Grand Falls-Windsor Cataracts

Grand Falls-Windsor Cataracts
Grand Falls-Windsor Cataracts
City	Grand Falls-Windsor, NL
League	Central West Senior Hockey League
Founded	1966
Home arena	Joe Byrne Memorial Stadium
Colours	Green, white, red
Head coach	Pat Yetman
Captain	Mike Brent
Website	Official website league website
Franchise history
1928–48	Grand Falls
1948–55	Grand Falls All-Stars
1956–65	Grand Falls Andcos
1966–91	Grand Falls Cataracts
1991–present	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 hockey club has been awarded the Herder Memorial Trophy 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 Allan Cup in 2017 in Bouctouche, NB.

The Cataracts have played all their home games at the Joe Byrne Memorial Stadium, 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 Newfoundland Senior Hockey League (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. Winnipeg native Nick Mickoski 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, after finishing first place in the league, the Cataracts defeated the Conception Bay North Cee Bee Stars 4–0 in the finals series to win the Herder Memorial Trophy. It was the hockey club's first provincial senior hockey championship since 1982. From 2011 to 2014 the club was part of the re-formed Newfoundland Senior Hockey League. In 2012 Herder finals, the Cataracts were runners-up to the Clarenville Caribous 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 Herder Memorial Trophy.

The Cataracts won their first Allan Cup on April 15, 2017 in Bouctouche, NB after defeating the Lacombe Generals 7–4 in the final.

Season-by-season record

Note: GP = Games played, W = Wins, L = Losses, T = Ties, OTL = Overtime Losses, Pts = Points, GF = Goals for, GA = Goals against

Led league in points†	Herder Trophy champions‡

Note: GP = Games played, W = Wins, L = Losses, T = Ties, OTL = Overtime Losses, Pts = Points, GF = Goals for, GA = Goals against, DNQ = Did not qualify

NSHL = Newfoundland Senior Hockey League (1962-1989) or Newfoundland Senior Hockey League (2011-2014), NSHL-C = Newfoundland Senior Hockey League - Central Division, CBIHL = Central Beothuck Intermediate Hockey League, WCSHL = West Coast Senior Hockey League, CWSHL = Central West Senior Hockey League

Grand Falls-Windsor Cataracts regular season and postseason statistics and results, 1966–present
Season	League	Regular season									League Postseason						Herder Playoffs
Season	League	GP	W	L	T	OTL	GF	GA	PTS	Finish	GP	W	L	GF	GA	Result	GP	W	L	GF	GA	Result
1966-67	NSHL	40	15	22	3	-	146	162	33	5th							-	-	-	-	-	Did not qualify
1967-68	NSHL	40	21	15	4	-	197	156	46†	1st							7	3	4	31	30	Lost Herder semi-finals 3–4 to Corner Brook Royals
1968-69	NSHL	40	17	16	7	-	153	150	41	3rd							6	2	4	19	36	Lost Herder semi-finals 2–4 to Gander Flyers
1969-70	NSHL	40	17	18	5	-	173	185	39	4th							7	3	4	30	29	Lost Herder semi-finals 3–4 to Gander Flyers
1970-71	NSHL	36	14	17	5	-	148	149	33	3rd							7	4	3	27	16	Won Herder Memorial Trophy vs. St. John's Capitals, 4-3‡
1971-72	NSHL	36	25	8	3	-	188	98	53†	1st							12	12	0			Won Herder Memorial Trophy vs. St. John's Capitals, 4-0‡
1972-73	NSHL	36	17	18	1	-	158	149	35	3rd												Lost Herder finals to St. John's Capitals, 0-4
1973-74	NSHL	32	17	11	4	-	171	136	38	2nd							10	5	5	64	54	Lost Herder finals to St. John's Capitals, 1-4
1974-75	NSHL	16	8	6	2	-	84	66	18	2nd							2	0	2	11	13	Lost Herder semi-finals to Corner Brook Royals , 0-2
1975-76	NSHL	20	12	6	2	-	111	71	26	2nd							8	4	4	43	37	Lost Herder finals to St. John's Capitals, 1-4
1976-77	NSHL	32	11	19	2	-	161	179	24	3rd, West							3	1	2	21	21	Lost Herder quarter-finals to Gander Flyers, 1-2
1977-78	NSHL	32	19	12	1	-	200	163	39	3rd, West							3	0	3	8	25	Lost Herder quarter-finals to Gander Flyers, 0-3
1978-79	NSHL	30	8	15	7	-	135	172	23	5th							-	-	-	-	-	Did not Qualify for playoffs
1979-80	NSHL	34	17	15	2	-	191	170	36	3rd							4	1	3			Lost semi-finals 1–3 to Labatt BlueCaps
1980-81	NSHL	32	20	9	3	-	198	138	43†	1st							11	8	3	47	33	Won Herder Memorial Trophy vs. Corner Brook Royals, 4-2‡
1981-82	NSHL	32	19	10	3	-	212	148	41	2nd												Won Herder Memorial Trophy vs. Gander Flyers, 4-3‡
1982-83	NSHL	31	18	11	2	-	174	134	38	2nd												Lost Herder finals 3–4 to Stephenville Jets
1983-84	CBIHL	24	13	8	3	29				3rd	13	9	4			Won Central Beothuck League Championship						n/a
1984-85	NSHL	36	7	28	1	-	170	258	15	4th												Lost Herder semi-finals 0–3 to Corner Brook Royals
1992-93	CBIHL
1993-94	CBIHL
2002-03	WCSHL
2003-04	WCSHL
2004-05	WCSHL
2005-06	WCSHL
2006-07	WCSHL
2007-08	WCSHL
2008-09	WCSHL	24	12	12			110	116	25	3rd												lost 1–4 to Clarenville Caribous
2009-10	WCSHL	24	16	8			124	83	33	2nd												lost 2–4 to Clarenville Caribous
2010-11	NSHL	24	15	6		3	134	95	33†	1st												Won Herder Memorial Trophy vs. CBN Eastlink CeeBee Stars, 4-0‡[1]
2011-12	NSHL	24	15	7		2	109	77	32	2nd												Lost Herder finals to Clarenville Caribous 1-4
2012-13	NSHL	24	20	3		1	114	78	41†	1st												Lost Herder semi-finals
2013-14	NSHL	24	19	5		0	124	70	38†	1st												Won Herder Memorial Trophy‡
2014-15	CWSHL	24	13	10		1	99	82	27	2nd												Won Herder Memorial Trophy vs. Corner Brook Royals, 4-0‡
2015-16	CWSHL	22	15	6		1	98	72	31	1st	10	8	2	45	17	Won CWSHL championship vs. Corner Brook Royals, 4-1[2]	3	3	0	23	4	Won Herder Memorial Trophy vs. St. John's Toyota Plaza Caps, 3-0‡
2016-17	CWSHL	18	13	2		3	76	52	29	1st						Lost CWSHL championship in OT to Clarenville Caribous, 3-4						Did not qualify
2017-18	CWSHL	16	6	10		0	55	65	12	3rd						Lost CWSHL semi-final in OT to Clarenville Caribous, 1-4[3]						Did not qualify
2018-19	NSHL-C	17	10	5		2	65	48	22	2nd, Central	6	4	2	23	18	Won Central Division championship vs. Gander Flyers, 4-2[4]	5	4	1	16	10	Won Herder Memorial Trophy vs. Southern Shore Breakers, 4-1[5]

