1944 Newfoundland season

This was the 1944 ice hockey season in Newfoundland:

St John's City League

• 1/25: Royal Canadian Navy - St. Bon's 5:4
• 1/27: Royal Canadian Navy - Royals 18:5
• 1/31: St. Bon's - Royals 14:6
• 2/2: Royal Canadian Navy - Royals 7:2
• 2/4: St. Bon's - Royals 12:2
• 2/7: Royal Canadian Navy - St. Bon's 11:4

National Playoffs

Quarter Final

(St. John's City Final)

Best of 5

• 2/9: St. Bonaventure's 7 Royals 3
• 2/11: Royals 7 St. Bonaventure's 5
• 2/14: St. Bonaventure's 9 Royals 6
• 2/16: St. Bonaventure's 8 Royals 6

St. Bonaventure's beat St. John's Royals 3 wins to 1.

Semi Finals

Best of 7

• Corner Brook 4 Buchans 3
• Corner Brook 9 Buchans 1
• Corner Brook 8 Buchans 4
• Corner Brook 13 Buchans 2

Corner Brook beat Buchans 4 wins to none.

Best of 3

• 2/21: Bell Island 5 St. Bonaventure's 4
• 2/22: St. Bonaventure's 7 Bell Island 4

St. Bonaventure's defaulted over dispute about the site of the third game.

Bell Island won.

Final

Best of 5

• Bell Island 7 Corner Brook 1
• 3/22: Bell Island 6 Corner Brook 5
• Bell Island 5 Corner Brook 1

Bell Island beat Corner Brook 3 wins to none.

Bell Island won the Herder Memorial Trophy.

St. John's Intermediate League

• 2/21: St. Pat's - Feildians 7:6 OT
• 2/22: Royals - Holy Cross 9:3
• 2/24: St. Bon's - Feildians 10:4
• 3/6: Holy Cross - Old Collegians 9:1
• 3/13: St. Bon's - St. Pat's 10:3
• 3/14: Royals - Old Collegians 4:2
• 3/16: St. Bon's - Royals 5:3 - final

St. Bon's League

Avalons, Crescents, Terra Novas, and Wanderers participated.

• 3/21: Avalons - Crescents 7:6 - Avalons won title

Other games

• 2/1: St. Bon's - Bell Island 7:5
• 2/2: St. Bon's - Bell Island 6:3
• 2/2: Canadian Soldiers - Locals 18:4 @ Grand Falls
• 2/5: Air Force - St. Bon's 3:2
• 2/6: Royal Canadian Navy - RCAF 4:0
• 2/8: Corner Brook - Gander RCAF 9:2
• 2/9: Gander RCAF - Corner Brook 5:4
• 2/10: Gander RCAF - Corner Brook 8:6
• 2/16: Royal Canadian Navy - Grand Falls Canadian Army 22:6
• 2/17: Royal Canadian Navy - Buchans 11:4
• 2/18: Royal Canadian Navy - Buchans 9:8
• 2/19: Royal Canadian Navy - Buchans 13:4
• 3/8: St. Bon's - Old-Timers 7:7
• 3/15: St. Bon's - Old-Timers 12:3

Deer Lake League

as of 2/12

1. Mohawks 8 pts
2. Rovers 2 pts
3. Crescents 2 pts

Sources

• St. John's Daily News