St. John's Capitals circa 1986-87
This article is about the Senior level team. For the defunct junior level team please see St. John's Jr. Capitals and for the present junior team please see St. John's Jr. Caps
Original Team[]
The St. John's Capitals were a senior amateur team in St. John's, Newfoundland and Labrador. They played in the provincial senior competition.
They won the Herder Memorial Trophy, the provincial senior title, in 1970, 1973, 1974, 1975, 1976, 1987, and 1990.
Second Incarnation[]
The team would fold after the 1989-90 season. A new edition of the team was established in 2011 as a member of the Avalon East Senior Hockey League for the 2011-12 season in an effort to stabilize the league when the Newfoundland Senior Hockey League (2011-2014) was formed and took the Conception Bay North CeeBee Stars and Mount Pearl Blades and the AESHL was down to two teams. The new team would quickly become a force in the league winning the league playoffs in 2012, 2013, 2014, and 2016. The team would move to the newly formed East Coast Senior Hockey League for the 2017-18 season and would win another championship. The team would then join the newly formed Newfoundland Senior Hockey League (2018- for the 2018-19 season.
Seasons and records[]
Season by season results (Original Team)[]
| Led league in points
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Herder Trophy champions
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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
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| GP | W | L | T | OTL | GF | GA | PTS | Finish | GP | W | L | GF | GA | Result | |||||
| 1954–55 | NAHA, Sr.B | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | 2 | 0 | 2 | 13 | 17 | Lost Section B eastern finals to Bell Island All-Stars, 0-2 | |||
| 1955–56 | NAHA, Sr.B | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | 3 | 1 | 2 | 14 | 31 | Lost Section B eastern finals to Bell Island All-Stars, 1-2 | |||
| 1956–57 | NAHA, Sr.B | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | 2 | 0 | 2 | 6 | 11 | Lost Section B eastern finals to Bell Island All-Stars, 0-2 | |||
| 1957–58 | NAHA, Sr.B | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | 9 | 4 | 5 | 29 | 40 | Lost Section B finals to Grand Falls Bees, 1-4 | |||
| 1958–59 | NAHA, Sr.B | – | – | – | – | 10 | 6 | 4 | 54 | 37 | Lost Section B finals by default to Grand Falls Bees, 3-4 | ||||||||
| 1959–60 | NAHA, Sr. | 8 | 0 | 8 | 0 | – | 0 | 3rd, East | DNQ for Herder playoffs | ||||||||||
| 1960–61 | NAHA, Sr. | 8 | 2 | 6 | – | 4 | 2nd, East | DNQ for Herder playoffs | |||||||||||
| 1961–62 | NSHL | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | Did not enter Herder round robin playoffs | |||
| 1962–63 | NSHL | 16 | 3 | 11 | 2 | - | 63 | 105 | 8 | 5th | DNQ for Herder playoffs | ||||||||
| 1963–64 | NSHL | 20 | 13 | 7 | 0 | - | 108 | 90 | 26 | 3rd | semi-final forfeited to Corner Brook Royals | ||||||||
| 1964–65 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | Did not enter the NSHL | |||
| 1965–66 | NSHL | 32 | 9 | 22 | 1 | – | 120 | 209 | 19 | 5th | DNQ for Herder playoffs | ||||||||
| 1966–67 | NSHL | 40 | 15 | 22 | 3 | – | 146 | 162 | 33 | 5th | DNQ for Herder playoffs | ||||||||
| 1967–68 | NSHL | 40 | 18 | 17 | 5 | – | 173 | 180 | 41 | 5th | DNQ for Herder playoffs | ||||||||
| 1968–69 | NSHL | 40 | 18 | 18 | 4 | – | 176 | 172 | 40 | 4th | Lost in Herder semi-finals to Buchans Miners, 1-4 | ||||||||
| 1969–70 | NSHL | 40 | 23 | 14 | 3 | 198 | 198 | 158 | 49 |
1st | Won Herder Memorial Trophy vs. Gander Flyers, 4-3
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| 1970–71 | NSHL | 36 | 19 | 13 | 4 | – | 180 | 143 | 42 |
1st | 19 | 9 | 10 | Lost Herder finals to Grand Falls Cataracts, 3-4 | |||||
| 1971–72 | NSHL | 36 | 15 | 9 | 2 | – | 183 | 178 | 32 | 3rd | 12 | 3 | 9 | Lost Herder finals to Grand Falls Cataracts, 0-4 | |||||
