Date of Birth: 1985
Place of Birth: Hodge’s Cove, NL
Inducted: 2025 (Player Category)
It is often said that goalies are the backbones of hockey teams. The last line of defence. Jason Churchill certainly fits that description during his time with the Clarenville Caribous. During his outstanding 11-year senior hockey career, Churchill was perhaps the premier goalie in senior hockey, winning the President Goaltender Award in 2010. His play led Clarenville to five Herder titles and one Allan Cup championship. In fact, his play was so good during the 2011 Allan Cup, he was named the Most Valuable Player of the tournament played in Kenora Ontario. Clarenville dominated senior hockey from 2010-2018, winning Herder titles in 2009, 2010, 2012 and 2018. Churchill was added to the Grand Falls-Windsor roster in 2017 and won his second Allan Cup as the Cataracts backup goalie in that event. Prior to his graduation to the senior ranks, Churchill made his mark in the Quebec Major Junior Hockey League, playing three seasons with the Halifax Moosehead and Saint John Sea Dogs good enough to have the San Jose Sharks selected him in the 2004 NHL draft.
