St. John's Capitals

St. John's Capitals were a senior ice hockey team based in St. John's, Newfoundland and Labrador in the Newfoundland Senior Hockey League.

St. John's Capitals
City	St. John's, Newfoundland and Labrador
League	Newfoundland Senior Hockey League
Founded	1955 (1955)
Home arena	Memorial Stadium (St. John's)
Colours	Red, white
Franchise history
1955–1956	St. John's All-Stars
1956–1990	St. John's Capitals

History

Seasons and records

Season by season results

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

NAHA, Sr.B = Newfoundland Amateur Hockey Association senior Section B, NAHA, Sr. = Newfoundland senior "league" , NSHL = Newfoundland Senior Hockey League

St. John's Capitals regular season and postseason statistics and results, 1955–1990

Season	League	Regular season									Postseason
		GP	W	L	T	OTL	GF	GA	PTS	Finish	GP	W	L	GF	GA	Result
1954–55	NAHA, Sr.B	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	2	0	2	13	17	Lost Section B eastern finals to Bell Island All-Stars, 0-2
1955–56	NAHA, Sr.B	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	3	1	2	14	31	Lost Section B eastern finals to Bell Island All-Stars, 1-2
1956–57	NAHA, Sr.B	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	2	0	2	6	11	Lost Section B eastern finals to Bell Island All-Stars, 0-2
1957–58	NAHA, Sr.B	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	9	4	5	29	40	Lost Section B finals to Grand Falls Bees, 1-4
1958–59	NAHA, Sr.B					–		–	–	–	10	6	4	54	37	Lost Section B finals by default to Grand Falls Bees, 3-4
1959–60	NAHA, Sr.	8	0	8	0	–			0	3rd, East						DNQ for Herder playoffs
1960–61	NAHA, Sr.	8	2	6		–			4	2nd, East						DNQ for Herder playoffs
1961–62	NSHL	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	Did not enter Herder round robin playoffs
1962–63	NSHL	16	3	11	2	-	63	105	8	5th						DNQ for Herder playoffs
1963–64	NSHL	20	13	7	0	-	108	90	26	3rd						semi-final forfeited to Corner Brook Royals
1964–65	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	Did not enter the NSHL
1965–66	NSHL	32	9	22	1	–	120	209	19	5th						DNQ for Herder playoffs
1966–67	NSHL	40	15	22	3	–	146	162	33	5th						DNQ for Herder playoffs
1967–68	NSHL	40	18	17	5	–	173	180	41	5th						DNQ for Herder playoffs
1968–69	NSHL	40	18	18	4	–	176	172	40	4th						Lost in Herder semi-finals to Buchans Miners, 1-4
1969–70	NSHL	40	23	14	3	198	198	158	49	1st						Won Herder Memorial Trophy vs. Gander Flyers, 4-3
1970–71	NSHL	36	19	13	4	–	180	143	42	1st	19	9	10			Lost Herder finals to Grand Falls Cataracts, 3-4
1971–72	NSHL	36	15	9	2	–	183	178	32	3rd	12	3	9			Lost Herder finals to Grand Falls Cataracts, 0-4
1972–73	NSHL	36	18	17	1	–	170	157	37	2nd	12	9	3			Won Herder Memorial Trophy vs. Grand Falls Cataracts, 4-0
1973–74	NSHL	32	27	4	1	–	204	113	42	1st						Won Herder Memorial Trophy vs. Grand Falls Cataracts, 4-1
1974–75	NSHL	16	12	2	2	–	115	62	26	1st						Won Herder Memorial Trophy vs. ,
1975–76	NSHL	12	8	2	2	–	84	40	30	1st						Won Herder Memorial Trophy vs. Grand Falls Cataracts, 4-1
1989–90	NFLD, Sr.				–											Won Herder Memorial Trophy vs. Corner Brook Royals, 4-0

Labatt BlueCaps regular season and postseason statistics and results, 1976-1982

Season	League	Regular season									Postseason
		GP	W	L	T	OTL	GF	GA	PTS	Finish	GP	W	L	GF	GA	Result
1976–77	NSHL					–			31	1st, East
1977–78	NSHL					–			51	1st, East						Won Herder Memorial Trophy vs. Gander Flyers, 4-3
1978–79	NSHL					–			43	2nd
1979–80	NSHL					–			41	2nd
1980–81	NSHL					–			43	1st
1981–82	NSHL					–			11	5th

