St. John's Senior Hockey League

The St. John's Senior Hockey League was formed in St. John's, Newfoundland, with seven teams in January 1899. From 1900-1902, the winners of the league received the Hunter Hockey Cup. The Victorias won it all three years, earning the trophy permanently. 
The Boyle Trophy was awarded as the championship trophy to the league champions from 1904 to 1971. It was donated by Sir Charles Cavendish Boyle, who served as the governor of Newfoundland from 1901 to 1904. The trophy was originally intended to be an intercolonial competition between Newfoundland and the Canadian Maritime provinces. This would not come to be and the trophy became the championship trophy for St. John's senior hockey and stayed as such until the senior hockey league collapsed in 1971. The trophy was in limbo after the league collapsed. And in a move that upset many the trophy became the Newfoundland Provincial Boys 4A High School championship trophy starting with the 1984-85 school year.
==Champions==
1899 - Victorias
1900 - Victorias
1901 - Victorias
1902 - Victorias
1903 - St. Andrew's
1904 - Terra Novas
1905 - Terra Novas
1906 - Feildians
1907 - Victorias
1908 - Crescents
1909 - Victorias
1910 - Crescents
1911 - Crescents
1912 - Crescents
1913 - Crescents
1914 - Crescents
1915 - Feildians
1916 - Terra Novas
1917 - Victorias
1918 - Terra Novas
1919 - Terra Novas
1920 - Feildians
1921 - Feildians
1922 - Feildians
1923 - Guards
1924 - Feildians
1925 - Feildians
1926 - Terra Novas
1927 - Feildians
1928 - St. Bon's
1929 - Terra Novas
1930 - St. Bon's
1931 - St. Bon's
1932 - St. Bon's
1933 - St. Bon's
1934 - Holy Cross
1935 - Guards
1936 - St. Bon's
1937 - St. Bon's
1938 - St. Bon's
1939 - St. Bon's
1940 - St. Bon's
1941 - Royals
1942 - No competition
1943 - No competition
1944 - St. Bon's
1945 - St. Bon's
1946 - St. Bon's
1947 - St. Bon's
1948 - St. Bon's
1949 - St. Bon's
1950 - St. Bon's
1951 - St. Bon's
1952 - St. Bon's
1953 - St. Bon's
1954 - St. Bon's
1955 - St. Bon's
1956 - St. Bon's
1957 - St. Bon's
1958 - St. Bon's
1959 - St. Bon's
1960 - St. Pat's
1961 - St. Pat's
1962 - Guards
1963 - Guards
1964 - Guards
1965 - Memorial University Beothuks
1966 - Guards
1967 - Memorial University Beothuks
1968 - Memorial University Beothuks
1969 - St. Bon's
1970 - Guards
1971 - Guards
==Tie Cup Series==
The Tie Cup Series was a single elimination knock out tournament held between the top four teams of the St. John's Senior Hockey League. The series was started in 1921 and lasted until 1960. The event was dominated by the St. Bon's team who won the championship 25 times. At least five different versions of the award was used as the trophies were retired after one team won it three times. All five were retired when St. Bon's won each of the trophies for the third time in 1925, 1930, 1933, 1938, and 1945 respectively.
The 1937 event may have been cancelled due to artificial ice being installed at the Prince's Rink during that year. The event was not held in 1942 or 1943. The event was likely cancelled due to the arena burning down in 1941 and the fact that World War II was going on at the time.
;Winners
*1921 - Terra Novas
*1922 - St. Bon's
*1923 - Guards
*1924 - St. Bon's
*1925 - St. Bon's
*1926 - St. Bon's
*1927 - St. Bon's
*1928 - Terra Novas
*1929 - St. Bon's
*1930 - St. Bon's
*1931 - St. Bon's
*1932 - St. Bon's
*1933 - St. Bon's
*1934 - Holy Cross
*1935 - St. Bon's
*1936 - St. Bon's
*1937 - Event not held
*1938 - St. Bon's
*1939 - St. Bon's
*1940 - Blades
*1941 - St. Bon's
*1942 - Event not held
*1943 - Event not held
*1944 - St. Bon's
*1945 - St. Bon's
*1946 - St. Bon's
*1947 - St. Bon's
*1948 - St. Bon's
*1949 - St. Bon's
*1950 - St. Bon's
*1951 - St. Bon's
*1952 - St. Bon's
*1953 - St. Bon's
*1954 - St. Bon's
*1955 - St. Bon's
*1956 - St. Bon's
*1957 - St. Bon's
*1958 - St. Bon's
*1959 - St. Bon's
*1960 - St. Pat's
==Sources==
*http://nlhhof.com
*http://nlhhs.org/early-history.html
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