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| Sport | Ice hockey |
|---|---|
| Awarded for | Senior ice hockey champions of Newfoundland and Labrador |
| History | |
| First award | 1935 |
| First winner | Corner Brook (10 wins) |
| Most wins | St. John's (20 wins) |
| Most recent | St. John's RoofTech Senior Caps |
The Herder Memorial Trophy, or Herder, is the championship trophy to be awarded annually to the senior ice hockey champions of Newfoundland and Labrador, Canada. The original cast silver trophy was donated in 1935 by The Evening Telegram newspaper on behalf of the Herder family,[1] as a memorial to five brothers who played hockey in St. John's.
First awarded in 1935, the Herder Memorial Trophy has been won 85 times. The Herder was not awarded in 1942, 1943, 1991, 2020 and 2021. The first winners of the Herder trophy was a team from Corner Brook that won the inaugural all-Newfoundland ice hockey championship on March 22, 1935. Teams from St. John's have won the Herder Trophy 20 times. The most recent winners were the St. John's RoofTech Senior Caps on April 6, 2024.