Herder Memorial Trophy

Herder Memorial Trophy

History

This trophy is awarded to the senior ice hockey champion of Newfoundland and Labrador .

Originally donated by the Herder Family, publishers of The Evening Telegram, in memory of five brothers, it now honors the memory of seven Herders. The “original five” Herders were Arthur, William, Douglas, Augustus and Hubert and they were joined by Ralph and James.

Newfoundland was an independent nation until 1949, when it joined Canada. The Newfoundland Amateur Hockey Association did not join the Canadian Amateur Hockey Association until 1967, which was the first time that Newfoundland could compete for the Allan Cup.

The Corner Brook Royals were he first team from Newfoundland to win the Allan Cup, winning in 1985 and 1986. After that the province ended competing for the Allan Cup and started after the Hardy Cup (which was the National Intermediate level championship), until that was ended in 1990 with the Port-aux-Basques Mariners winning the 1989 Hardy Cup. The Clarenville Caribous won the Allan Cup in 2011 and the Grand Falls-Windsor Cataracts won the 2017 Allan Cup after having won the Herder the previous seasons.

The tournament was not held in 1942 and 1943 due to World War II.  The Grand Falls Andcos were awarded the 1957 championship due to being the only Senior A team in the province.  There was no competetion in 1991 due to the state of senior hockey in the province.