| 1972–73 | NSHL | 36 | 18 | 17 | 1 | – | 170 | 157 | 37 | 2nd | 12 | 9 | 3 | Won Herder Memorial Trophy vs. Grand Falls Cataracts, 4-0
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| 1973–74 | NSHL | 32 | 27 | 4 | 1 | – | 204 | 113 | 42 |
1st | Won Herder Memorial Trophy vs. Grand Falls Cataracts, 4-1
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| 1974–75 | NSHL | 16 | 12 | 2 | 2 | – | 115 | 62 | 26 |
1st | Won Herder Memorial Trophy vs. ,
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| 1975–76 | NSHL | 12 | 8 | 2 | 2 | – | 84 | 40 | 30 |
1st | Won Herder Memorial Trophy vs. Grand Falls Cataracts, 4-1
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| 1989–90 | NFLD, Sr. | – | Won Herder Memorial Trophy vs. Corner Brook Royals, 4-0
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| Season | League | Regular season | Postseason | ||||||||||||||||
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| GP | W | L | T | OTL | GF | GA | PTS | Finish | GP | W | L | GF | GA | Result | |||||
| 1976–77 | NSHL | – | 31 | 1st, East | |||||||||||||||
| 1977–78 | NSHL | – | 51 | 1st, East | Won Herder Memorial Trophy vs. Gander Flyers, 4-3
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| 1978–79 | NSHL | – | 43 | 2nd | |||||||||||||||
| 1979–80 | NSHL | – | 41 | 2nd | |||||||||||||||
| 1980–81 | NSHL | – | 43 | 1st | |||||||||||||||
| 1981–82 | NSHL | – | 11 | 5th | |||||||||||||||
| Season | League | Regular season | Postseason | ||||||||||||||||
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| GP | W | L | T | OTL | GF | GA | PTS | Finish | GP | W | L | GF | GA | Result | |||||
| 1976–77 | NSHL | 26 | 14 | 9 | 3 | – | 162 | 138 | 29 | 2nd East | |||||||||
| 1977–78 | NSHL | – | 26 | 3rd, East | |||||||||||||||
| 1978–79 | NSHL | – | 32 | 3rd | Won Herder Memorial Trophy vs. Gander Flyers, 4-3
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| 1979–80 | NSHL | – | 34 | 4th | |||||||||||||||
| 1980–81 | NSHL | – | 28 | 4th | |||||||||||||||
| 1981–82 | NSHL | – | 29 | 4th | |||||||||||||||
Second Team[]
| Season | League | Regular season | Postseason | ||||||||||||||||
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| GP | W | L | T | OL | GF | GA | PTS | Finish | GP | W | L | GF | GA | Result | |||||
| 2011–12 | AESHL | 19 | 11 | 6 | - | 2 | 94 | 71 | 24 | 1st | Won Championship* | ||||||||
| 2012–13 | AESHL | 19 | 9 | 8 | - | 2 | 75 | 68 | 20 | 2nd | Won Championship* | ||||||||
| 2013–14 | AESHL | 19 | 12 | 6 | - | 1 | - | - | 25 | 2nd | Won Championship* | ||||||||
| 2014–15 | AESHL | 20 | 11 | 8 | - | 1 | 94 | 81 | 23 | 3rd | 3 | 0 | 0 | 6 | 12 | Lost Semifinals | |||
| 2015–16 | AESHL | 23 | 16 | 7 | - | 0 | 118 | 81 | 32 | 2nd | 12 | 8 | 4 | 51 | 37 | Won Championship Lost Herder Final 3 games to none | |||
| 2016–17 | AESHL | 23 | 9 | 11 | - | 3 | 73 | 79 | 21 | 4th | 7 | 3 | 4 | Lost Semifinals | |||||
| 2017-18 | ECSHL | 18 | 15 | 3 | - | 0 | 76 | 37 | 30 | 1st | 12 | 8 | 4 | - | - | Won Championship Lost Herder Final 4 games to none | |||
| 2018-19 | NSHL | 15 | 4 | 11 | - | 0 | 38 | 71 | 8 | 3rd Eastern | 4 | 0 | 4 | - | - | Lost Division Semifinals | |||
| 2019-20 | ECSHL | 15 | 11 | 4 | - | 0 | 75 | 52 | 22 | 2nd | Playoffs suspended with team leading semifinal series 1-0 | ||||||||
| 2020-21 | No league play due to COVID-19 pandemic | ||||||||||||||||||
| 2021-22 | AESHL | 15 | 14 | 1 | - | 0 | 76 | 35 | 28 | 1st | 6 | 2 | 4 | Lost Semifinals | |||||
| 2022-23 | AESHL | 20 | 14 | 5 | - | 1 | 89 | 73 | 29 | 2nd | 12 | 6 | 6 | Lost Final | |||||
| 2023-24 | AESHL | 20 | 12 | 6 | - | 2 | 91 | 80 | 26 | 3rd | 12 | 10 | 2 | 44 | 18 | Won Championship Won 2024 Herder | |||
Note: *-due to the presence of the Newfoundland Senior Hockey League (2011-2014) the Caps were not eligible to compete for the Herder Memorial Trophy as the NSHL was the top level league in the province and the playoff champion was awarded the Herder.