The Central West Senior Hockey League (CWSHL) is a

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league in

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, Canada. The league competes for the

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 ...

and its teams can declare themselves eligible for the

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History

On June 4, 2014 four teams from the

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, the

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, Western Royals,

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and the

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 hoc ...

, 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

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champions in a best-of-five Herder final series.

Teams

Champions

*2015

League trophies and awards

First Place in Regular Season

Top Scorer in Regular Season

Top Goaltender Award

Herder Champions

*2015

References

External links

Official Websitedefunct NLSHL WebsiteAESHL WebsiteNewfoundland Hockey Talk discussion pages
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