St. John's Capitals

St. John's Capitals were a senior ice hockey team based in St. John's, Newfoundland and Labrador in the Newfoundland Senior Hockey League.

History

Seasons and records

Season-by-season results

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

NAHA, Sr.B = Newfoundland Amateur Hockey Association senior Section B, NAHA, Sr. = Newfoundland senior "league", NSHL = Newfoundland Senior Hockey League

Allan Cup results

Leaders

Captains

• Lloyd Cooke, 1956–57
• Hugh Fardy, 1957–58
• Bern Goobie, 1958–59

Coaches

• Howie Meeker, 1957–59, 1966–67
• Jack Vinnicombe, 1957–58
• Bob Badcock, 1972–73
• George Faulkner, 1975–76
• Bill Riley, 1985-86 (playing-coach)

Trophies and awards

Team awards

• All-Newfoundland senior hockey championships (Herder Memorial Trophy): 1970, 1973, 1974, 1975, 1976, 1978 (as Bluecaps), 1979 (as Mike's Shamrocks), 1987, 1990
• First place in Newfoundland Senior Hockey League regular season (Evening Telegram Trophy): 1970, 1971, 1974, 1975, 1976, 1978 (as BlueCaps), 1987, 1988, 1989, 1996

Individual awards

S. E. Tuma Memorial Trophy (Top scorer in the regular season)

• Randy Pearcey, 1978, 1981 (BlueCaps)
• Andy Sullivan, 1987, 1989

<br> T.A. (Gus) Soper Memorial Award (MVP in the regular season)

<br> Albert "Peewee" Crane Memorial Trophy (Senior league rookie of the year)

• Bruce Butler, 1970
• Gary Connolly, 1973
• Glen Critch, 1975
• John Breen, 1979 (Shamrocks)
• Mac Tucker, 1980 (BlueCaps)
• Roger Kennedy, 1981
• Peter White, 1987

<br> Howie Clouter memorial Trophy (Most sportsmanlike player in the regular season)

• Hubert Hutton, 1976

<br> President's Goaltender's Award (Top goaltender in the regular season)

• Edgar (Eg) Billiard, 1970, 1971
• Tols Chapman, 1974, 1975
• Pat Dempsey, 1976, 1978, 1979
• Roger Kennedy, 1981, 1988, 1989
• Peter White, 1987

Cliff Gorman Memorial Award (Most valuable player of the Herder Playoffs)

• Roger Kennedy, 1983
• Andy Sullivan, 1987

Honoured members

Retired numbers

NL Hockey Hall of Fame

The following people that were associated with the Capitals have been inducted into the Newfoundland and Labrador Hockey Hall of Fame.

• George Faulkner, 1994
• Hugh Fardy, 1997
• Stan Breen, 1997
• Bob Badcock, 2000
• Merv Green, 2000
• Randy Pearcey, 2002
• Jim Penney, 2002
• Stan Cook, 2004
• Howie Meeker, 2004
• Eg Billard, 2008

References

Bibliography