2023-24 CWSHL season

This is 2023-24 Central/West Senior Hockey League season.
==Membership Changes==
*The Stephenville Lightning, who had attempted to join the Newfoundland West Coast Senior Hockey League for 2023-24 but were rejected twice, join the reformed Central/West Senior Hockey League. (see below)
*On September 19, 2023 the Deer Lake Red Wings announced that they were leaving the Newfoundland West Coast Senior Hockey League in an attempt to reform the Central/West Senior Hockey League along with the Grand Falls-Windsor Cataracts. The Corner Brook Royals and the Port-aux-Basques Mariners are attempting to salvage a season as it appears unlikely that Port-aux-Basques would be welcome in a league with Grand Falls-Windsor involved due to the travel distance concerns between Grand Falls-Windsor and Port-aux-Basques, which is 5 1/2 hours under ideal circumstances as opposed to most other locations being 2 1/2 to 3 1/2 hours.https://www.facebook.com/ The following day the Red Wings announced that the new league would also include the Stephenville Lightning and plans to add a fourth team for the season and that the WCSHL did not want to expand for the 2023-24 season and that was a major reason for their withdrawal.https://www.facebook.com/deerlakeredwings/posts/pfbid0N4JTpdKvmNEDTutKvgeMsMyQqvosqdbVLyYKDNFJV8dcuZ6bxeGQxg8zcFe2FMNel This would likely result in the Avalon East Senior Hockey League and Central/West Senior Hockey League champions meeting for the Herder Memorial Trophy in the spring. The Corner Brook Royals players coaching staff, and supporting bench staff issued a media release later on September 20th stating that the team had been invited to join the CWSHL but the higher executives didn't seem interested in committing to the newly reformed league. A meeting had been scheduled for the 19th with the president, general manager, coaching staff, bench staff, and players. The release further stated that the president did not show up for the meeting. The release further stated that the players, GM, coaching staff, and bench staff had lost all confidence in the executive of the team and stated that all of them would like to join the proposed CWSHL and that this would be best for the longevity of senior hockey on the island's west coast..https://twitter.com/CBRoyals/status/1704527119026364774 
*On September 24th a new team from Corner Brook was announced as being part of the league for 2023-24.https://www.facebook.com/permalink.php?story_fbid=pfbid02fFPhQQdpDzL1BgsQkeLyDH1zquJD5ZrWgVqaQpKrJWNsNMhjHhaXb5X1XcoysrmMl&id=61551602802029 The team would announce they would assume the Corner Brook Royals identity when a new executive is named for the team.https://www.facebook.com/permalink.php?story_fbid=pfbid02JVFHFrF5wQN2yQ1tmGTqZwzsGaxqjXW8oEGfzATSU6i9ry4jX8h3rhsfqqj9pkYtl&id=61551602802029
==Teams ==
Team 	Town 	Arena
Corner Brook Royals 	Corner Brook 	Pepsi Centre
Grand Falls-Windsor Cataracts	Grand Falls-Windsor	Joe Byrne Memorial Stadium
Deer Lake Red Wings 	Deer Lake 	Hodder Memorial Centre
Stephenville Lightning 	Stephenville 	Stephenville Dome
==Standings==
Team 	GP	W 	L 	OL	GF 	GA 	Pts.
Deer Lake Red Wings 	18	14	1 	1 	118	68 	29
Grand Falls-Windsor Cataracts	18	13	4 	1 	118	74 	27
Corner Brook Royals 	18	8 	9 	1 	106	96 	17
Stephenville Lightning 	18	1 	17	0 	62 	166	2
==Playoffs==
The first and fourth as well as second and third place teams meet in a best-of-seven semifinal series with the winners meeting in the best-of-seven final and a spot in the 2024 Herder Memorial Trophy final.
===Semifinals===
*Deer Lake Red Wings defeated Stephenville Lightning 4 games to none (5-3, 6-2, 6-5, 8-2)
*Grand Falls-Windsor Cataracts defeated Corner Brook Royals 4 games to none (5-1, 7-1, 3-0, 7-3)
===Final===
*Deer Lake Red Wings defeated Grand Falls-Windsor Cataracts 4 games to 1 (6-3, 6-5, 7-2, 1-3, 6-5)
The league playoff champion, the Deer Lake Red Wings meet the playoff champions of the Avalon East Senior Hockey League for the 2024 Herder Memorial Trophy.
==References==
Category:CWSHL seasons
Category:2023-24 in ice hockey