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 âÂÂold timersâ 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 Games Won Lost Tied Points GoalsFor GoalsAgainst Standing Playoffs 1949âÂÂ50 48 21 25 2 - 215 237 4th out of playoffs 1950âÂÂ51 55 17 38 0 - 220 297 4th Lost Final
Season Games Won Lost Tied Points GoalsFor GoalsAgainst Standing Playoffs 1951âÂÂ52 50 27 23 0 54 - - 2nd Lost Semi Final 1952âÂÂ53 54 20 31 3 43 203 262 4th Lost Semi Final 1953âÂÂ54 64 25 36 3 53 281 311 4th Lost Semi Final 1954âÂÂ55 54 27 24 3 57 212 198 2nd Won Final, Won Province, Lost West Final 1955âÂÂ56 56 37 17 2 76 - - 1st Won Final, Won Province, Won West, Won Allan Cup 1956âÂÂ57 54 32 19 3 67 269 221 1st Won Final, Lost Province 1957âÂÂ58 54 24 29 1 49 228 257 3rd Lost Semi Final 1958âÂÂ59 54 25 25 4 54 244 269 2nd Won Final, Won Province, Won West, Lost Allan Cup 1959âÂÂ60 47 37 9 1 75 305 160 1st Lost Final 1960âÂÂ61 51 32 19 0 - 331 264 1st Won Final, Lost Province