Corner Brook Royals
| Corner Brook Royals | |
|---|---|
| City | Corner Brook, Newfoundland and Labrador |
| League | Central West Senior Hockey League |
| Founded | 1955 |
| Home arena | Humber Gardens (1955-1997) |
| Colours |
Blue, Red, White |
| Website | Official website Royals on league website |
| Franchise history | |
| 1935–1949 | Corner Brook |
| 1949–1955 | Corner Brook All-Stars |
| 1955–2012 | Corner Brook Royals |
| 2012–2014 | Western Royals |
| 2014–present | Corner Brook Royals |
Blue, Red, White
The Corner Brook Royals are a senior ice hockey team based in Corner Brook, Newfoundland and Labrador and a member of the Central West Senior Hockey League (CWSHL).
The Corner Brook Royals have their roots in picked teams from the local league beginning in 1927. Hockey in Corner Brook was first organized in 1925 following the completion of the pulp and paper mill. The first team of Corner Brook's best players, picked from the local league, was in February 1927 for a series with a visiting team from Sydney, Nova Scotia. That same year, a picked Corner Brook team played the first inter-papertown home-and-home series with a Grand Falls team in what would be an annual competition for the Tuma Cup.
In 1935 the St. John's league sent an invitation to the western champions for a series at the Prince's Rink to determine the first Newfoundland hockey champions. After winning its intertown series with Grand Falls, it was agreed that Corner Brook would represent western Newfoundland. The Corner Brook team defeated the Guards in the final game and was presented the recently donated Herder Memorial Trophy as the first all-Newfoundland champions.
The Corner Brook All-Stars were renamed the Royals in 1955 after the opening of the new Humber Gardens. The Royals' first provincial playoff action was in the all-Newfoundland section 'B' semi-finals in February 1956 against the Grand Falls Bees for the Evening Telegram Trophy. In 1958 and 1959, the Royals entered teams in both the section A and section B provincial playoffs.
In 1985, the Royals were the first Newfoundland team to win the G. P. Bolton Memorial Cup as Eastern Canadian senior hockey champions and hosted the 1985 Allan Cup championship. The series went to seven games but royals lost the series to the Thunder Bay Twins.
The following season, the Royals repeated as all-Newfoundland and Eastern Canadian champions. In the 1986 Allan Cup final, the Royals defeated the Nelson Maple Leafs in four straight games to become the first team from Newfoundland and Labrador to win the Allan Cup, the symbol of Canadian senior hockey supremacy.
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