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| Sport | Ice hockey |
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| Jurisdiction | Newfoundland and Labrador |
| Abbreviation | HNL |
| Founded | 1935 |
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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.
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.[ citation needed ]
Don Johnson was elected president of the NAHA in 1966 and wanted to expand minor ice hockey as one of its permanent programs. [1] 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. [2] He sought for the CAHA to accommodate more NAHA requests than in previous offers of affiliation, which included the NAHA keeping regulations which allowed a paid player-coach and the occasional professional player on a roster. The NAHA also wanted its senior league to have shorter playoffs for the Allan Cup instead of an interlocking schedule with teams from the Maritimes. [2] In May 1966, Johnson reached an agreement with CAHA president Lionel Fleury who accepted the NAHA as a branch member for the 1966–67 season. Johnson stated that despite Newfoundland becoming Canada's tenth province in 1949, the NAHA took 17 years to affiliate with the CAHA "through lack of information, misinterpretation of correspondence and other factors". [3]
The following year, a Newfoundland championship team participated in the Allan Cup playoffs for the first time. NAHA was renamed the Newfoundland & Labrador Hockey Association (NLHA) in 1999 and later renamed Hockey Newfoundland & Labrador (HNL).[ citation needed ]
The Veitch Memorial Trophy is awarded to the junior champion team.
The Herder Memorial Trophy is awarded to the senior championship team. The Evening Telegram Trophy is awarded to the senior hockey team with the best record (best winning average) in the regular season.
The Gus Soper Memorial Award is presented to the most valuable player in NL senior hockey in the regular season. The President's Award is presented to the top goaltender in NL senior hockey in the regular season. The Howie Clouter Memorial Trophy is presented to the most gentlemanly and effective player in NL senior hockey in the regular season.
| S. E. Tuma Memorial Trophy | |
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| Sport | Ice hockey |
| Awarded for | Top scorer in the regular season in an active Newfoundland & Labrador senior hockey league |
| History | |
| First award | 1968 |
| Most recent | Matthew Thomey (of HGOE CeeBee Stars) |
The S. E. Tuma Memorial Trophy is awarded to the top scorer in NL senior hockey in the regular season. [4] [5]
In 1968 Corner Brook businessman Elias Tuma donated a trophy as a memorial to his late father Simon to be presented annually to the most prolific scorer in the Newfoundland Senior Hockey League (NSHL). [6] The trophy was first presented at the end of the 1968-1969 season.
The NSHL ceased operations in 1989 and the trophy was not awarded in 1990, 1991 or 1992. From 1993 though 2011, the S.E. Tuma Memorial Trophy was awarded to the top scorer of the active provincial senior "A" leagues. The Newfoundland Senior Hockey League reformed for three seasons from 2011-2014. The trophy was not awarded in 2015 but since 2016 it has once again been awarded to the top scorer of the active provincial senior "A" leagues.
Note: AESHL = Avalon East Senior Hockey League, AWSHL = Avalon West Senior Hockey League, CBSHL = Central Beothuck Senior Hockey League
| Year | Winner | Team (league) | Points |
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| 1969 | Jacques Allard | Gander Flyers (NSHL) | 126 (50G 76A) |
| 1970 | Frank "Danky" Dorrington | Corner Brook Royals (NSHL) | 118 |
| 1971 | Jack Faulkner | Gander Flyers | 74 |
| 1972 | Wayne Maxner | Gander Flyers | 111 |
| 1973 | Frank "Danky" Dorrington | Corner Brook Royals | 67 |
| 1974 | Frank "Danky" Dorrington | Corner Brook Royals | 101 |
| 1975 | Charlie Greene | Grand Falls Cataracts | 46 |
| 1976 | Gene Faulkner | Grand Falls Cataracts | 39 |
| 1977 | Dennis Goulding | Grand Falls Cataracts | 91 |
| 1978 | Randy Pearcey | St. John's Blue Caps | 106 |
| 1979 | Edward Philpott | Gander Flyers | 126 |
| 1980 | Zane Forbes | Gander Flyers | 94 |
| 1981 | Randy Pearcey | St. John's Blue Caps | 86 |
| 1982 | Bruce Campbell | Grand Falls Cataracts | 75 |
| 1983 | Bruce Campbell | Stephenville Jets | 73 |
| 1984 | Juan Strickland | Port aux Basques Mariners | 92 |
| 1985 | Juan Strickland | Port aux Basques Mariners | 88 |
| 1986 | Robert Forbes | Corner Brook Royals | 117 |
