Vernon Canadians

The Vernon Canadians are a defunct 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.

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
• John Harms
• Bing Juckes
• Frank King
• Odie Lowe
• Dave MacKay
• Connie Madigan
• Doug McKay
• Jim McLeod
• Jack Miller
• Alex Ritson

References

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