Champions

Season	Champion	Runner-Up	Result
1935	Corner Brook Royals	St. John's Guards	5-2 (two game-total goal)
1936	St. Bonaventure's	Corner Brook Royals	5-2 (two game-total goal)
1937	St. Bonaventure's	Buchans Miners	4-1 (two game-total goal)
1938	St. Bonaventure's	Grand Falls Papertowners	9-1 (two game-total goal)
1939	St. Bonaventure's	Bell Island Islanders	2-0 (two game-total goal)
1940	St. Bonaventure's	Buchans Miners	17-7 (two game-total goal)
1941	Bell Island Islanders	St. John's Royals	2 games to 1
1942	No competition due to World War II
1943	No competition due to World War II
1944	Bell Island Islanders	Corner Brook Royals	2 games to none
1945	St. Bonaventure's	Bell Island Islanders	13-4 (two game-total goal)
1946	St. Bonaventure's	Grand Falls All-Stars	35-3 (two game-total goal)
1947	St. Bonaventure's	Grand Falls All-Stars	12-8 (two game-total goal)
1948	St. Bonaventure's	Buchans Miners	6-3 (two game-total goal)
1949	St. Bonaventure's	Corner Brook Royals	21-6 (two game-total goal)
1950	Buchans Miners	St. Bonaventure's	17-5 (two game-total goal)
1951	Buchans Miners	St. Bonaventure's	12-6 (two game-total goal)
1952	Buchans Miners	St. Bonaventure's	12-3 (two game-total goal)
1953	Grand Falls All-Stars	Buchans Miners	2 games to none
1954	Buchans Miners	Grand Falls All-Stars	2 games to 1
1955	Grand Falls Andcos	Buchans Miners	3 games to 1
1956	Grand Falls Andcos	Buchans Miners	3 games to 1
1957	Grand Falls Andcos	N/A	Awarded by NAHA
1958	Grand Falls Andcos	Corner Brook Royals	4 games to 1
1959	Grand Falls Andcos	Conception Bay CeeBees	4 games to 1
1960	Conception Bay CeeBees	Grand Falls Andcos	4 games to 2
1961	Conception Bay CeeBees	Gander Flyers	4 games to none
1962	Corner Brook Royals	Conception Bay CeeBees	4 games to 1
1963	Buchans Miners	Corner Brook Royals	4 games to 2
1964	Corner Brook Royals	Buchans Miners	4 games to 2
1965	Conception Bay CeeBees	Corner Brook Royals	4 games to 1
1966	Corner Brook Royals	Conception Bay CeeBees	4 games to 1
1967	Conception Bay CeeBees	Gander Flyers	4 games to 1
1968	Corner Brook Royals	Buchans Miners	4 games to 1
1969	Gander Flyers	Buchans Miners	4 games to none
1970	St. John's Capitals	Gander Flyers	4 games to 3
1971	Grand Falls Cataracts	St. John's Capitals	4 games to 3
1972	Grand Falls Cataracts	St. John's Capitals	4 games to none
1973	St. John's Capitals	Grand Falls Cataracts	4 games to none
1974	St. John's Capitals	Grand Falls Cataracts	4 games to 1
1975	St. John's Capitals	Corner Brook Royals	4 games to none
1976	St. John's Capitals	Grand Falls Catatracts	4 games to none
1977	Corner Brook Royals	St. John's Blue Caps	4 games to 2
1978	St. John's Blue Caps	Gander Flyers	4 games to 3
1979	St. John's Mike's Shamrocks	Gander Flyers	4 games to 3
1980	Gander Flyers	St. John's Blue Caps	4 games to 1
1981	Grand Falls Cataracts	Corner Brook Royals	4 games to 2
1982	Grand Falls Cataracts	Gander Flyers	4 games to 3
1983	Stephenville Jets	Grand Falls Catatracts	4 games to 3
1984	Stephenville Jets	Corner Brook Royals	4 games to 1
1985	Corner Brook Royals	Stephenville Jets	4 games to 2
1986	Corner Brook Royals	Stephenville Jets	4 games to 2
1987	St. John's Capitals	Stephenville Jets	4 games to 2
1988	Corner Brook Royals	St. John's Capitals	4 games to 1
1989	Port-aux-Basques Mariners	St. John's Capitals	4 games to 2
1990	St. John's Capitals	Corner Brook Royals	4 games to none
1991	No Competition
1992	Badger Bombers	Flatrock Flyers	3 games to 1
1993	Flatrock Flyers	Gander Flyers	3 games to
1994	La Scie Jets	Southern Shore Breakers	3 games to 2
1995	Southern Shore Breakers	Flatrock Flyers	4 games to none
1996	Southern Shore Breakers	Flatrock Flyers	4 games to 3
1997	Flatrock Flyers	Badger Bombers	3 games to none
1998	Flatrock Flyers	Southern Shore Breakers	4 games to 3
1999	Southern Shore Breakers	Badger Bombers	3 games to none
2000	Southern Shore Breakers	Torbay West Side Charlies	4 games to none
2001	Deer Lake Red Wings	Flatrock Flyers	3 games to 2
2002	Corner Brook Royals	Flatrock Flyers	3 games to 2
2003	Flatrock Flyers	Corner Brook Royals	3 games to none
2004	Southern Shore Breakers	Corner Brook Royals	3 games to 1
2005	Deer Lake Red Wings	Conception Bay North CeeBee Stars	4 games to 3
2006	Conception Bay North CeeBees	Deer Lake Red Wings	4 games to 2
2007	Conception Bay North CeeBees	Deer Lake Red Wings	4 games to 2
2008	Conception Bay North CeeBees	Deer Lake Red Wings	4 games to 2
2009	Clarenville Caribous	Conception Bay North CeeBee Stars	4 games to 1
2010	Clarenville Caribous	Conception Bay North CeeBee Stars	4 games to 1
2011	Grand Falls-Windsor Cataracts	Conception Bay North CeeBee Stars	4 games to none
2012	Clarenville Caribous	Grand Falls-Windsor Cataracts	4 games to 1
2013	Conception Bay North CeeBees	Clarenville Caribous	4 games to none
2014	Grand Falls-Windsor Cataracts	Clarenville Caribous	4 games to 2
2015	Grand Falls-Windsor Cataracts	Corner Brook Royals	4 games to none
2016	Grand Falls-Windsor Cataracts	St. John's Capitals	3 games to none
2017	Harbour Grace CeeBee Stars	Clarenville Caribous	3 games to 2
2018	Clarenville Caribous	St. John's Capitals	4 games to none
2019	Grand Falls-Windsor Cataracts	Southern Shore Breakers	4 games to 1
2020	Cancelled due to disagreements between teams and HNL
2021	No competition organized due to COVID-19 pandemic
2022	Southern Shore Breakers	Clarenville Caribous 4 games to none
2023	Southern Shore Breakers	Deer Lake Red Wings	4 games to 1
2024	St. John's Capitals	Deer Lake Red Wings	4 games to none

Team Photos

1935 Corner Brook Royals

1992 Badger Bombers

2009 Clarenville Caribous

2011 Grand Falls-Windsor Cataracts

1971 Herder Memorial Trophy champs Grand Falls Cataracts

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