The Evening Telegram Trophy is presented to the team with the best record in the senior A hockey leagues operating in Newfoundland and Labrador .
10-626: The owners of the Evening Telegram newspaper originally donated a trophy in 1954 to be presented annually to the champions of the new senior section 'B' division of the Newfoundland Amateur Hockey Association . The section B league was formed for teams with no 'import' or paid players on their roster. The B Division was disbanded after the 1959 Championships and the Evening Telegram Trophy was retired. The trophy
20-527: Is a branch of Hockey Canada . Hockey Newfoundland and Labrador (HNL) was founded as the Newfoundland Amateur Hockey Association (NAHA) on December 20, 1935 in the St. John's Law offices of Robert S. Furlong on 315 Duckworth Street to govern hockey in all regions of Newfoundland. Furlong was the first President of NAHA and kept that position until 1952. Don Johnson was elected president of
30-446: Is awarded to the junior champion team. The Herder Memorial Trophy is awarded to the senior championship team. The Evening Telegram Trophy is awarded to the senior hockey team with the best record (best winning average) in the regular season. The Gus Soper Memorial Award is presented to the most valuable player in NL senior hockey in the regular season. The President's Award is presented to
40-531: The Evening Telegram Trophy. The NSHL disbanded after 1989 and the trophy was not awarded from 1990 thru 1992. Beginning in 1993, the trophy was awarded to the team with the best winning average among the existing senior 'A' leagues in the province. Hockey Newfoundland and Labrador Hockey Newfoundland and Labrador (HNL) is the governing body of all amateur hockey ice hockey in Newfoundland and Labrador , Canada. Hockey Newfoundland and Labrador
50-691: The NAHA in 1966 and wanted to expand minor ice hockey as one of its permanent programs. He expected that the NAHA could join the Canadian Amateur Hockey Association (CAHA) within five years if the terms of affiliation were acceptable, and to be admitted independent of and equal to the Maritime Amateur Hockey Association . He sought for the CAHA to accommodate more NAHA requests than in previous offers of affiliation, which included
60-599: The NAHA keeping regulations which allowed a paid player-coach and the occasional professional player on a roster. The NAHA also wanted its senior league to have shorter playoffs for the Allan Cup instead of an interlocking schedule with teams from the Maritimes . In May 1966, Johnson reached an agreement with CAHA president Lionel Fleury who accepted the NAHA as a branch member for the 1966–67 season. Johnson stated that despite Newfoundland becoming Canada's tenth province in 1949,
70-531: The NAHA took 17 years to affiliate with the CAHA "through lack of information, misinterpretation of correspondence and other factors". The following year, a Newfoundland championship team participated in the Allan Cup playoffs for the first time. NAHA was renamed the Newfoundland & Labrador Hockey Association (NLHA) in 1999 and later renamed Hockey Newfoundland & Labrador (HNL). The Veitch Memorial Trophy
80-529: The most prolific scorer in the Newfoundland Senior Hockey League (NSHL). The trophy was first presented at the end of the 1968-1969 season. The NSHL ceased operations in 1989 and the trophy was not awarded in 1990, 1991 or 1992. From 1993 though 2011, the S.E. Tuma Memorial Trophy was awarded to the top scorer of the active provincial senior "A" leagues. The Newfoundland Senior Hockey League reformed for three seasons from 2011-2014. The trophy
90-433: The top goaltender in NL senior hockey in the regular season. The Howie Clouter Memorial Trophy is presented to the most gentlemanly and effective player in NL senior hockey in the regular season. The S. E. Tuma Memorial Trophy is awarded to the top scorer in NL senior hockey in the regular season. In 1968 Corner Brook businessman Elias Tuma donated a trophy as a memorial to his late father Simon to be presented annually to
100-508: Was not awarded in 1960 & 1961. In 1962, the Trophy was awarded to the winner of the senior league's new Eastern Division. (The S.E. Tuma Trophy, donated by the Corner Brook jewellery firm, was awarded to the 1962 Western Division champions). From 1963 thru 1989, the newly formed island-wide Newfoundland Senior Hockey League team that finished first place in the regular season was presented with
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