The Grand Falls-Windsor Cataracts are a senior

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team based in

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and a member of the Central Division of the

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. Since it was founded in 1966, the Cataracts hockey club has been awarded the

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eight times as all-Newfoundland senior hockey champions, including three consecutive championships from 2014 to 2016. The Cataracts were awarded the Evening Telegram Trophy on four occasions for finishing first overall in the NSHL regular season. The Cataracts won the

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in Bouctouche, NB. The Cataracts have played all their home games at the

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, formerly known as the Grand Falls Stadium until 1991.

History

The Grand Falls Cataracts were founded in 1966 by a group led by Leo Murphy, Al Dwyer Jr., Jim Temple and Walter Davis and supported by the Cataracts Booster Club whose members were ex-hockey players and hockey fans. The Cataracts joined the

(NSHL) for the 1966–67 season. The previous papertown entry in the provincial senior league, the Grand Falls Andcos, had folded at the end of the 1964–65 season.

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native

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was hired as the Cataracts' first head coach. At the end of the 1967-68 regular season, the Cataracts finished in first place and were awarded the Evening Telegram Trophy. The Cataracts won back-to-back all-Newfoundland senior hockey championships in 1981 and 1982 but did not join the NSHL in 1983–84. The club re-joined the NSHL in 1984–85 to make it a four-team league. At the end of the 2010–2011 season the Cataracts defeated the

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4–0 in the finals series to win the

. From 2011 to 2014 the club was part of the re-formed

. In 2012 Herder finals, the Cataracts were runners-up to the

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who took the Provincial title. On March 8, 2015, Cataracts' import Rob Hennigar scored the OT winner to win the CWSHL finals series four-games-to-two. The Cataracts were awarded their second straight all-Newfoundland senior championship and the home town received its thirteenth

. The Cataracts won their first

on April 15, 2017 in Bouctouche, NB after defeating the

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7–4 in the fina

Season-by-season record

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, CWSHL =

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Allan Cup results

Current roster

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the Cataracts profile on the league website
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Leaders

Team captains

*Leo Murphy, 1967–68, 1970–71 *Jim Beckman, 1971–72 *Al Dwyer, 1973–74 *Roger Elliott, 1980-81 *Harold Stanley, 1975–76 *Gene Faulkner, 1981-82 *Brian Grouchy, 2002–03 *Brad Lewis, 2006–13 *Mike Brent, 2013–18

Head coaches

, 1967–69 *Jim Beckman, 1969–70 *Jean-Marc Pichett

1970–73 *Leo Murphy, 1973-76 (playing-coach) *Joe Grimes, 1977–78 *Al Dwyer Jr., 1978–79 * Joseph R. Byrne, Joe Byrne, 1979–82 * Gord Gallant, 1982–83, 1984–85 *

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, 1983–84 *Tony Grimes. 1983-84 *Mike Brown, 2002-2003 *Barry Manual, 2007–08 *Walt Lewis, 2008–09 *Paul Glavine, 2009–10 * Brian Casey, 2010–12 *Shane Lukinchuk, 2012–15 * Tom Coolen, 2015–17 *Pat Yetma

2017–19

Team awards

Team MVP

(Cataracts most valuable player in the regular season) *Tyler Whitehead, 2011 *Cam Fergus, 2016

James "Bucky" Hannaford Jr. Award

(Awarded to the player who shows dedication to the team both on and off the ice) *Mike Brent, 2011 *Sam Hounsell, 2013 *Nicklas Lindstrom, 2016 *Nicklas Lindstrom, 2017

The Cohen's Cup

(Awarded to the Cataract receiving the most points on 3-Star selection during the regular season) *Andre Gill, 2012–13 *Andre Gill, 2013–14 *Cam Fergus, 2014–15 *Mike Brent, 2015–16 *Danny Wicks, 2016–17 *Danny Wicks, 2017–18 *A.J. Whiffen, 2018–19