Mike's Shamrocks regular season and postseason statistics and results, 1976-1982

Season	League	Regular season									Postseason
		GP	W	L	T	OTL	GF	GA	PTS	Finish	GP	W	L	GF	GA	Result
1976–77	NSHL					–			29	2nd East
1977–78	NSHL					–			26	3rd, East
1978–79	NSHL					–			32	3rd						Won Herder Memorial Trophy vs. Gander Flyers, 4-3
1979–80	NSHL					–			34	4th
1980–81	NSHL					–			28	4th
1981–82	NSHL					–			29	4th

Allan Cup Results

Season	Location	GP	W	L	T	OTL	GF	GA	Results	Playoffs
1970					-	-			Lost in Eastern semi-finals to Victoriaville Tigres, 1-3
1973					-	-			Lost in Eastern semi-finals to Thunder Bay Twins, 1-3
1974					-	-			Lost in Eastern semi-finals to Thunder Bay Twins, 0-3
1975	Memorial Stadium (St. John's)				-	-			Lost in Eastern finals to Barrie Flyers, 1-3

Leaders

Captains

• Lloyd Cooke, 1956–57
• Hugh Fardy, 1957–58
• Bern Goobie, 1958–59

Coaches

• Howie Meeker, 1957–59, 1966–67
• Jack Vinnicombe, 1957–58
• Bob Badcock, 1972–73
• George Faulkner, 1975–76
• Bill Riley, 1985-86 (playing-coach)

Trophies and awards

Team awards

• All-Newfoundland senior hockey championships (Herder Memorial Trophy): 1970, 1973, 1974, 1975, 1976, 1978 (as Bluecaps), 1979 (as Mike's Shamrocks), 1987, 1990
• First place in Newfoundland Senior Hockey League regular season (Evening Telegram Trophy): 1970, 1971, 1974, 1975, 1976, 1978 (as BlueCaps), 1987, 1988, 1989, 1996

Individual awards

S. E. Tuma Memorial Trophy (Top scorer in the regular season)

• Randy Pearcey, 1978, 1981 (BlueCaps)
• Andy Sullivan, 1987, 1989

T.A. (Gus) Soper Memorial Award (MVP in the regular season)

Albert "Peewee" Crane Memorial Trophy (Senior league rookie of the year)

• Bruce Butler, 1970
• Gary Connolly, 1973
• Glen Critch, 1975
• John Breen, 1979 (Shamrocks)
• Mac Tucker, 1980 (BlueCaps)
• Roger Kennedy, 1981
• Peter White, 1987

Howie Clouter memorial Trophy (Most sportsmanlike player in the regular season)

• Hubert Hutton, 1976

President's Goaltender's Award (Top goaltender in the regular season)

• Edgar (Eg) Billiard, 1970, 1971
• Tols Chapman, 1974, 1975
• Pat Dempsey, 1976, 1978, 1979
• Roger Kennedy, 1981, 1988, 1989
• Peter White, 1987

Cliff Gorman Memorial Award (Most valuable player of the Herder Playoffs)

• Roger Kennedy, 1983
• Andy Sullivan, 1987

Honoured Members

Retired Numbers

NL Hockey Hall of Fame

The following people that were associated with the Capitals have been inducted into the Newfoundland and Labrador Hockey Hall of Fame.

• George Faulkner, 1994
• Hugh Fardy, 1997
• Stan Breen, 1997
• Bob Badcock, 2000
• Merv Green, 2000
• Randy Pearcey, 2002
• Jim Penney, http://www.hockeynl.ca/hockey-hall-of-fame/inductees/p/jim-penney/ 2002]
• Stan Cook, 2004
• Howie Meeker, 2004
• E.g. Billiard, 2008

References

Bibliography

• Abbott, Bill (2000). Herder Memorial Trophy: A History of Senior Hockey in Newfoundland and Labrador. Breakwater Books.CS1 maint: ref=harv (link)