Grand Falls-Windsor Cataracts

The Grand Falls-Windsor Cataracts are a senior ice hockey team based in Grand Falls-Windsor, Newfoundland and Labrador as part of the Central/West Senior Hockey League. They were formerly the Grand Falls Cataracts.
Since 1966, the Cataracts have been awarded the Herder Memorial Trophy seven times as all-Newfoundland senior hockey champions. They are the current Newfoundland senior hockey champions, winning back-to-back titles. The club has received the Evening Telegram Trophy on four occasions after finishing first in the NSHL regular season.
The Cataracts have played all their home games at the Joe Byrne Memorial Stadium, formerly known as the Grand Falls Stadium until 1991.
==Future of the organization==
On May 2, 2019 the team posted an article stating that the future of the organization was being looked at in terms of its' viability short term as cancelled games and limited opponents cut down on attendance for the 2018-19 season. The team was working on fundraising between weekly bingo and an annual golf tournament, but even with winning the Herder Memorial Trophy wasn't enough to give the organization a positive outlook. The future of the team may be decided by the Hockey Newfoundland and Labrador annual general meeting scheduled for the weekend of June 7, 2019 in Gander.http://www.centralwesthockey.ca/news.php?news_id=6898
==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 the Cataracts defeated the Conception Bay North Cee Bee Stars 4-0 in the finals series to win the Herder Memorial Trophy. From 2011-14 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.
==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 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	Regular season	Regular season	Regular season	Regular season	Regular season	Regular season	Regular season	Regular season	League Postseason	League Postseason	League Postseason	League Postseason	League Postseason	League Postseason 	Herder Playoffs	Herder Playoffs	Herder Playoffs	Herder Playoffs	Herder Playoffs	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, 4-0Newfoundland Hockey Scene Issue 9 July 2011 page 8
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 	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 	 	 	 	 	 	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 	5 	4 	1 	16 	10 	Won Herder Memorial Trophy vs. Southern Shore Breakers, 4-1
2023-24	CWSHL 	18 	13 	4 	- 	1 	118 	74 	27 	2nd 	9 	5 	4 	40 	31 	Lost Final 	 	 	 	 	 	Did not qualify
==Allan Cup results==
Year	Location 	GP	W	L	T	OTL	GF	GA	Results 	Playoffs
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, Newfoundland and Labrador 	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 	8 	7 	1st Division One	Lost semi-final to South East Prairie Thunder
2017	Bouctouche, NB 	4 	4	0	0	0 	17	9 	1st Division Two	Won Allan Cup 7-4 over Lacombe Generals
==Cataracts who played in the NHL==
*Alex Faulkner
*Doug Grant
*Len Haley
*Don Howse
*Nick Mickoski
*Jean-Guy Morissette
*Wes Trainor
*Tony White
==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
*Harold Stanley, 1975–76
*Brad Lewis, 2011–12
*Mike Brent, 2013–16
===Head coaches===
*Nick Mickoski, 1967–69
*Jim Beckman, 1969–70
*Marc Pichette, 1970–73
*Leo Murphy, 1973-76 (playing-coach)
*Joe Grimes, 1977–78
*Al Dwyer Jr., 1978–79
*Joe Byrne, 1979–82
*Gord Gallant, 1982–83, 1984–85
*Alex Faulkner, 1983-84 (first 13 games of season)
*Tony Grimes. 1983-84
*Barry Manual, 2007–08
*Walt Lewis, 2008–09
*Paul Glavine, 2009–10
*Brian Casey, 2010–12
*Shane Lukinchuk, 2012–15
*Tom Coolen, 2015-16
==Team awards==
===Team MVP===
(Cataracts most valuable player in the regular season)
*Tyler Whitehead, 2011
*Cam Fergus, 2016
===James "Bucky" Hannaford Award===
(Awarded to the player who shows dedication to the team both on and off the ice)
*Mike Brent, 2011
*Nicklas Lindstom, 2016
==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===
Top Scorer (in the regular season)
*Cam Fergus, 2016
Top goal scorer (in the regular season)
*Chad Earle, 2011
Coach of the Year
*Brian Casey, 2011
Rookie of the Year
*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, 2019
*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 (MVP in the regular season)
*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
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, 2014
*A.J. Whiffen, 2016
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==
===Retired numbers===
Note: (the year of retirement is noted)
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#7 Al Dwyer Jr.
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#12 Jim Temple
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#8 Gene Faulkner (2011)
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#55 Martin Lapointe (2015)
===NL Hockey Hall of Fame===
The following people associated with the Cataracts have been inducted into the Newfoundland and Labrador Hockey Hall of Fame.
*Alex Faulkner (1994)
*Joe Byrne (1995)
*Al Dwyer Jr. (1996)
*Walt Davis (1999)
*Leo Murphy (1999)
*Harold Stanley (2000)
*Don Howse (2000)
*Jim Temple (2001)
*Harry Katrynuk (2007)
*Clar Goulding (2008)
*Al Bargery (2009)
*Wayne Faulkner (2013)
==References==
===Bibliography===
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==References==
Category:Canadian ice hockey teams
Category:Newfoundland Senior Hockey League teams
Category:Grand Falls-Windsor Cataracts
Category:Newfoundland West Coast Senior Hockey League teams
Category:Central West Senior Hockey League teams