| 1987 | Andy Sullivan | St. John's Capitals | 130 |
| 1988 | Craig Jenkins | Corner Brook Royals | 157 |
| 1989 | Andy Sullivan | St. John's Capitals | 106 |
| 1993 | Andy Sullivan | Pouch Cove Hawks | 63 |
| 1994 | Andy Sullivan | Southern Shore Breakers | 49 |
| 1995 | Andy Sullivan | Southern Shore Breakers | 100 |
| 1996 | Dennis Strong | Conception Bay CeeBees | 59 |
| 1997 | Derrick Dalley | Twillingate Combines | 45 |
| 1998 | Scott Sullivan | Southern Shore Breakers | 117 |
| 1999 | Ed Russell | Conception Bay CeeBees | 71 points |
| 2012 | Ryan Desrosiers | Clarenville Caribous (NSHL) | 39 (18G 21A) |
| 2013 | Andrew Sweetland | Clarenville Caribous (NSHL) | 42 (18G 24A) |
| 2014 | Ron Hennigar | Grand Falls-Windsor Cataracts (NSHL) | 48 (11G 37A) |
| 2015 | Not awarded | ||
| 2016 | Chris Sparkes | Northeast Eagles (AESHL) | 48 (22G 26A) |
| 2017 | Matthew Thomey | HGOE CeeBee Stars (AESHL) | 34 (14G 20A) |
Senior hockey
Junior leagues
Defunct leagues
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.
Donald Stewart Johnson was a Canadian sports executive. He was elected president of the Newfoundland Amateur Hockey Association (NAHA) in 1966, sought to expand minor ice hockey in Newfoundland and negotiated for the NAHA to become a member of the Canadian Amateur Hockey Association (CAHA). He was elected president of the CAHA in 1975, resolved internal disagreement over the jurisdiction of junior ice hockey, avoided the withdrawal of the Western Canada Hockey League and sought a new professional-amateur agreement with the National Hockey League and World Hockey Association. He was part of negotiations to end the Canada men's national ice hockey team hiatus from the Ice Hockey World Championships and the Olympic Games, in exchange for International Ice Hockey Federation approval of the 1976 Canada Cup. He established a long-term sponsorship to improve the National Coaching Certification Program, twice visited China with a Canadian amateur team for instructional tours and arranged an exchange for Chinese players and coaches to attend training camps in Canada. He was chairman of the 1978 World Junior Ice Hockey Championships as the CAHA past-president, and was posthumously credited by Hockey Canada for playing an important role in Canada's return to international competitions and improving Canada's hockey reputation.
The Herder Memorial Trophy, or Herder, is the championship trophy awarded annually to the senior ice hockey champions of Newfoundland and Labrador, Canada. The trophy was originally donated in 1935 by the Herder family, 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 championships on March 22, 1935. The most recent winners of the Herder Memorial Trophy were the Grand Falls-Windsor Cataracts on April 14, 2019.
Selm Alexander Faulkner is a retired professional ice hockey player and was the first National Hockey League player from Newfoundland and Labrador.
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 Northeast Senior Eagles are a senior ice hockey team based in Torbay, Newfoundland and Labrador as part of the New East Coast Senior Hockey League. They have been a member of the Avalon East Senior Hockey league since its inception in 1967. They currently play out of the Jack Byrne Arena in Torbay, Newfoundland. Their home games are Friday nights at 8:00pm.
The Central West Senior Hockey League (CWSHL) is a senior A ice hockey league in Newfoundland and Labrador, Canada. The league competes for the Herder Memorial Trophy and its teams can declare 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.
Robert George Faulkner is a retired professional hockey player. In 1954 he 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 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 trophies in seven years as all-Newfoundland champions. With the support of the Anglo-Newfoundland Development Company, who were the owners of the town's pulp and paper mill and the builders of a new state-of-the-art stadium in 1947, the team that later became known as the Andcos built a strong roster with paid players and dominated Newfoundland senior hockey during the 1950s.
The Harbour Grace CeeBee Stars, are a senior ice hockey team based in Harbour Grace, Newfoundland and Labrador and part of the Avalon East Senior Hockey League. The CeeBees are eight-time winners of the Herder Memorial Trophy as provincial champions.
The Gander Flyers are 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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