1928 Newfoundland season
This was the 1928 ice hockey season in Newfoundland:
St. John's Senior League
- 1/23: Guards - St. Bon's 8:3
- 1/25: Feildians - Terra Novas 6:3
- 1/27: Guards - Terra Novas 8:2
- 1/30: St. Bon's - Feildians 8:0
- 2/3: Guards - Feildians 7:3
- 2/6: St. Bon's - Terra Novas 8:1
- 2/9: St. Bon's - Guards 5:3 OT
- 2/11: Terra Novas - Feildians 7:4
- 2/13: Terra Novas - Guards 8:4
- 2/15: St. Bon's - Feildians 6:4
- 2/27: Guards - Feildians 9:7
- 2/29: St. Bon's - Terra Novas 6:2
- 3/2: Guards - St. Bon's 6:4
- 3/5: Terra Novas - Feildians 10:5
- 3/8: Terra Novas - Guards 5:2
- 3/9: 'St. Bon's - Feildians 9:2
- 3/12: Guards - Feildians 11:6
- 3/13: Terra Novas' - St. Bon's 6:5 OT
- 3/19: St. Bon's - Guards 3:2
- 3/21: Guards - Terra Novas 6:0
- 3/23: St. Bon's - Terra Novas 3:1
St. Bon's won.
St. John's Tie Cup
Terra Novas won.
Corner Brook League
- Senior League
- 1/20: Head Office - All-Stars 6:3
- 1/24: All-Stars - Paper Makers 4:3
- 1/27: Head Office - Paper Makers 8:4
- 2/10: All-Stars - Head Office 8:6
Head Office won the Stadler Cup as league champions. The Paper Makers finished second.
- Intermediate League
The Mechanics won the title and were presented a beautiful silver cup by the Corner Brook Sports Club.
- Schoolboys Hockey League
- Public School - RC School 2:1
- Public School - Curling School - "easy win for Public School"
- RC School - Curling School 1:1
- 2/11: Public School - RC School 2:0
- 2/25: RC School - Curling School 2:0
Public School won the title.
Other games
- 1/9: St. John's Guards - Corner Brook 6:5 @ Corner Brook
- Corner Brook - St. John's Guards @ Corner Brook
- St. John's Guards - Corner Brook @ Corner Brook
The Guards were awarded a silver cup presented to the Corner Brook Sports Club by Mr. A.E. Hickman of St. John's.
- 1/14: St. John's Guards - Grand Falls 11:5 @ Grand Falls
- 1/27: Woods Department, Postal Telegraph and Stores - Hydro-Electrics 6:5 @ Deer Lake
- 2/10: Mercantiles - Hydro-Electrics 13:4 @ Deer Lake
- 2/13: Mercantiles - Hydro-Electrics 4:3 @ Deer Lake
There was a three-game series played in Corner Brook between the hosts and Grand Falls for the Tuma Cup in mid-February. Corner Brook won the first game, Grand Falls the second, and in the third, the home team defeated the visitors in overtime.
A return series was played in Grand Falls the following week. Corner Brook won the first game, Grand Falls the second, and the third was stopped abruptly early in the second period due to an injury to a Grand Falls player. The home team was up 3-0 at the time.
- 3/2: Public School - RC School 4:3 @ Corner Brook - benefit for injured hockey players
- 3/12: Head Office - All-Stars/Papermakers Combination 7:5 @ Corner Brook
- 3/22: RC School - Public School 3:1 @ Corner Brook
Sources
- St. John's Evening Telegram
- Western Star (Corner Brook)