Vernon Canadians

The Vernon Canadians were a men's ice hockey team from Vernon, British Columbia that played in the Okanagan Mainline League or the Okanagan Senior League from 1949 to 1961. In 1962, after the Okanagan Senior League folded, the Canadians became a beer league team and then an “old timers” team that still plays today.

The Vernon Canadians won the 1956 Allan Cup, becoming the national senior ice hockey champions. This made them Canada's representative for 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.

They were the Western Canada senior champion one more time, losing in the 1959 Allan Cup national finals to the Whitby Dunlops.

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, Won West, 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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