2018-19 Newfoundland Senior Hockey League Season

This is the 2018-19 Newfoundland Senior Hockey League season.  This is the league's first season.
==Formation==
The league was established on October 2, 2018. The league was established by merging the Central/West Senior Hockey League and the East Coast Senior Hockey League. 
The seven (7) participating franchises will include: the St John's Sr. Capitals, Southern Shore Breakers, Conception Bay Blues, Northeast Eagles, Clarenville Caribous, Gander Flyers and the Grand Falls-Windsor Cataracts.
The teams ended up being aligned into two divisions with Gander and Grand Falls-Windsor making up the Central Division and the remaining five teams making up the East Division.
The league is the only league eligible to compete for the 2019 Herder Memorial Trophy when they play in what was originally planned as a four team Memorial Cup style round robin tournament with a champion to be crowned over Easter weekend.http://hockeynl.ca/new-provincial-senior-hockey-league-announce-intentions-for-2018-19-season/  The format has been modified with the new alignment to the two division playoff champions meeting in a series for the Herder. 
==Sanctions==
The Northeast Eagles and St. John's Capitals eventually decided against playing the games in the rinks of the Central Division teams after an agreement was reached on the scheduling for the season.  Both teams would be banned from participating in qualifying for the 2019 Herder Memorial Trophy.  The issue appeared to be a per diem paid to the players and teams from the East were to get to make trips to play the two Central teams.  St. John's finished fourth and participated in the league playoffs and Northeast did not qualify for the playoffs.
==Teams==
 	
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Team 	Centre 	Arena
Clarenville Caribous 	Clarenville 	Eastlink Events Centre
Conception Bay Blues 	Conception Bay South	Conception Bay South Arena& Monsignor Bartlett Memorial Arena
Gander Flyers 	Gander 	Steele Community Centre
Grand Falls-Windsor Cataracts	Grand Falls 	Joe Byrne Memorial Stadium
Northeast Eagles 	Torbay 	Jack Byrne Arena
St. John's Capitals 	St. John's 	Goulds Sports Arena
Southern Shore Breakers 	Witless Bay 	Southern Shore Arena
==Standings==
===Eastern Division===
Team 	GP	W 	L 	OL	GF 	GA	Pts
Clarenville Caribous 	20	13	5 	2 	93 	80	28
Conception Bay Blues 	20	11	9 	0 	102	70	22
Southern Shore Breakers	19	9 	10	0 	80 	74	18
St. John's Capitals 	15	4 	11	0 	38 	71	
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Northeast Eagles 	16	2 	14	0 	41 	98	4
===Central Division===
Team 	GP	W 	L	OL	GF	GA	Pts
Gander Flyers 	17	13	4	0 	66	44	26
Grand Falls-Windsor Cataracts	17	10	5	2 	65	48	22
==Playoffs==
===Format===
Both Central Division teams qualify.  The top four teams participate in the playoffs in the Eastern Division.
===East Semifinals===
*Clarenville Caribous defeated St. John's Capitals 4 games to none
*Southern Shore Breakers defeated Conception Bay Blues 4 games to 3
===Central Final===
*Grand Falls-Windsor Cataracts defeated Gander Flyers 4 games to 2
===East Final===
*Southern Shore Breakers defeated Clarenville Caribous 4 games to none
===Herder Final===
*.Grand Falls-Windsor Cataracts defeated Southern Shore Breakers 4 games to 1
==References==
Category:2019 in hockey
Category:Newfoundland Senior Hockey seasons