Allan Cup results

Year	Location	GP	W	L	T	OTL	GF	GA	Round-robin results	Playoffs Result
1971	Galt, Ontario	5	2	3	-	-	16	19		Lost Eastern final to Galt Hornets, 2-3
1972	Spokane, Washington with Kimberley, British Columbia	4	0	4	0	0	7	21		Lost Eastern final to Barrie Flyers, 0-4
1981	Thunder Bay, Ontario	4	1	3	0	0	12	27		Lost Eastern semi-final to Petrolia Squires, 3-6
1982	Sarnia, Ontario	6	2	3	0	1	21	32		Lost Eastern final to Petrolia Squires, 0-3
2012	Lloydminster, Sask	4	1	2	0	1	12	17	3rd Pool One	Lost semi-final to South East Prairie Thunder
2015	Clarenville, NL	4	2	1	0	1	14	12	2nd Division One	OT loss semi-final to Bentley Generals
2016	Steinbach, MB	3	2	1	0	0	9	8	1st Division One	Lost semi-final to South East Prairie Thunder, 3-2
2017	Bouctouche, NB	4	4	0	0	0	17	9	1st Division Two	Won Allan Cup vs. Lacombe Generals, 7-4

Current roster

For the current team roster see the Cataracts profile on the league website

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

Nick Mickoski, 1966–69
Len Haley, Jim Beckman, 1969–70
Jean-Marc Pichette , 1970–73
Leo Murphy, 1973-76 (playing-coach)
Joe Grimes, 1977–78
Al Dwyer Jr., 1978–79
Joe Byrne, 1979-1980, 1980-1981, 1981-1982
Gord Gallant, 1982–83
Alex Faulkner, Tony Grimes, 1984-1985
Mike Brown, John McSween 2002-2003
Robert Goulding 2003-2004
Robert Goulding, Barry Manual 2004-2005
Tony Walsh, Barry Manual 2005-2006
Barry Manual, 2006–2007, 2007-2008
Walt Lewis, 2008–09
Paul Glavine, 2009–10
Brian Casey, 2010-11, 2011–2012
Shane Lukinchuk, 2012-2013, 2013-2014, 2014-2015
Tom Coolen, 2015–2016, 2016-2017
Pat Yetman , 2017-2018, 2018-2019

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 Central West Senior Hockey League: 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 NL (HNL) Trophies and Awards

HNL team awards

Eight all-Newfoundland senior hockey championships (Herder Memorial Trophy): 1971, 1972, 1981, 1982, 2011, 2014, 2015, 2016
First place in Newfoundland Senior Hockey League (Evening Telegram Trophy): 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)

References

Newfoundland Hockey Scene Issue 9 July 2011 page 8
"Cataracts Win Central West | Newfoundland Hockey Talk". 16 March 2016.
"Caribous win in overtime to eliminate Cataracts in CWSHL semifinals | SaltWire".
"Newfoundland senior hockey: Cataracts advance to Herder final with Game 6 win over Flyers | SaltWire".
"Grand Falls-Windsor Cataracts are 2019 Herder champs | SaltWire".

Bibliography

Abbott, Bill (2000). Herder Memorial Trophy: A History of Senior Hockey in Newfoundland and Labrador. Breakwater Books.
Elliott, Jerry "Stats" (2010). Newfoundland and Labrador Senior Hockey: A Trip Down Memory Lane. Jerry Elliott.
Oldford, Roy (2023). Go Cats Go: The History of the Grand Falls-Windsor Cataracts. Roy Oldford.

External links

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[1] Newfoundland Hockey Scene Issue 9 July 2011 page 8

[2] "Cataracts Win Central West | Newfoundland Hockey Talk". 16 March 2016.

[3] "Caribous win in overtime to eliminate Cataracts in CWSHL semifinals | SaltWire".

[4] "Newfoundland senior hockey: Cataracts advance to Herder final with Game 6 win over Flyers | SaltWire".

[5] "Grand Falls-Windsor Cataracts are 2019 Herder champs | SaltWire".