Penticton Vees (senior)

The Penticton V's are a former senior men's ice hockey team from Penticton, British Columbia, Canada. They played in the Okanagan Senior League from to 1951 to 1961. They represented Canada in the 1955 World Ice Hockey Championships where they won Canada's 16th world championship title.[1][2]

History

The first game played by the senior Penticton Vees was opening of Penticton Memorial Arena on October 25, 1951, versus the Vernon Canadians.[3] The Vees played in the Okanagan Senior Hockey League, and in 1953, were crowned Champions of Western Canada. They almost won the Allan Cup in their second season in 1952-53, losing the final to the Kitchener-Waterloo Dutchmen. The next season they went all the way to win the Allan Cup, beating the Sudbury Wolves in a series that went all seven games. This qualified them to go to the 1955 World Ice Hockey Championships in Krefeld, West Germany. They won the tournament beating the Soviet Union 5–0 for the gold medal. The Vees won another provincial championship in 1960. Six alumni from the senior Vees, also played in the National Hockey League. They are James Bedard, Edward Diachuk, Connie Madigan, George McAvoy, Bill Warwick and his brother Grant Warwick.[4]

After that win the team went into the doldrums. A small city like Penticton could not really support a top-notch senior team. In 1960-61 the team folded, only a few months before the entire league collapsed.

Season-by-season record

Okanagan Senior League

 
Season	Games	Won	Lost	Tied	Points	Goals for Goals against	Standing	Playoffs	
1951–52	52	15	35	2	32	-	-	4th	out of playoffs	
1952–53	54	23	24	7	53	233	211	3rd	Won Final Won Province Lost Allan Cup	
1953–54	64	42	20	2	86	268	225	1st	Won Final Won Province Won Allan Cup	
1954–55	54	31	19	4	66	228	180	1st	Did not play off Won World	
1955–56	56	25	30	1	51	-	-	2nd	Lost Semi Final	
1956–57	54	21	30	3	45	214	289	4th	Lost Semi Final	
1957–58	54	16	36	2	34	220	263	4th	Lost Semi Final	
1958–59	54	16	36	2	34	189	267	4th	Lost Semi Final	
1959–60	46	5	40	1	11	190	382	4th	Lost Semi Final	
1960–61	21	11	10	0	-	117	105	-	Folded Dec. 1

Notable alumni

See also

References
  1. http://www.cbc.ca/daybreaksouth/2012/11/20/former-penticton-vees-goalie/
  2. http://www.iihf.com/home-of-hockey/news/news-singleview/recap/1402.html?tx_ttnews[pS]=1214863200&tx_ttnews[pL]=2678399&tx_ttnews[arc]=1&tx_ttnews[backPid]=187&cHash=c8b853c98b
  3. "Penticton Valley First Vees: History". Archived from the original on 2012-02-11. Retrieved 2013-01-15.
  4. Penticton Vees (senior) alumni search from legendsofhockey.net
  5. http://www.pentictonherald.ca/front-page-news/penticton-loses-an-icon.html%5B%5D
  6. http://www.legendsofhockey.net/LegendsOfHockey/jsp/SearchPlayersByTeam.jsp?team=Penticton+Vees

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