before hockey was organized island-wide. In 1935, at the conclusion of the annual home and home inter-papertown series between Grand Falls and Corner Brook, it was agreed that Corner Brook would represent Western Newfoundland to play the eastern champion Guards from St. John's in a two-game series at the Prince's Rink to determine the first hockey champions of Newfoundland. Corner Brook were victorious and were awarded the first Herder Memorial Trophy. The Newfoundland Amateur Hockey Association was formed in December 1935 and beginning in 1936 the Western division champion would travel to the capital city in March to participate in the Herder Championship series.
The A.N.D. Co. funded the construction of a new stadium for Grand Falls in 1947. It was a state-of-the-art facility when it opened in the winter of 1948. Equipped with a new arena capable of holding thousands of patrons and generating significant revenues, Grand Falls started hiring 'import' hockey playing-coaches to compete with the Buchans Miners and the strong St. John's teams. The GFAA improved its entry in the race for the Herder Trophy by first hiring Moncton native and NHL Hall of famer Gordie Drillon as playing-coach for the 1948-49 season. Drillon arrived in Grand Falls on November 20, 1948. [1] Two days later the Grand Falls Stadium was officially opened. [2] Joe Byrne was hired as head coach for the 1949-50 season and arrived in Grand Falls in early December 1949. He coached the all-stars for several seasons. Before the start of the 1952-53 season the GFAA hired three playing coaches including PEI native Wes "Bucko" Trainor, who played 17 games with the New York Rangers in 1948-49. In the winter of 1953 Trainor helped Grand Falls capture its first all-Newfoundland championship and Herder Memorial Trophy.
The Grand Falls All-Stars were renamed the Andcos in January 1956. [3] The Andcos won five straight Herder championships from 1955 to 1959 but the hockey club folded at the end of the 1964-65 season. [4] After a year without an entry from the town in the Newfoundland Amateur Hockey Association, the Grand Falls-Cataracts were formed in the fall of 1966.
| Herder Trophy champions ‡ |
Note: GP = Games played, W = Wins, L = Losses, T = Ties, OTL = Overtime Losses, Pts = Points, GF = Goals for, GA = Goals against, DNQ = Did not qualify
NAHA, Sr. = Newfoundland Amateur Hockey Association senior division, NAHA, Sr. A = Newfoundland Amateur Hockey Association senior Section A, NSHL = Newfoundland Senior Hockey League (1962-1989)
| Season | League | Exhibition games | Herder playoffs | ||||||||||||||||
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| GP | W | L | T | GF | GA | GP | W | L | GF | GA | PTS | Finish | Result | ||||||
| 1945–46 | NAHA, Sr. | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | ||||||||||
| 1946–47 | NAHA, Sr. | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | ||||||||||
| 1947–48 | NAHA, Sr. | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | lost to Buchans All-Stars in western semi-finals (10-goals-to-4) | |||||||||
| 1948–49 | NAHA, Sr. | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | lost to Corner Brook All-Stars in western finals (series forfeited by Grand Falls) | |||||||||
| 1949–50 | NAHA, Sr. | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | lost to Buchans Miners in western semi-finals (26-goals-to-4). | ||||||||||
| 1950–51 | NAHA, Sr. | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | lost to Buchans Miners in western semi-finals (16-goals-to-3). | ||||||||||
| 1951–52 | NAHA, Sr. | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | lost in western semi-finals to Buchans, 6-28 (TG) | ||||||||||
| 1952–53 | NAHA, Sr. A | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | won Herder vs. Buchans Miners, 2-0‡ | ||||||||||
| 1953–54 | NAHA, Sr. A | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | lost in Herder finals to Buchans, 1-2 | |||||||||
| 1954–55 | NAHA, Sr. A | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | won Herder vs. Buchans Miners, 1-3‡ | |||||||||
| 1955–56 | NAHA, Sr. A | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | won Herder vs. Buchans Miners, 3-0‡ | |||||||||
| 1956–57 | NAHA, Sr. A | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | declared the Herder winner by NAHA. (no other teams entered)‡ | |||||||||
| 1957–58 | NAHA, Sr. A | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | won Herder by defeating Corner Brook Royals, 4-1‡ | |||||||||
| 1958–59 | NAHA, Sr. A | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | won Herder by defeating Conception Bay CeeBees, 4-1‡ | |||||||||
| 1959–60 | NAHA, Sr. | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | lost in Herder finals to Conception Bay CeeBees, 2-4 | ||||||||||
| 1960–61 | NAHA, Sr. | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | 3rd in West, DNQ for Herder playoffs | ||||||||||
| 1961–62 | NAHA, Sr. | 5 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 16 | 27 | n/a | – | 12 | 1 | 11 | 4th in West, DNQ for Herder finals | ||||||
Note: There were no regular season games from 1947 through 1962. Teams played exhibition games which was followed by the NAHA playoffs.
