The 2025 Herder Memorial Final was the championship series of Newfoundland senior hockey's 2024âÂÂ25 season and the culmination of the 2025 Herder Memorial playoffs. The Central West Senior Hockey League champion Deer Lake Red Wings defeated the Avalon East Senior Hockey League champion Clarenville Caribous four games to zero in the best-of-seven series, earning their third title in team history.
The series began in Deer Lake with games one and two at the Hodder Memorial Complex on March 28 and 29 and concluded in Clarenville with games four and five at the Eastlink Events Centre on April 4 and 5.
On April 5, after the Championship-winning game, Hockey NL Chair of Senior Hockey Gary Gale presented the Herder Memorial Trophy to Red Wings' captain Stephen Simms. Deer Lake goaltender Bryan Gillis was presented with the Cliff Gorman Memorial Award as the series MVP.
The Caribous finished the season in fourth place in the Avalon East Senior Hockey League (AESHL) with a record of 8âÂÂ9âÂÂ3.
In the first round of the AESHL playoffs, Clarenville defeated the fifth place HGOE CeeBee Stars 2-games-to-0 in a best-of-three series. In the second round, the Caribous eliminated the first-place Baker's Flooring Conception Bay Blues 4-games-to-2 in a best-of-seven league semi-final.
In the league final, Clarenville defeated the second-place Puglisevich Southern Shore Breakers 4-games-to-1 and were awarded the Joe Maynard Trophy as the AESHL champion. The leading scorer in the 2025 AESHL playoffs was Clarenville's Adam Dawe with 18 points in 13 games (5G 8A).
The Red Wings finished in first place in the Central West Senior Hockey League 14-game regular season with a near-perfect record of 13-0-1.
After eliminating the Grand Falls-Windsor Cataracts 4-games-to-1 in the CWSHL semi-final, Deer Lake went on to win their third Cliff Gorman Memorial Trophy by defeating the Stephenville Lightning in four straight games in the best-of-seven league finals.
Note: SA = saves against. GA = goals against, SV = saves, SV% = save percentage, TOI = time on ice, PIM = penalty minutes
These are the top ten skaters based on points.
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