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The Vernon Canadians are a Vernons longest existing men's ice hockey team from Vernon, British Columbia that played in the Okanagan Mainline League and the Okanagan Senior League throughout their combined 12-year history ,in 1962 they became a beer league team and then an “old timers” team that still plays today.
The Vernon Canadians won the Allan Cup in 1956 and would have gone on to the 1957 World Ice Hockey Championships, but the tournaments was being held in Moscow, and western nations boycotted them in protest over the Soviet Union's invasion of Hungary in 1956.
The played in, but lost the 1959 Allan Cup final to the Whitby Dunlops.
The Vernon Canadians, and all the other teams in the Okanagan Senior League, ceased operations in 1961.
Season-by-season record
Okanagan Mainline League
Season Games Won Lost Tied Points GoalsFor GoalsAgainst Standing Playoffs 1949–50 48 21 25 2 - 215 237 4th out of playoffs 1950–51 55 17 38 0 - 220 297 4th Lost Final
Okanagan Senior League
Season Games Won Lost Tied Points GoalsFor GoalsAgainst Standing Playoffs 1951–52 50 27 23 0 54 - - 2nd Lost Semi Final 1952–53 54 20 31 3 43 203 262 4th Lost Semi Final 1953–54 64 25 36 3 53 281 311 4th Lost Semi Final 1954–55 54 27 24 3 57 212 198 2nd Won Final, Won Province, Lost West Final 1955–56 56 37 17 2 76 - - 1st Won Final, Won Province, Won West, Won Allan Cup 1956–57 54 32 19 3 67 269 221 1st Won Final, Lost Province 1957–58 54 24 29 1 49 228 257 3rd Lost Semi Final 1958–59 54 25 25 4 54 244 269 2nd Won Final, Won Province, Lost Allan Cup 1959–60 47 37 9 1 75 305 160 1st Lost Final 1960–61 51 32 19 0 - 331 264 1st Won Final, Lost Province
Notable alumni
- Dick Butler
- Marcel Dheere
- Dave Gatherum
- Johnny Harms
- Bing Juckes
- Frank King
- Odie Lowe
- Dave MacKay
- Connie Madigan
- Doug McKay
- Jim McLeod
- Jack Miller
- Alex Ritson
- George Agar
- Walt Trentini
- Tom Stecyk
- Hal Gordon
- Orv Lavell
- Willie Schmidt
- Merv Bidoski
- Art Hart
- Don McLeod
References
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