| Season | League | Regular season | Herder playoffs | ||||||||||||||||
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| GP | W | L | T | GF | GA | PTS | Finish | GP | W | L | GF | GA | Result | ||||||
| 1962–63 | NSHL | 16 | 7 | 3 | 6 | 86 | 72 | 20 | 3rd | lost in Herder semi-finals to Buchans Miners, 2-3 | |||||||||
| 1963–64 | NSHL | 20 | 6 | 13 | 1 | 85 | 112 | 13 | 5th | – | – | – | – | – | DNQ for Herder playoffs | ||||
| 1964–65 | NSHL | 20 | 7 | 11 | 2 | 100 | 123 | 16 | 4th | 4 | 0 | 4 | 11 | 30 | lost to Corner Brook Royals in Herder semi-finals (4-games-to-0) | ||||
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Cliff Gorman Memorial Award (Most valuable player of the Herder Playoffs)
The following people who were members of the Andcos/All-Stars have been inducted into the Newfoundland and Labrador Hockey Hall of Fame.
Note: (the year of induction is noted)
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.
Gordon Arthur Drillon was a Canadian professional ice hockey player. He was born in Moncton, New Brunswick, Canada. From 1936 through to 1942 he was part of one of the National Hockey League (NHL)'s most prolific scoring lines as a member of the Toronto Maple Leafs. He won a Stanley Cup during the 1941–42 season, and was inducted into the Hockey Hall of Fame in 1975.
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.
The Herder Memorial Trophy, or Herder, is the championship trophy to be awarded annually to the senior ice hockey champions of Newfoundland and Labrador, Canada. The original cast silver trophy was donated in 1935 by The Evening Telegram newspaper on behalf of the Herder family, as a memorial to five brothers who played hockey in St. John's.
Joseph Roche Lundrigan is a Canadian former ice hockey defenceman who played 52 games in the National Hockey League with the Toronto Maple Leafs and Washington Capitals during the 1972–73 and 1974–75 seasons. He was originally signed in 1971 by the Maple Leafs, and was claimed by the Capitals in the 1974 NHL Expansion Draft. The rest of his career, which lasted from 1967 to 1986, was spent in the minor leagues.
Selm Alexander Faulkner is a Canadian retired professional ice hockey player and was the first National Hockey League (NHL) player from Newfoundland and Labrador. He played in the NHL from 1961 to 1964 with the Toronto Maple Leafs and Detroit Red Wings. The rest of his career, which lasted from 1952 to 1976, was mainly spent in the Newfoundland Senior Hockey League.
The Clarenville Caribous 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.
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.
The Central West Senior Hockey League (CWSHL) was a senior A ice hockey league in Newfoundland and Labrador, Canada. The league competed for the Herder Memorial Trophy and its teams declared themselves eligible for the Allan Cup.
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).
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.
Joe Byrne Memorial Stadium is a multi-purpose arena located on Jones Street, adjacent to High Street, in Grand Falls-Windsor, Newfoundland and Labrador. The stadium is used to host trade shows, conferences, sporting events and special events. The ice arena was constructed in 1947/48 and was known as the Grand Falls Stadium until 1991.
Robert George Faulkner is a retired professional hockey player. In 1954 George became the first professional hockey player from Newfoundland and Labrador when he signed with the minor-pro Shawinigan-Falls Cataracts of the Quebec Senior Hockey League.
St. John's Capitals were a senior ice hockey team based in St. John's, Newfoundland and Labrador in the Newfoundland Senior Hockey League.
The Gander Flyers were a senior ice hockey team based in Gander, Newfoundland and Labrador and a member of in the Central West Senior Hockey League.
The Evening Telegram Trophy is presented to the team with the best record in the senior A hockey leagues operating in Newfoundland and Labrador.
The Stephenville Jets are a senior ice hockey team based in Stephenville, Newfoundland and Labrador and part of the Newfoundland Senior Hockey League.
The Buchans Miners were a senior ice hockey team based in Buchans, Newfoundland and Labrador and were a member of the Newfoundland Senior Hockey League. The Miners were awarded the Herder Memorial Trophy seven times as all-Newfoundland senior hockey champions, including three consecutive championships from 1950 to 1952. The club folded in 1970 but came back for one season in the late seventies.
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