Central West Senior Hockey League Explained

Central West Senior Hockey League
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Region:Newfoundland
Founded:2014
Teams:4
Champions:Grand Falls-Windsor Cataracts
Website:centralwesthockey.ca

The Central West Senior Hockey League (CWSHL) is a senior 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.

History

On June 4, 2014 four teams from the Newfoundland Senior Hockey League, the Clarenville Caribous, Western Royals, Gander Flyers and the Grand Falls-Windsor Cataracts, officially announced their departure and formed a new league to be the Central West Senior Hockey League (CWSHL).

On February 25, 2015, Hockey Newfoundland and Labrador approved a request by the Central West Senior Hockey League in which they asked to play for the historic Herder Trophy because it was the only operating Senior A hockey league registered in the province.

Hockey NL announced on September 20, 2015 that beginning in March 2016 the CWSHL champions will play the Avalon East Senior Hockey League champions in a best-of-five Herder final series.[1]

After a hiatus of over 6 seasons, the CWSHL restarted and the newly formed league consisted of four teams for the 2023-2024 season.

Teams

Team Centre Arena
Deer Lake Red Wings Hodder Memorial Centre
Corner Brook Royals Corner Brook Civic Centre
Stephenville Lightning Stephenville Dome
Grand Falls-Windsor Cataracts Joe Byrne Memorial Stadium

Champions

League trophies and awards

First Place in Regular Season

SeasonWinnerRecord
2014-2015Corner Brook Royals
2015-2016Grand Falls-Windsor Cataracts

Top Scorer in Regular Season

SeasonWinnerPointsTeam
2014-2015
2015-2016Cam FergusGrand Falls-Windsor Cataracts

Top Goaltender Award

SeasonWinnerTeam
2014-2015
2015-2016

Herder Champions

References

  1. Web site: Hockey Nl Fall Meeting Concluded on Saturday. 20 September 2015.

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