League trophies and awards

*First place in the West Coast senior Hockey League: 2011 *First place in the

: 2016 *CWSHL championship: 2015, 2016

League individual awards

League MVP (in the regular season) *Cam Fergus, 2016 *Collin Circelli, 2017 Top Scorer (in the regular season) *Cam Fergus, 2016 Top goal scorer (in the regular season) *Chad Earle, 2011 *Cam Fergus, 2016 Coach of the Year (in the regular season) *Brian Casey, 2011 *Tom Coolen, 2016 *Tom Coolen, 2017 Top Goalie (in the regular season) *A.J. Whiffen, 2016 *Bryan Gillis, 2017 *A.J. Whiffen, 2019 Top Defenseman (in the regular season) *Luke Gallant, 2016 *Nick Lindstrom, 2019 Rookie of the Year (in the regular season) *Chad Earle, 2011

Hockey Newfoundland and Labrador, Hockey NL (HNL) Trophies and Awards

HNL team awards

*Eight all-Newfoundland senior hockey championships (

): 1971, 1972, 1981, 1982, 2011, 2014, 2015, 2016 *First place in Newfoundland Senior Hockey League (

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): 1968, 1972, 1981, 2014

HNL individual awards

S. E Tuma Memorial Trophy (Top scorer in the regular season) *Charlie Greene, 1975 *Gene Faulkner, 1976 *Dennis Goulding, 1977 *Bruce Campbell, 1982 *Ron Hennigar, 2014
T.A. (Gus) Soper Memorial Award (Most valuable player in the Senior "A" leagues in the regular season) *Jason Stone, 2006 *A.J. Whiffen, 2013 *Ron Hennigar, 2014 *Cam Fergus, 2016
Albert "Peewee" Crane Memorial Trophy (Senior league rookie of the year) *Terry French, 1969 *Don Howse, 1972 *Brandon Nicholas, 2008 *Chad Earle, 2011
Howie Clouter Memorial Trophy (Most Gentlemanly and Effective Player in the regular season) *Al Dwyer Jr., 1974, 1975 *Dan Flynn, 1981 *Bruce Campbell, 1982 *Troy Thompson, 2006 *Andre Gill, 2010 *Danny Wicks, 2018 *Danny Wicks, 2019
President's Goaltender's Award (Top goaltender in the regular season) *Fred Janes, 1968, 1969 * Jean-Guy Morissette, 1972 *Rocky Martin, 1973 *Eddie Davis, 1982 *Mark Yetman, 2012 *A.J. Whiffen, 2013 *A.J. Whiffen, 2014 *A.J. Whiffen, 2016 *A.J. Whiffen, 2019
Top Defenseman (Top defenseman in the regular season) *Rodi Short, 2014 *Luke Gallant, 2016
Coach of the Year *Shane Lukinchuk, 2014 *Tom Coolen, 2016
Cliff Gorman Memorial Award (Most valuable player of the Herder Playoffs) *A.J. Whiffen, 2014 *Cam Fergus, 2015 *Luke Gallant, 2016

Honoured members

''Note: (the year honoured is noted)''

Retired numbers

* #7 Al Dwyer Jr. * #12 Jim Temple * #8 Gene Faulkner (2011) * #55 Martin Lapointe (2015) * #16 Clar Goulding (2017) * # Wayne Faulkner (2017) * # James "Bucky" Hannaford (2018) * # Cec Thomas (2018)

Honoured Builders

* Walter Davis (2018)

NL Hockey Hall of Fame

The following people associated with the Cataracts have been inducted into the Newfoundland and Labrador Hockey Hall of Fame. ''Note: (the year of induction is noted)'' *

br>(1994)Joe Byrne (1995)Allan Dwyer Jr. (1996)Walt Davis (1999)Leo Murphy (1999)Harold Stanley (2000)Don Howse (2000)Jim Temple (2001)Gene Faulkner (2001Harry Katrynuk (2007)Clarence Goulding (2008)Allan Bargery (2009)Wayne Faulkner (2013)Cecil Thomas (2018)

References

Bibliography

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External links

Team website

League website
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