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Central West Senior Hockey League

Herder Memorial Trophy (Provincial)
Allan Cup (National)

Recent ChampionsGrand Falls-Windsor CataractsWebsitecentralwesthockey.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	Deer Lake	Hodder Memorial Centre
Corner Brook Royals	Corner Brook	Corner Brook Civic Centre
Stephenville Lightning	Stephenville	Stephenville Dome
Grand Falls-Windsor Cataracts	Grand Falls-Windsor	Joe Byrne Memorial Stadium